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Microsoft announces $30 billion investment in AI infrastructure, operations in UK

  • 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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Microsoft has announced plans for major investments in the UK, worth a total of $30 billion.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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The U.S. giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday, September 16, a $30 billion investment in the UK, half of it in remote computing and artificial intelligence (IA), when President Donald Trump launches an official visit to that country.Microsoft announces investment in computing capacity to boost its own AIThis commitment is the most important of a set of £31 billion (about $42.2 billion) in investments by U.S. companies in AI and state-of-the-art …

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The US technology giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday an investment of US$30 billion (CAN41 billion) in the UK, half of which in cloud computing and artificial intelligence, as Donald Trump began a state visit.

·Montreal, Canada
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The US giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday an investment of $30 billion (25 billion euros) in the UK, notably to build the "greatest supercomputer in the country", as Donald Trump starts a state visit. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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Wired broke the news in United States on Tuesday, September 16, 2025.
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