Trump, along with Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI, invested $42.3 billion to enhance AI infrastructure development in the UK.

Trump visited the UK on 9/17, bringing a wave of multinational technology investment. American tech giants such as Microsoft (Microsoft), OpenAI, NVIDIA (NVIDIA), Google, and Salesforce announced an investment of $42.3 billion in the UK to enhance infrastructure development in AI, quantum computing, and data centers, while also promoting Prime Minister Skel's AI growth zone plan.

Trump visits the UK accompanied by technology and finance tycoons.

According to Bloomberg, Trump arrived in the UK on 9/17 and began a three-day state visit, marking his second time being hosted at a state banquet by the British royal family.

One of the most eye-catching highlights of this trip is the financial and tech tycoons by his side, such as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, NVIDIA CEO (Jensen Huang), and BlackRock CEO (Larry Fink, among others.

UK Prime Minister launches AI Growth Zone plan to accelerate data center approvals.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced during Trump's visit that he would accelerate the approval process for data centers, lower the thresholds for grid access, and officially launch the AI Growth Zone )AI Growth Zone( plan.

This is a new data center park planned by the UK government, which is expected to bring a large number of job opportunities to the local area and is anticipated to become a new hub for AI and quantum computing in Europe.

Microsoft invests $30 billion to build a global AI computing center.

Microsoft announced its largest investment in history in the UK, committing $30 billion over the next four years to collaborate with UK AI startup Nscale to build an AI supercomputer covering 23,000 GPUs in Loughton ) near London, creating a world-class AI infrastructure.

OpenAI launches the English version of StarGate, starting operation in Q1 2026.

OpenAI will also move the StarGate project ( to the UK and collaborate with Nscale and NVIDIA to establish a large computing center in the AI growth area located in northern England.

The first wave will deploy 8,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, with a long-term plan to scale up to 31,000 units, aiming for the entire system to be operational by the first quarter of 2026.

Tech giants collectively increase investment in the UK, with soaring demand for AI infrastructure.

In addition to Microsoft and OpenAI, other American tech companies are also ramping up their investments in the UK:

Nvidia: Collaborating with Nscale and CoreWeave to deploy 120,000 AI GPUs in the UK, viewing this as an important part of the global 300,000 chip infrastructure project.

CoreWeave: Invested approximately $2 billion in partnership with Scottish cloud service provider DataVita to establish a 31 MW renewable energy data center locally, while also investing about $1.3 billion in building other data centers in London and Crawley )Crawley(.

Google: Invested approximately $6.7 billion over two years, including building a new data center in Hertfordshire ).

Salesforce: Extend existing plans to 2030 and add an additional $2 billion investment to expand cloud and AI-related services.

BlackRock: Invests approximately $700 million in data center construction.

GSK makes a major investment in the US, the AI sovereignty competition is heating up simultaneously.

British pharmaceutical giant GSK announced that it will invest $30 billion in the United States over the next five years for a new generation of biopharmaceutical manufacturing plants, clinical trials, and smart manufacturing equipment, forming an industry complement across the Atlantic.

At the same time, the UK is also actively investing in Sovereign AI infrastructure. According to NVIDIA's estimates, global AI investment could reach $4 trillion by the end of this century, indicating that the cooperation between the US and the UK has become the core strength of the next wave of the AI industry.

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