Microsoft will invest £2.5bn in Britain over the next three years to double its data centre capacity.
The investment, which will also provide computing power to help to drive the expansion of artificial intelligence, has been hailed by prime minister Rishi Sunak as “a turning point for the future of AI infrastructure and development in the UK”.
The US technology company plans to bring more than 20,000 advanced graphics processing units to Britain by 2026. It plans to expand sites in London and Cardiff and is looking at a “potential expansion into northern England”.
Microsoft’s newest and largest data centre is under construction in Acton, west London.
