UK collaborates with NVIDIA to construct artificial intelligence nationwide structure and environment
The United Kingdom is witnessing a significant shift in its technology sector, as leading companies invest billions to modernize data centres and establish AI factories. These initiatives aim to position the UK at the forefront of the AI industrial revolution.
Investments in AI Infrastructure
BlackRock, in partnership with Digital Gravity Partners, is investing up to £500 million to modernize U.K. data centres, making them NVIDIA-ready. This move is part of a larger plan to equip the centres with up to 120,000 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs, with an estimated total investment of £11 billion.
NVIDIA is also playing a key role in the construction of the U.K.’s most powerful supercomputer. In Loughton, Nscale, Microsoft, and NVIDIA are collaborating to build a supercomputer featuring over 24,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultra GPUs. Google is also investing £5 billion in a new data center in Hertfordshire.
CoreWeave is establishing an advanced data centre in Scotland, powered by renewable energy and featuring Grace Blackwell Ultra GPUs. Nscale, OpenAI, and NVIDIA are establishing Stargate U.K., which will feature NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs operating in Nscale's U.K. data centres by 2026.
Advancing AI for Life Sciences and Robotics
Many U.K.-based life sciences companies are adopting NVIDIA technologies for an AI-first approach to drug discovery. The University of Oxford is using AI to control quantum hardware, while the University of Edinburgh is developing GPU-accelerated quantum error-correction software.
NVIDIA is also working with U.K. robotics leaders to advance industries with physical AI. TechUK, Quanser, and QA are collaborating with NVIDIA to strengthen the U.K.’s robotics and AI ecosystem. ORCA Computing, Imperial College London, and the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Centre are collaborating on hybrid-quantum deep neural networks.
Preparing the Workforce for the AI Industrial Revolution
Recognizing the importance of preparing the workforce for the AI industrial revolution, NVIDIA is providing support for the U.K. government’s efforts in this regard. The company is also working with partners to expand AI infrastructure and build the UK’s most powerful supercomputer, Isambard-AI, which has already launched at the University of Bristol and is accelerating national projects.
Quantum-AI Centre and AI Model Serving
OQC and Digital Realty are establishing a quantum-AI centre, working with NVIDIA to deliver AI supercomputing that will support quantum processors. SEEQC, working with the U.K.’s National Quantum Computing Centre, is integrating QPUs and GPUs via a scalable digital interface system.
AI model builders and startups are working with NVIDIA to transform the U.K. technology sector with agentic and generative AI tools. OpenAI is expected to use this NVIDIA infrastructure to serve its models, including GPT-5.
NVIDIA Cloud Partner Nscale is deploying 300,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs in AI factories globally, with 60,000 in the U.K. The OQC GENESIS system in the new centre will harness the NVIDIA CUDA-Q platform to bring together OQC’s quantum computing technology, NVIDIA AI infrastructure, and Digital Realty’s data centre interconnection and colocation expertise.
These investments and partnerships mark a significant step forward in the UK’s AI journey, setting the stage for groundbreaking advancements in various sectors and positioning the country as a global leader in AI and quantum computing.
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