Google £5Billion, UK AI

The world’s fourth-biggest company, Google-owner Alphabet, has announced a

£5bn ($6.8bn) investment in UK artificial intelligence (AI). The money
will be used for infrastructure and scientific research over the next two
years – the first of several massive US investments being unveiled ahead of
US President Donald Trump’s state visit. Google’s President and Chief
Investment Officer Ruth Porat told BBC News in an exclusive interview there
were “profound opportunities in the UK” for its “pioneering work in
advanced science”. The company will officially open a vast $1bn (£735m)
data centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves
on Tuesday. The investment will expand this site and also include funding
for London-based DeepMind, run by British Nobel Prize winner Sir Demis
Hassabis, which deploys AI to revolutionise advanced scientific research.

 BBC 16th Sept 2025

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmek723dz9o