State visits to the US President Donald Trump UK resulted in the promises of U.S. technological giants on total investments of $ 42 billion with the aim of strengthening the British sector of artificial intelligence.
At the same time, the British and U.S. government agreed in the areas of nuclear and space technology within the “Technology Prosperity Agreement”, while the British Pharmaceutical Company GSK announced significant investments in the United States.
Main agreed projects:
Microsoft
The largest investment company in the UK so far – $ 30 billion in the next four years. Half of this amount will be invested in infrastructure for Cloud computing and artificial intelligence, including the construction of the largest British supercomputer.
Google
An investment of 5 billion pounds (6.8 billion dollars) is planned in the next two years with the aim of developing and technologies, strengthening cyber security and opening more than 8,000 jobs per year.
Nvidia, Openai, NScale
In cooperation with the British company of the NSCALE and the company Openai, NVIDIA will launch “Stargate UK” and the large-scale infrastructure. The project includes the installation of 120,000 advanced GPU chips across the UK, which is the largest NVIDIA launch in Europe.
Financial institutions
Bank of America, Blackrock, City Group, Paypal and S & P Global will invest a total of 1.75 billion pounds for expanding business in the UK.
GSK
British pharmaceutical giant GSK plans to invest $ 30 billion in the US in the next five years, including the construction of a biological medicine factory in Pennsylvania worth $ 1.2 billion.
Nuclear energy
UK and the US plan to accelerate the development of new nuclear energy projects, with the message of the British government that the “Golden Age of Nuclear Energy” is the key to energy security.
Government initiatives
The two countries will work together to develop and solutions in healthcare, quantum computers and advanced research in the universe through NASA and UK Space Agency.
(Vijesti.ba)
