Some of the world’s most impressive Technology Magnets joined chairman Tusrap On State travel In the UK, as the two countries introduced £ 31bn “tech prosperity” as part of £ 150BN investment larger than American companies.
But State banquet on TuesdayRaja was involved by the Chief Executive Officer of Charles Nvidia Jensen Huang, Apple Boss Tim Cook and Extremine Openi Chief Executive Sam Altman.
The billionaire lineup along with President Trump represents the US Tech Elite, whose companies are at the forefront of the global digital race, especially AyeHis presence in Windsor Castle was somewhat unprecedented, Tech Magnets with the first person to join the US President on a state visit to the UK.
The fact is that President Trump was seen from a trio of technical billionaires, whose companies have been placed at a price of about 7 trillion pounds, they have also set the tone. For the growing role of private technical companies in Global geopolitics, especially when it comes to AI race.
Julian David OBE, CEO of Trade Body Tekckk, said, “President Trump’s state trip is an important opportunity for the US and Britain to deepen its technology partnership.” Independent.
“Our two nations have been specifically led to lead [on AI]A technical treaty can cement joint leadership in AI, quantum, and other important areas, while a permanent digital trading is laid the foundation for the structure. ,
As the US Coort touched the UK, Tech Giant Microsoft announced an investment of £ 22 billion in the UK AI sector, while Nvidia – The world’s largest company – “Promised to invest £ 11 billion in the largest AI Infrastructure Rollout [UK] History”.
Along with Openai and NSCALE, NVIDIA, AI infrastructure projects bring Stargate to the UK, which develops localized computing power.
This is the biggest investment in AI which the UK has seen so far, While Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella claimed that AI would increase the UK economy.
“Whenever someone gets excited about AI, I would eventually want to see it in economic development and GDP development,” he told the BBC.
But some have doubted the investments of AI companies, which can be seen as a step to encourage the government to relax digital regulation.
The UK currently has a digital service tax, which takes 2 percent levy on revenue from the search engine, social media and other online marketplace – which affects multinational technical giants such as Google, Openai and more.
In addition, the UK is still consulting on an AI bill that passed earlier this year, To find a solution on copyright fight Those who have seen working from creative industries, are used to train the AI model without remuneration.
Britain’s AI Minister, Kanishka Narayan told Politician He did not make any regulatory promises as part of the deal.
In the banquet, Sir Kir Stmper, Stephen Schifin, the leading Magnet Blackstone, was sitting next to Schifin Schwarzman. The private equity firm has promised to invest £ 90BN in the UK economy in the next decade.
Although investment is welcome to the UK’s technical economy, some warned that these close relations may represent increasing dependence on American capital.
Former Meta President of Global Affairs Nick Clag described deals as “Sloppy seconds from Silicon Valley”, saying that this infrastructure is essential for AI companies.
“They are creating datasters all over the world. Perhaps [the deals] This week’s state trip was taken slightly forward to complete the timetable. But … all this is one-way traffic, “he said.
Meanwhile, a Techuk spokesman told Independent While global technical giants bring valuable expertise and investment, Britain needs to focus on its AI businesses.
“At the same time, the UK government and the industry need to ensure that it is complementary rather than external participation, overshadow, homegron businesses.”
Sir Keer has said for his share that the investment is “one will for Britain’s economic strength”.
“AI is moving fast and intends to lead Britain,” the government spokesman said. Independent,
A US-UK Technology Participation Working for some time, AI is a special sticking point.
The transatlantic was a major mission of tech relations God Peter MandelsonFormer US ambassadors who were dismissed last week, criticized their friendship with the convict Podophile Jeffrey Epstein.
In view of their exit, 31 billion AI investment announced this week is a positive note for the future of technical relations between the two countries, affected by the appearance. Heavyweights like Openai and NVIDIA.
The UK’s focus on promoting homegron tech and AI is as economic as it is political.
“Britain is currently trying to thread the needle between the US and the European Union. Aye There is no exception, ”told AI Security Researcher Scott Singer at Oxford University, Independent.
As it stands, the UK is a high service-based economy; Profit from service exports such as law, finance and others.
But when it comes to AI, the UK is far behind America, and China too.
Last year, the value of the AI market in the UK was £ 72.3bn, according to the Department of Trade and Trade. Although it was the largest in Europe, it was migrated compared to the US, which estimates £ 171 billion more.
Meanwhile, the United Nations trade body projects that will hit the AI market by $ 4.8 trillion by 2033, above just $ 189 billion in 2023. This is higher than the $ 4.6 trillion development opportunity, in which the UK has to benefit.
The Prime Minister Kir Stmper said earlier this year, “The AI industry needs a government that will sit back and allow opportunities to slip through its fingers.”
“And in the world of fierce competition, we cannot stand. We should move fast and take action to win the global race.”
But AI is highly resource-beverage, and a push requires investing in two major parts: computational power, and energy.
The data center is central to power AI, holding hundreds of thousands of servers. Currently, with the highest concentration in London, Manchester and Birmingham, 484 data centers are listed in the UK.
“Data centers are the backbone of the Digital economy of the UK and our AI and innovation will be central to fulfill the ambitions in the coming years,” said a Tekckkeemer spokesman. Independent.
According to Tekck’s research, these data centers already support around 43,500 jobs, and can add 58,000 jobs to the UK economy by 2035.
Google has also opened a new data center in Waltham Cross this week, promising £ 5 billion to meet the AI demand in the UK over the next two years. Announcement of billions of investment in UK data centers declared by Microsoft, Openai, NVIDIA and more will There is a demand for heavy electricity, In form of Government announced a big increase in nuclear power And a new “landmark” American partnership.
These four major players in the AI space are all American companies, in which OpenEAI and NVidia Boss joined Windser last night along with President Trump.
On the concerns of how UK companies can compete with global AI leaders, Mr. Singer noted that “to a large extent” benefits from intimate relations with companies such as the UK Openai and Anthropic.
He explained, “Britain has access to the latest models of companies before it is publicly released,” he explained.
“This provides the ability to identify weaknesses before the UK’s top technical researchers publicly released, which is very useful for the UK national security.”
However, he notes that the UK homegron faces a challenge in increasing AI development, as competition with established heavyweights such as Nvidia will be unrealistic.
“The UK will have a challenging balance act as it develops its own AI products and infrastructure and depends on other countries for other technologies,” Sri Singer said Independent,
“Strategic question is, which parts of AI Stack are useful for Britain, and useful to reach out?”