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# Microsoft pledges USD 30 billion for new UK AI supercomputer and data centres
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-09-16-microsoft-uk-30bn-ai-investment/
- Published: 2025-09-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T04:00:47.000Z
- Description: Microsoft pledged USD 30 billion for UK operations through 2028, about half of it capital spending. It funds a new supercomputer with Nscale exceeding 23,000 Nvidia chips, expanding Microsoft's UK AI compute footprint.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Compute and infrastructure, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [Microsoft, "Microsoft's USD 30 billion investment in the UK's AI future", 16 September 2025](https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2025/09/16/microsoft-30-billion-uk-ai-future/?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** It does not establish that the supercomputer is complete or how much of the sum has actually been spent.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-14\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)