As part of the US President’s State Visit to the UK in September 2025, the US and the UK have agreed the Tech Prosperity Deal, focused on developing the fastest growing technologies, with strategic focus on artificial intelligence, quantum, and nuclear technology.
Highlights include:
- The transatlantic pact speeds up world-leading AI research to support areas such as precision medicine and chronic disease.
- Specific focus on nuclear technology, delivering clean, homegrown energy
- North East set to become new AI Growth Zone, and a major deal struck between British firm Nscale and leading American firms NVIDIA and OpenAI to deliver a Stargate UK
- American tech firms back historic agreement with £31bn+ into the UK AI and tech infrastructure, including Microsoft’s largest ever commitment to the UK (approx. £22bn)
Matt Harris, Senior Vice President & Managing Director for Hewlett Packard Enterprise UK, Ireland, Middle East & Africa has commented:
“It’s fantastic to see the UK and US sign their first-ever tech agreement, investing billions to boost the UK’s AI infrastructure and speed up world-leading AI research. It comes at the right time as we see the rest of Europe accelerating AI infrastructure build-out.
“To secure long-term competitiveness, the UK must invest in sovereign AI data centres and national supercomputing capabilities, to realise its ambition to be an “AI maker, not an AI taker”. Developing and supporting these national assets will not only drive performance and innovation at scale but also safeguard the resilience and strategic independence necessary in an increasingly data-driven world.”
America’s top technology and AI firms, including Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, OpenAI and CoreWeave, have committed a combined £31bn to boost the UK’s AI infrastructure and cutting-edge tech, with focus on areas such as data centres and computer chips. As part of the pact, the UK and US will unite to forge joint research schemes to further the use of AI to allow for targeted treatments and other shared priorities like fusion energy.
The UK and US will work together leveraging cutting-edge technologies and existing trusted and secure datasets, such as UK Biobank. The partnership will see AI models developed by NASA and the UK Space Agency (UKSA) to support science and exploration missions, like those on the moon and Mars.
The partnership will create a boost for British businesses behind the infrastructure, like those creating the next generation of semiconductor chips to those who operate data centres and other compute resources.
The partnership will deepen the collaboration between the UK and US governments on advancing the science of AI security and promoting secure innovation, including by exchanging world-leading talent and expertise. A statement set out by the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology states, “By working together and alongside industry to develop standards we can promote the prosperity of consumers and the safety of our citizens, ensuring that the UK and US lead the world in understanding and harnessing advanced AI.”
In support of the US-UK science and technology partnership, Google DeepMind will work with both governments to advise on how scientists can harness the latest AI tools in their work, as well as continuing their partnership with the UK Atomic Energy Authority to advance fusion energy research in the US and UK.
With the announcement, a number of investments and partnerships worth a combined £31bn have been announced, with particular focus placed on building new data centres and growing AI start-ups, cutting-edge tech, as well as developing advanced quantum computers.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has stated:
This Tech Prosperity Deal marks a generational step change in our relationship with the US, shaping the futures of millions of people on both sides of the Atlantic, and delivering growth, security and opportunity up and down the country.
By teaming-up with world-class companies from both the UK and US, we’re laying the foundations for a future where together we are world leaders in the technology of tomorrow, creating highly skilled jobs, putting more money in people’s pockets and ensuring this partnership benefits every corner of the United Kingdom.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has stated:
This partnership will deliver good jobs, life-saving treatments and faster medical breakthroughs for the British people.
Our world-leading tech companies and scientists will be working together to transform lives across Britain.
This is a vote of confidence in Britain’s booming AI sector – building on British success stories such as Arm, Wayve and Google Deepmind – that will boost growth and deliver tens of thousands of skilled jobs.
NVIDIA will join forces with companies across the UK to deploy 120,000 advanced GPUs across the UK, representing its biggest ever rollout in Europe to date. This infrastructure is the building block of AI technology, with an ability to carry out a huge number of calculations in a split second. This includes the deployment of up to 60,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GPUs from British firm Nscale who will partner with OpenAI to deliver a Stargate UK project and establish a partnership with Microsoft to deliver the UK’s largest AI supercomputer in Loughton. Semiconductor designs by leading British chip design company Arm already form part of NVIDIA’s latest Grace Blackwell series of chips.
Founder and CEO of NVIDIA Jensen Huang has stated:
Today marks a historic chapter in U.S. – United Kingdom technology collaboration.
We are at the Big Bang of the AI era – and the United Kingdom stands in a Goldilocks position, where world-class talent, research and industry converge.
By building state-of-the-art AI infrastructure and investing in British startups, we are unlocking the power of AI for the U.K. – fuelling breakthroughs, creating jobs, and igniting the next industrial revolution.
Rene Haas, CEO of Arm has stated:
The launch of Stargate UK represents a critical step in expanding Britain’s AI computing power and digital infrastructure. As a company founded and headquartered in the UK, Arm is proud to be at the forefront of the nation’s semiconductor plans and to be a technology partner for Stargate UK, delivering the computing platform that makes scalable, energy-efficient AI possible.
One of the areas set to benefit is the North East, where a new AI Growth Zone will be established and is expected to host some of the initial deployment of the Stargate UK project at Cobalt Park.
Further investment in data centres is being set out:
- Microsoft is announcing a US$30bn (approx. £22bn) investment in AI infrastructure across the UK. It will enable Microsoft to build out the UK’s cloud and AI infrastructure and build the country’s largest supercomputer, with more than 23,000 advanced GPUs, in partnership with Nscale. Microsoft already employs 6,000 UK employees, with multiple data centre regions, and has some of its most important AI and Research Labs, and gaming studios based in the UK.
Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft has stated:
We’re committed to creating new opportunity for people and businesses on both sides of the Atlantic, and to ensuring America remains a trusted and reliable tech partner for the United Kingdom.
That is why we are doubling down on our investment in the UK, investing more than $30 billion over 4 years, including building the country’s largest supercomputer.
- Google is announcing the opening of its data centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, as part of a 2-year £5bn investment in the UK. This includes Google’s capital expenditure, research and development, and related engineering over the next 2 years, and encompasses Google DeepMind. Google’s investment is projected to create 8,250 jobs annually at UK businesses.
- AI cloud computing company CoreWeave will be investing £1.5bn in AI data centre capacity and operations in the UK, bringing total investment in the UK to £2.5bn over the past year. As part of this investment, CoreWeave is partnering with British firm DataVita in Scotland to build one of Europe’s largest AI data centres. It is destined to deliver advanced compute powered by renewable energy, whilst creating local jobs and contributing to the local economy.
Michael Intrator, Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CoreWeave has stated:
Our investment in the UK will establish one of the world’s largest concentrations of state-of-the-art, sustainable compute, unlocking new opportunities for innovation, economic growth, and scientific discovery.
It allows us to deliver unparalleled AI performance with the lowest possible environmental impact, setting a new global standard. We look forward to collaborating with the UK government and the broader ecosystem to drive the next wave of responsible AI leadership around the world.
- Salesforce has announced an additional $2bn (approx £1.4bn) investment in its UK business from 2025 to 2030. Salesforce UK is to become an AI hub for the UK and Europe with new R&D teams to support business innovation across the region. The investment extends a previous 5-year investment of $4bn made in 2023, bringing the total investment to US$6bn.
- UK-based company AI Pathfinder has committed to delivering AI compute capacity – essential to developing and deploying AI. This will begin in Northamptonshire, with an initial investment of over £1bn.
- techUK is collaborating with NVIDIA, alongside robotics and automation leader Quanser and training provider QA, to deliver a program that connects its members, robotics researchers, and startups with funding, training, and industry collaboration opportunities to make the most of AI.
- Scale AI will invest £39m in the UK over the next 2 years, expanding their European HQ in London and quadrupling its employees by the end of next year.
- BlackRock is investing £500m into enterprise data centres across the country, which includes an initial investment of over £100m in a data centre expansion west of London.
This follows renewed commitments from US companies Oracle and Amazon Web Services in the UK. Oracle has committed to expanding the AI infrastructure it currently provides to the UK government reaffirming their $5bn investment over the next 5 years. Whilst Amazon earlier this year announced a commitment to build and operate data centres across the UK with an £8bn investment.
Showcasing how British technological excellence drives prosperity on both sides of the Atlantic, UK-based quantum computing company Oxford Quantum Circuits installed New York City’s first quantum computer, in collaboration with NVIDIA and Digital Realty, and launched a pioneering Quantum-AI Data Centre just outside of the city.
US quantum firm IonQ is setting up its EMEA headquarters and a new R&D and manufacturing hub in Oxford, following a US$1bn merger with UK start-up Oxford Ionics. The investment will create high-skilled jobs, boost UK quantum exports, and is a flagship example of US/UK collaboration in next-generation technologies.
The UK and US will partner to develop revolutionary quantum computers and speed up the deployment of this technology across areas like healthcare, defence and finance. Under the deal, the two countries will establish a taskforce of the UK and US’s top researchers to discover and accelerate breakthroughs in quantum technologies.
The IT Channel welcomes the announcements.
