Published: September 17, 2025 at 8:41 am
Microsoft is to invest £22 billion into the UK to ‘power the AI future’.
Brad Smith, vice chair & president of fellow tech giant Microsoft, said the investment will be made during the four years from 2025-2028 and marks the largest financial commitment it has made in the UK.
It includes $15bn in capital expenditures to build out the UK’s cloud and AI infrastructure, which will enable Microsoft to build the country’s largest supercomputer — with more than 23,000 NVIDIA GPUs — in partnership with Nscale.
The capital investment will also expand its data centre footprint to meet growing AI demand and adoption from its customers across every sector in the UK – including Barclays, the NHS, the London Stock Exchange Group, the Premier League, Vodafone, UK Met Office, Unilever and Wayve.
The other half of the investment will support its ongoing operations across the UK, including its workforce of 6,000 employees, located in multiple sites and cities.