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Microsoft announces $30 billion investment in AI infrastructure, operations in UK
Microsoft's $30 billion investment includes $15 billion for capital expenditures and $15 billion for operations, enabling the UK's largest supercomputer with over 23,000 GPUs, officials said.
- Microsoft announced a $30 billion investment in AI infrastructure and operations across the UK from 2025 through 2028.
- This investment follows the UK government's January announcement of a supercomputer project in Loughton, Essex, where Microsoft has now joined as a partner.
- The supercomputer will feature over 23,000 advanced GPUs and the investment aims to expand datacenters to meet growing AI demand across multiple UK sectors.
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer described Microsoft's commitment as a "powerful vote of confidence in UK's leadership in AI and cutting-edge technology," emphasizing job creation and economic growth.
- The investment is expected to strengthen the UK-US technology partnership, support thousands of skilled jobs, and maintain Britain's position at the forefront of global innovation.
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Zoe Kleinman Technology Editor Getty Images Microsoft claims that its new $30 billion investment (22 billion pounds sterling) in the UK sector AI, its largest outside the United States, significantly increases the British economy in the coming years. Its package constitutes an important part of a $31 billion agreement concluded between the British government and several other U.S. technology giants, including Nvidia and Google, to invest in Brit…
Microsoft will invest $30 billion (more than €25 billion) in the UK over the next four years, including in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. This is the largest financial commitment the American software company has ever made in the UK.
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