U.K.-U.S. Tech Prosperity Deal Unlocks Over $42 Billion in Investments

U.S. tech giants have committed to making multi-billion AI investments in the U.K. According to Reuters, the investment is part of a U.K.-U.S. tech prosperity deal closed during President Donald Trump’s second state visit. The deal establishes partnerships between the two countries in AI, civil nuclear energy, and quantum computing.

Microsoft’s AI Infrastructure Investment

The U.K government tech pact with U.S. firms includes a $30 billion investment by Microsoft. The software giant plans to make the investment by the year 2028 as it seeks to establish AI infrastructure in the country.

Microsoft plans to invest about $29.99 billion (£22 billion) in cloud and AI infrastructure. The company will also build Britain’s largest supercomputer in partnership with British cloud computing firm, Nscale as part of its U.K. AI quantum investment.

Microsoft President Brad Smith said the regulatory environment in Britain has improved over the years. In 2023, Smith criticized the country for attempting to block Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of video game firm Activision-Blizzard.

“I haven’t always been optimistic every single day about the business climate in the U.K. But I am very encouraged by the steps that the government has taken over the last few years. Just a few years ago, this kind of investment would have been inconceivable because of the regulatory climate then and because there just wasn’t the need or demand for this kind of large AI investment,” Smith said.

Bringing Advanced AI Chips to the U.K.

As part of the U.K. U.S. tech pact, pledges to bring America’s advanced AI chips to the UK were made by NVIDIA and OpenAI. NVIDIA announced a $15 billion investment in partnership with cloud infrastructure provider Coreweave and British cloud computing firm Nscale. NVIDIA’s investment will include deployment of 120,000 Blackwell AI chips in the U.K.

This will be the largest deployment by the U.S. chip maker in Europe. NVIDIA Head of Enterprise Sales for Europe David Hogan said the deployment of advanced AI chips “will truly make the U.K. an AI maker, not an AI taker”.

Previously, NVIDIA criticized U.K.’s AI readiness saying that the country lacked the requisite computing infrastructure to deliver AI research.
OpenAI announced investment in the form of a Stargate U.K. project, which will be a version of its AI joint venture with Oracle and SoftBack. The AI-startup said it is collaborating with NVIDIA and Nscale on the U.K. project. The first development of the project will be undertaken in Newcastle’s Cobalt Park city. In 2026, OpenAI plans to deploy 8,000 GPUs to support AI uptake across Britain. The company said it will expand this capacity progressively to 31,000 GPUs over time.

Focus on AI-Powered Services

Search giant Google announced a $6.8 billion U.K. AI investment for infrastructural development. The investment includes establishment of a new data center in Waltham near London. Google’s new facility is expected to create 8,250 jobs annually and meet rising demand for Google’s AI-powered services that include Google Search, Maps, Cloud, and Workspace.

Cloud computing firm CoreWeave committed an additional £1.5 billion investment to finance energy-efficient data centers and support U.K. operations. The new pledge brings CoreWeave’s total investment in Britain to £2.5 billion, having made a £1 billion commitment in 2024.

“Our investment in the UK will establish one of the world’s largest concentrations of state-of-the-art, sustainable compute. It allows us to deliver unparalleled AI performance with the lowest possible environmental impact, setting a new global standard,” CoreWeave CEO and Co-founder, Michael Intrator said. The U.K.-U.S. tech prosperity deal will also see Software company, Salesforce said it will increase its investment in the U.K. to $6 billion up from the $4 billion commitment made in 2023.