Google has unveiled a one billion US dollar (£790 million) investment in its first UK data centre, hailed by the Government as a “huge vote of confidence in Britain”.
The tech giant said it had started building the facility on a 33-acre site in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, with aims for construction to be completed by 2025.
Google said it was too early to say how many jobs would be created at the Hertfordshire site, but confirmed the centre would require engineers, project managers, data centre technicians, electricians, catering and security personnel.
It adds to its 27 data centres worldwide, with sites across 11 countries, including 13 in the US.
It marks the latest investment by a major US tech firm in Britain, coming less than two months after Microsoft announced it would invest £2.5 billion to expand data centres for artificial intelligence (AI) across the UK.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Google’s plans were “testament to the fact that the UK is a centre of excellence in technology and has huge potential for growth”.
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Next-generation banks will use generative artificial intelligence to influence people’s financial decisions, spot potentially vulnerable customers, train call centre staff and even run social media accounts.
The complex technology could “touch almost everything that goes on at a bank”, according to Tom Merry, the head of banking strategy at Accenture.
The UK banking industry has been using AI for years, such as through predictive models which detect fraud and analyse risks.
But more banks are starting to test the use of generative AI, where complex models can create something completely new based on a vast set of data.
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