How OpenAI’s deal with AMD could change the AI chip market October 7, 2025 Techbehemoth and OpenAI yesterday struck a multi-billion-dollar partnership with chipmaker AMD, committing to purchase up to six gigawatts of the company’s next-generation processors to power new AI data centres. The deal, which will start with AMD’s new ‘MI450’ chip in the second half of 2026, marks a key step in OpenI’s strategy to diversify its [...]
Open AI and AMD challenge Nvidia with multibillion chip deal October 6, 2025 OpenAI has announced a multi-billion dollar deal with chip giant AMD to build large scale AI data centres – one of the most direct challenges to Nvidia’s dominance in the AI market to date. Under the partnership, OpenAI will buy six gigawatts of AMD’s next generation processors, starting with the MI450 chip launching in 2026. [...]
Intel: UK revenue slashed by over £1bn as profit cut October 6, 2025 Revenue at the UK arm of technology giant Intel has been slashed by almost $1.5bn (£1.1bn) as its profit was cut significantly during its latest financial year. The division of the US group has posted a revenue of $3.3bn for 2024, down from the $4.7bn it achieved in 2023. New accounts filed with Companies House [...]
Government urged to prioritise UK tech amid US investment surge September 30, 2025 UK cloud provider Civo has launched its ‘tech sovereignty agenda’, urging the government to place greater emphasis on domestic technology amid an unprecedented wave of investment from US tech giants. The agenda calls for a reassessment of the UK’s approach to innovation, advocating for a balance between benefiting from global technology while ensuring that critical [...]
US Stargate expansion highlights UK’s modest AI ambitions September 24, 2025 OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank have unveiled plans to construct five new AI data centres across the US as part of the expansive $500bn (£370bn) Stargate project. This initiative aims to achieve 10 gigawatts of compute capacity by the end of 2025, with the latest expansion bringing the total to nearly seven gigawatts and over $400bn [...]
Labour has made Britain a beacon of economic stability September 24, 2025 A recent influx of over £110bn in investment from global financial and tech firms as a direct result of the government’s successful economic plan, which fosters stability and reform, thereby creating jobs across the country and proving Britain is open for business, says Lucy Rigby Yesterday, Revolut – one of the UK’s fintech success stories [...]
Nvidia-OpenAI deal raises questions over how sustainable the AI boom is September 23, 2025 Nvidia and OpenAI have unveiled what they call the largest AI infrastructure project in history, a partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of data centres powered by millions of Nvidia’s advanced chips. The deal could see Nvidia invest up to $100bn (£73.99bn) in Sam Altman’s company, even as OpenAI spends billions of dollars buying those very [...]
‘Staggering commitment’: Nvidia to invest up to $100bn in OpenAI September 22, 2025 A massive expansion in OpenAI’s compute capacity will soon be underway after the firm secured a $100bn (£74bn) investment from the world’s best-known chipmaker, Nvidia. The commitment was made as part of a major strategic partnership between the two tech giants, which will see Nvivida deploy at least 10 gigawatts in data centre capacity for [...]
Was this actually Starmer’s best week? September 18, 2025 £150bn of investment has been pledged by US giants, itching to pour their money into the UK – including more than £30bn to turbocharge our artificial intelligence base. The choreography was masterful, and I don’t just mean the military and Royal welcome dolled out to the Trumps and their entourage, although it was pretty spectacular. [...]
What the US tech investments tell us about the UK’s public markets September 18, 2025 There was some debate in the City AM newsroom on Tuesday over which story should grace the front page yesterday. On the one hand, news of £30bn worth of tech investment offered the kind of optimism we’re always looking out for, but on the other hand news came that global fund managers were pulling out [...]