Google-owner Alphabet has announced a substantial £5 billion ($6.8 billion) investment in UK artificial intelligence (AI) for infrastructure and scientific research over the next two years. This is the first of several major US investments expected ahead of US President Donald Trump's state visit.

• The investment will be used for infrastructure and scientific research over the next two years, with the official opening of a $1 billion (£735 million) data centre in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire.
• Google's President and Chief Investment Officer Ruth Porat highlighted "profound opportunities in the UK" for "pioneering work in advanced science" and a "US-UK special technology relationship."
• The funding will expand the Waltham Cross site and support London-based DeepMind, led by British Nobel Prize winner Sir Demis Hassabis, which uses AI to revolutionize scientific research.