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Trump Ambassador’s Fortune Intertwined With Big Tech Trade Push
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President Donald Trump’s UK ambassador holds investments in the companies set to develop flagship tech projects across the country.
These U.S. firms have announced £31 billion in UK investments, giving them the opportunity to develop critical tech infrastructure, including data centres and computing capacity.
This tech partnership – dubbed the ‘Tech Prosperity Deal’ – has been negotiated for several months between the Trump administration and Keir Starmer’s Labour government.
Big Tech’s Climate ImpactSeveral of the newly-announced UK investments are in large data centres – sites to power artificial intelligence (AI).
Google’s greenhouse gas emissions were 48 percent higher in 2023 than in 2019, driven by its data centres.
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