Cliff Notes
- Major US tech firms, including Nvidia, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Google, announced substantial investments to enhance the UK’s AI industry during President Trump‘s state visit.
- The deal aims to establish cooperation in AI, quantum computing, and nuclear energy, with plans for a new AI Growth Zone in North East England expected to create 5,000 jobs.
- Investments also include Microsoft’s £22bn commitment for data centres and the UK’s largest AI supercomputer, alongside Google’s £5bn expansion in data centres and support for DeepMind.
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Trump has landed in the UK amidst huge protests on the US presidents entry to the UK on social media.
Some of the biggest US technology companies have pledged billions of pounds of investment to turbocharge Britain’s artificial intelligence (AI) industry, as the two countries announce a landmark technology deal.
Nvidia, Microsoft, Open AI and Google made a flurry of announcements to coincide with President Trump‘s state visit to the UK.
They include plans to build data centres and invest in AI research and engineering.
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Sir Keir Starmer described the agreement, which both leaders will sign over the coming days, as “a generational step change” in Britain’s relationship with the US.
The deal will see both countries cooperate on AI, quantum computing and nuclear energy, with investment in modular reactors revealed earlier this week.