Tech pours money into U.K. AI as Trump visits
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U.S. tech companies are rolling out investments into U.K. AI infrastructure as President Trump kicks off his state visit to London.
Why it matters: The Trump administration wants allies to make American tech the backbone of their AI infrastructure — and these deals could lock in that path for the U.K.
Driving the news: Trump and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday will sign a tech partnership focused on AI and quantum computing, as well as a deal to increase the sources of low-cost electricity needed for AI.
- Nvidia's Jensen Huang, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Microsoft's Satya Nadella are joining the president during his state visit, per people familiar.
The deals announced include:
- Microsoft is investing $30 billion from 2025 through 2028. That includes $15 billion in capital expenditures to build out the U.K.'s cloud and AI infrastructure, as well as plans for the country's largest supercomputer in partnership with Nscale.
- Nvidia, OpenAI and Nscale are joining forces for a data center infrastructure project dubbed "Stargate UK." Nvidia is also making investments into quantum computing and upskilling workers in the AI robotics space.
- Separately, CoreWeave is investing $2 billion in the U.K., partnering with Nvidia and data center operator DataVita in Scotland to deploy Nvidia's most advanced chips.
The bottom line: The White House gets to claim the investments as Trump's AI victories, while these companies are able to make major inroads into the U.K. market.
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