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| New AI deal could rapidly boost UK economy, says Microsoft boss |
| 2025-09-18 |
| [BBC] Major US tech firms have pledged tens of billions of pounds worth of investment in the UK, with Nvidia Jensen Huang, predicting the country will become an "AI superpower". The biggest single investment comes from Microsoft, which has announced a $30bn (£22bn) spending package - its largest ever outside the US. It is part of a £31bn agreement, dubbed the "Tech Prosperity Deal", between the UK government and several US tech giants as part of President Donald Trump's second state visit to the UK. "This is the week that I declare the UK will be an AI superpower," Mr Huang told BBC News. He said the UK had the expertise and research facilities to excel in AI, but "what's missing is the AI infrastructure," adding: "We are here to build it." AI relies on large banks of servers, run on computer chips like those made by Nvidia, to operate. Nvidia is partnering with British infrastructure company Nscale to build more such data centres in the UK, and Mr Huang said he had aspirations of "building an AI infrastructure company here in the UK, and then helping it scale out globally." Meanwhile, Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said he expected AI investment to drive UK growth and productivity. "It may happen faster, so our hope is not 10 years but maybe five," he told the BBC. "Whenever anyone gets excited about AI, I want to see it ultimately in the economic growth and the GDP growth." |
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| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-09-17 08:16 |