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The UK government announced this Monday (14) an investment of £6.3 billion (R$45.9 billion at current prices) by four American companies that intend to open data centers in the country over the next five years.
This is another step by Great Britain’s Department of Science, Innovation and Technology in its plan to attract companies looking for infrastructure to house offices focused on developing products related to artificial intelligence.
For now, the amount is a promise: the government said it received a “vote of confidence” from data center operator CyrusOne, cloud software company ServiceNow, data center company CloudHQ, and cloud computing provider CoreWeave .
British government wants to attract more and more technology companies (Image: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock)
“Data centers power our everyday lives and drive innovation in growing industries like AI. Technology leaders around the world are seeing Britain as the best place to invest in AI development,” said Technology Secretary Peter Kyle.
CyrusOne’s plans include operating data centers in the country by the fourth quarter of 2028. ServiceNow will open offices in London and Newport over the next five years. CloudHQ intends to open operational centers in Didcot and Oxfordshire, while CoreWeave intends to invest in AI cloud infrastructure.
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Data centers are fundamental in the race for AI (Image: Oselote/iStock)
Long-term investments
Last month, the British government announced that the giant Blackstone also committed to investing £10 billion (R$72.8 billion at current prices) in the country, just as Amazon Web Services reported investments of £8 billion (R$58 .2 billion) in the construction, maintenance and operation of data centers in the United Kingdom for a period of five years.
Recently, the British Technology Department classified data centers as “Critical National Infrastructure”, giving the sector “greater government support to recover from and anticipate critical incidents, ensuring the industry remains safe and stable”.
In July, entrepreneur Matt Clifford was appointed to put into practice the AI Opportunities Action Plan, which will define how the technology can be used by the public and private sectors in the UK.