UK-US Tech Prosperity Deal for AI, Quantum and Nuclear

The UK and US governments announced the Tech Prosperity Deal as part of the US President’s State Visit to accelerate AI, quantum and nuclear collaboration and mobilise private sector investment into UK tech infrastructure.

• Main announcement: The Tech Prosperity Deal will create joint UK–US research programmes and industry partnerships to scale AI, quantum and civil nuclear technologies; industry commitments announced total £31 billion in new private investment today (from companies including Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, OpenAI and CoreWeave). Key implementation actions include NVIDIA deploying 120,000 GPUs across the UK, Nscale partnering with OpenAI and Microsoft to deliver the Stargate UK project and the UK’s largest supercomputer, and Microsoft’s $30 billion (≈£22 billion) investment over 4 years to build cloud/AI infrastructure including a >23,000 GPU supercomputer in Loughton.
• Background and additional details: The deal formalises joint research on AI-driven drug discovery, fusion and quantum computing and a civil nuclear cooperation to speed licensing and delivery of nuclear projects; other named commercial commitments include Google £5 billion over 2 years (new Waltham Cross data centre), CoreWeave £1.5 billion (plus £2.5 billion total over past year) to build renewable-powered AI data centres in partnership with DataVita in Scotland, Salesforce $2 billion (≈£1.4 billion) through 2030, AI Pathfinder initial investment >£1 billion in Northamptonshire, Scale AI £39 million over 2 years, BlackRock £500 million (including >£100 million initial data centre expansion west of London), Oracle $5 billion over 5 years reaffirmed, and previously-announced Amazon £8 billion in UK data centre investment. The agreement also includes a UK–US taskforce and exchange programmes for top researchers and industry to accelerate adoption and standards.