{"id":51885,"date":"2024-10-15T09:37:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T08:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=51885"},"modified":"2024-10-15T09:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T08:37:40","slug":"uk-secures-6-3bn-investment-in-critical-data-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/uk-secures-6-3bn-investment-in-critical-data-centres\/51885\/","title":{"rendered":"UK secures \u00a36.3bn investment in critical data centres"},"content":{"rendered":"
The investments, announced as part of today\u2019s International Investment Summit, will take the total investment in UK data centres to over \u00a325bn since this government took office, demonstrating the government\u2019s continuous effort to drive growth by partnering with businesses.<\/p>\n
The \u2018vote of confidence\u2019 in Britain was\u00a0made by US firms CyrusOne, ServiceNow, Cloud HQ and CoreWeave, who announced that the UK would be the home of their new data infrastructure.<\/p>\n
These new data centres will provide the UK with more computing power and data storage, providing the necessary infrastructure to train and deploy the next generation of AI technologies, such as complex machine learning models and algorithms.<\/p>\n
This will also help the UK roll out AI faster in areas like healthcare<\/a>, which will help everyone live better and healthier lives.<\/p>\n Technology Secretary Peter Kyle explained: \u201cTech leaders from all over the world are seeing Britain as the best place to invest with a thriving and stable market for data centres and AI development.<\/p>\n \u201cData centres power our day-to-day lives and boost innovation in growing sectors like AI.<\/p>\n