The second state visit to the UK from US President Donald Trump has included a flurry of major announcements from American tech firms putting significant capital into Britain, largely in support of its AI infrastructure.
Among the top announcements were an £11bn commitment from NVIDIA, a $30bn commitment from Microsoft, an additional £1.5bn from CoreWeave and £5bn from Google, all of which were in support of data centre and AI infrastructure.
The announcements have spurred a largely positive reaction from the tech and business communities, with the sheer size and ambition of the partnerships and investments being particularly celebrated.
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