The dedication of US President Donald Trump to the so-called “special relationship” of America with the UK this week helped feed a record of $ 200 billion investments in Great Britain. Trump's historic two -day state visit to the country ended on Thursday, after the president had enjoyed a banquet in Windsor Castle with the royal family and talks to Prime Minister Keir Starmer, alongside business leaders. On Wednesday evening, it was announced that investment giant Blackstone and Logistics Real Estate Firmis Prologis had promised themselves in the fight of companies that had promised large investments in the UK, which had brought the total promised to £ 150 billion ($ 204 billion) during the trip. The British government said it had announced the largest package of inner investments ever during a state visit, with the investment of Blackstone alone to be worth £ 100 billion in the following decade. Other investment issues come from Microsoft, which has announced plans to invest $ 30 billion in the UK by 2028, as well as Nvidia, Alphabet, OpenAi and Salesforce, with the investments aimed at AI and the development of data center. In the meantime, a bilateral deal was also aimed at simplifying the construction of nuclear power plants in both the UK and the United States. CNBC spoke with Market Watchers about how the influx of capital could strengthen the UK – and the challenges that remain. Good news for the economy – but obstacles remain Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told the British broadcaster the BBC earlier this week that he expected the investments of Big Tech in AI in AI to give a big boost in just five years. It is desperately needed; The British economy that was flat in July stacked further pressure on Minister of Finance Rachel Reeves prior to its budget update in November. With questions about the government that no longer has a tax headroom, inner foreign investments will be welcomed by civil servants. Andrew Goodwin, Chief UK economists at Oxford Economics, said CNBC that the planned investments would help large -ritain to close the gap with the US in terms of AI development -but emphasized that it is not enough to quickly recover the economy of the country. “Our research suggests that this will probably be a slow burner instead of offering a big boost in advance,” he said. “And there are many other headwinds, such as deteriorating demography and low investments in other sectors, which will reduce the boost to GDP growth of AI in the coming years.” In the meantime, Duncan Edwards, CEO of the Britishamerican Business, told CNBC's “Squawk Box Europe” on Thursday that it was still to be seen how much of the promised money actually came in Great -Britain. “It has been a pretty flawless 24 hours … From a British government perspective – they could not have really asked for a better series of announcements that came over the past three days,” he said. “[But] You must have a little caution about the numbers. You know, promised dollars, famous, are not the same as actual dollars. So you just have to see what happens in the coming months and years to see what is actually being concerned with the announcements that have been made. “Uitdagingen voor de status van 'AI Superpower' Jim Wright, die Premier Miton's Global Infrastructure Income Fund beheert, vertelde CNBC de Swathe van Investments duidelijk welkom, en goed nieuws voor de zilveren bullet, maar zou het Verenigd Koninksen in een aa -jurken, maar een idee van een idee van een idee van een aa -jurken, maar een idee van een idee van een zilveren Bullet, but an idea of an idea of a silver bullet, but an idea of an idea of a silver bullet, but an idea of an idea of an AA dresses, but an idea of an idea of an AA dresses, but an idea of an idea of an Aa dresses, but an idea of an AA jeeen -hang. suggested that the costs and availability of power is one of the greatest limitations for hyperscale data center growth, and the UK already has problems with capacity during peak times, and some of the highest electricity prices in the world, “, said one of the time. He said that agenda.” It is also unclear how much of the Agreement delivery delivery is delivered versus broader political signaling, especially in the core of the capital.[s]While new, successful, scaled British AI companies will still try to mention in the US “that said, recognized code that the traditional stronghold sectors of the country, such as medicines, engineering and health care, should get a boost of larger AI options.” Further innovation in these areas depends on trained AI infrastructure, what is the announcements on new AI. [datacenter] Projects by Alphabet, Microsoft, Stargate, Nscale and CoreWeave are so important, “he said.
