US tech giants and other firms are committing tens of billions of dollars to AI and digital infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom.
Led by Microsoft, OpenAI, Nvidia and Alphabet, US companies are pledging more than £31 billion ($42.3 billion) to push the AI initiative, reports Bloomberg.
Microsoft says it will invest $30 billion over four years, its largest financial commitment to Britain. The package includes construction of a supercomputer powered by more than 23,000 GPUs at Nscale’s AI campus near London.
OpenAI is anchoring a $500 billion Stargate project with up to 60,000 Nvidia chips for UK operations. Initial deployment will use about 8,000 processors in early 2026, with potential to expand to 31,000.
Nvidia is contributing technology to an £11 billion ($15 billion) data center buildout, supplying 120,000 chips in the UK by 2026 as part of a wider 300,000-chip global network.
CoreWeave plans to add £1.5 billion ($2 billion) to the UK, alongside £1 billion ($1.36 billion) already committed in London Docklands and Crawley. A new data center in Chapelhall will provide 31 megawatts of renewable-powered capacity.
Salesforce will extend its UK program with an additional $2 billion through 2030, on top of $4 billion announced in 2023.
Alphabet’s Google is allocating £5 billion ($6.8 billion) over two years, including a Hertfordshire data center.
BlackRock says it will invest £500 million ($680 million) in UK data centers.