How CoreWeave is Working to Accelerate UK AI Infrastructure

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London is now CoreWeave's European headquarters
CoreWeave announces two data centres hosting NVIDIA Hopper GPUs, which are now operational in the UK, as the company seeks to accelerate AI infrastructure

AI hyperscaler CoreWeave has announced that two of its initial data centres in the UK are now operational.

Based in Crawley and the London Docklands, these sites are expected to host some of Europe’s largest Nvidia AI platform deployments powered by Nvidia H200 GPUs. They will also be scaled with Nvidia Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking, as CoreWeave seeks to meaningfully advance the UK’s high-performance compute capability. 

Mike Mattacola, Chief Business Officer at CoreWeave (Image taken from London Tech Week page)

“Our first operational data centres in the UK are a significant milestone for the company, which builds on the investment we announced last year,” comments Mike Mattacola, Chief Business Officer at CoreWeave.

“The UK is an important market for CoreWeave, with our European headquarters here and further operational plans for the country.”

The next generation of AI infrastructure

The first data centre using Nvidia H200 GPUs first went live in October 2024 in Crawley, completed in partnership with CoreWeave partner Digital Realty. Similarly, the second facility went live in December 2024 at the London Docklands with partner Global Switch.

Both sites are consistent with the company’s commitment to sustainability, the company said, with both data centre campuses powered entirely by renewable energy.

“This investment is a huge vote of confidence in the UK’s digital technology sector.”

Rachel Reeves MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer to the UK

In August 2024, CoreWeave first announced that it was the first cloud provider to bring NVIDIA H200 GPUs to its customers – continuing a track record of being first to market. With these UK sites, CoreWeave will deliver its specialised AI cloud platform in the region, thereby helping to empower customers in shaping the next frontier of AI technology. 

CoreWeave’s infrastructure and cloud services are also built from the ground up and hyper-optimised for AI workloads, unlike solutions from traditional cloud providers that were designed for web-scale and are encumbered by a legacy technical architecture. 

Ashley Muldoon, the Chief Executive Officer of Global Switch

“We’re excited to be partnering with CoreWeave to deliver the business’ first data centre in London at our Docklands campus,” says Ashley Muldoon, the Chief Executive Officer of Global Switch. 

“This vital infrastructure provides CoreWeave’s customers with resilient and energy efficient solutions, which are critical to meeting increasing demand from customers in the UK.”

Supporting UK technology growth

These are the company’s first operational deployments in the UK and form part of its initial £1bn (US$1.21bn) investment into the country in 2024, having also announced London as its European headquarters in 2024.

Key facts
  • By the end of 2024, CoreWeave opened 28 data centers globally, with an additional 10 new data centers planned in 2025

With this in mind, CoreWeave has also pledged a further £750m (US$914m) investment into the UK at the International Investment Summit in October 2024.

It is hoped that these facilities will not only support AI enterprises, but also offer the computational strength needed for next-generation AI applications. CoreWeave’s initiative ultimately highlights how the UK is emerging as a critical hub for AI and cloud computing, with the region poised for significant advancements in disruptive technologies in 2025.

Rachel Reeves, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer

Rachel Reeves MP, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer said: “This investment is a huge vote of confidence in the UK’s digital technology sector and is exactly the kind we want to see as we grow the economy and use AI to drive efficiency. 

“We are delivering our Plan for Change with investment and reform to deliver higher living standards across every part of the country.” 

Eager to bolster its data centre operations, the UK announced a major investment of £6.3bn (US$7.6bn) by US companies into industry-based technology in 2024. Including ServiceNow, CyrusOne, CloudHQ and CoreWeave, the investment includes significant data centre funding.


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