"The investment, which represents the largest financial commitment the tech giant has ever made in the UK, includes $15bn in funding to expand cloud and AI infrastructure. In a blog post outlining the pledge, Microsoft president Brad Smith revealed this will also include investment to build the country's largest supercomputer, boasting more than 23,000 Nvidia GPUs."
"Nadella said the company has around 6,000 employees in the UK alongside multiple data center regions and "some our our most important AI and research labs". "Microsoft has proudly invested and operated in the United Kingdom for more than four decades, opening our first office outside the United States here in 1982," he said. "Our commitment to that partnership is stronger than ever. Just two years ago we announced a $3.2 billion investment in the United Kingdom's AI infrastructure," Nadella added. "Today we're doubling down on our investment.""
Microsoft will invest £22 billion ($30bn) across the UK to develop national AI infrastructure, representing its largest UK financial commitment. The package includes $15bn to expand cloud and AI infrastructure and funding to build the UK's largest supercomputer, featuring more than 23,000 Nvidia GPUs and developed in collaboration with Nscale. Microsoft reports around 6,000 UK employees, multiple data centre regions, and significant AI and research labs. The company previously pledged $3.2bn to UK AI infrastructure two years ago and says it is increasing that commitment. The UK prime minister described the pledge as a vote of confidence for the tech sector, and the announcement coincides with a significant week for British technology.
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