The US and UK are rushing to finalise deals on nuclear reactors, artificial intelligence data centres and whisky ahead of a state visit to London by Donald Trump overshadowed by the firing of British ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson.
California-based OpenAI is set to announce a UK arm to its $500bn Stargate data centre project, as part of a series of tech partnerships and trade agreements to coincide with the US president’s visit next week.
The UK-US tech partnership was described by Mandelson, sacked this week as ambassador to Washington over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, as his “personal pride and joy”. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to fire Mandelson risks angering Trump, who has been trying to dismiss his own connections to the late paedophile.