UK announces billions more investment in AI

25 Nov 2025

The UK government has announced that billions of additional private investments has been committed to help build the country's AI capabilities.

The government said that £24.25 billion in private investment had been committed in the last month alone, as part of its package of new reforms around AI. So far more than £78 billion has been invested in the UK's AI sector, according to government data.

Companies such as Vantage Data Centers and Microsoft are teaming up with the government to deliver another AI Growth Zone. These zones were announced in January as part of the government's AI Opportunities Action Plan, to speed up building AI data centres.

As part of the plans, the government said that it would act as a 'first customer' for UK start-ups that it considers to be building high-quality AI hardware products but are struggling to get off the ground without investment.

Liz Kendall, the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, said: 'We are ambitious for our country and believe Britain's best days lie ahead.

'The backing by international investors today is a vote of confidence in the UK – and we're determined to do even more to ensure we are backing British businesses, workers and researchers to benefit from the opportunities AI brings.

'This is about bringing jobs, opportunities and hope to the people and places that need it most, delivering on our promise of change.'