Google Details £5 Billion UK Investment Ahead of Trump Visit (1)

Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it will invest £5 billion ($6.8 billion) over two years in the UK to help build an artificial intelligence economy in the country.

The tech giant disclosed the plan just as US President Donald Trump is set to announce billions of dollars of economic deals during his visit to the longtime US ally this week. Trump is expected to travel with several US tech leaders including Nvidia Corp.’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman.

Britain’s ruling Labour party has made AI services and infrastructure, including large new data centers, a key pillar ...