Nebius, an AI cloud company, plans to invest approximately £1.7 billion (US$ 2.3 billion) in new AI infrastructure in the UK by building three new facilities with a combined capacity of 65 MW by 2027. The investment adds domestic computing capacity as the UK government pushes to expand the country’s AI capabilities through its AI Opportunities Action Plan.
According to a Nebius press release, the facilities will be equipped with NVIDIA technology, adding to its first UK deployment of NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra infrastructure launched in November 2025. The expansion reflects growing demand for AI infrastructure from British companies, research organisations and public-sector users.
Kanishka Narayan, AI Minister, UK, said, “We’re determined to build and deploy AI by backing the infrastructure businesses, researchers and public services need to put this technology to work. Nebius’s investment brings significant AI compute into the UK to drive productivity by rolling AI out widely across the economy.”
Arkady Volozh, founder and CEO, Nebius, said, “The UK is one of the places where AI is being built, deployed, and adopted at the same time — by startups, by enterprises, and by the public sector.”
Paolo Guglielmini, Vice President EMEA, NVIDIA, said, “The UK is one of Europe’s most ambitious AI markets, with a clear public policy framework and a strong base of innovators, giving British companies the best performance, economics, and ecosystem support to train and deploy frontier and open-source AI close to their data, customers and teams.”
The UK expansion comes as Nebius continues to add new capabilities to its AI cloud platform, including integrations with Tavily, Eigen AI and Clarifai, and the launch of Nebius AI Cloud 3.5, which includes serverless AI services.
The UK has become a key market where AI development and adoption are taking place simultaneously. Mordor Intelligence’s latest report forecasts the UK AI data center market size to be estimated at US$ 5.81 billion in 2026 with projected 12.16 percent CAGR growth between 2026 and 2030.