CoreWeave and Salesforce are the latest US tech firms to pledge significant AI investments into the UK, which are coinciding with President Trump’s visit to the UK.
CoreWeave, which provides cloud computing services to companies building AI models, today announced the next $1.5bn phase of its £2.5bn investment in AI data centre capacity and operations in the UK.
CoreWeave says its investment will provide AI labs, enterprises, the public sector, research institutions and startups with AI infrastructure. It also said it will help create jobs across engineering, operations and related services.
“Our investment in the UK will establish one of the world’s largest concentrations of state-of-the-art, sustainable compute, unlocking new opportunities for innovation, economic growth, and scientific discovery,” said Michael Intrator, co-founder, chairman and CEO of CoreWeave.
As part of this investment, CoreWeave is partnering with Nvidia and DataVita, the Scottish data centre firm, in Scotland, which will deploy Nvidia GPUs, which are backed by” entirely by renewable energy, and leveraging state-of-the-art closed-loop cooling technology to minimise water consumption”.
In January this year, CoreWeave opened its first two data centres in the UK, the first outside of its native US. The US tech firm opened its European HQ in London in 2023.
Meanwhile, US software giant Salesforce, whose UK arm axed more than 450 jobs in 2024, said it is increasing its investment to $6bn in its UK business through to 2030. This marks an extension of Salesforce's $4bn five-year investment in 2023 in the UK.
Salesforce’s investment includes the UK becoming its AI hub for Salesforce UK and Europe, with new R&D teams, a previous $4 billion commitment, and the establishment of its first AI Centre in London. It is also investing in UK companies that are building in AI.
“We are doubling down on our long-standing commitment to the UK with this significant investment,” said Marc Benioff, chair and CEO, Salesforce.
Salesforce has operated in the UK for around 25 years. Google has also announced a significant investment in UK AI, with OpenAI and Nvidia also expected to confirm investments.
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