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BT Group is partnering with Nscale to develop up to 14 megawatts of AI data centre capacity across three UK sites, utilising Nvidia infrastructure. This expansion of BT's sovereign data service aims to provide public sector and business customers with enhanced AI capabilities and data resilience within Britain.Listen to this article in summarized format
Nscale, founded in 2024 and backed by Nvidia, owns and operates its own data centres and raised $2 billion last month in a funding round that valued it at $14.6 billion.
BT launched its sovereign data platform in December to store and process customer data in Britain, responding to increasing demands for higher levels of resilience.
Sovereign computing refers to a country's capacity to develop and control its own AI infrastructure.
"This investment in new AI data centres will give businesses and public services the tools they need to use AI at scale here in the UK," said the British government's AI Minister, Kanishka Narayan.
BT said its full sovereign portfolio, combining connectivity, voice, cloud and AI services, is now available for public and private sector organisations.
