Nebius Group, the AI cloud infrastructure company that emerged from Yandex’s international operations, is pouring roughly £1.7 billion (about $2.3 billion) into expanding its UK footprint with three new Nvidia-powered AI deployments. The announcement, made on June 8, positions the Nasdaq-listed company as one of the largest single investors in British AI compute capacity.
By 2027, Nebius expects to operate 65 MW of total AI capacity across four UK sites.
What the build-out actually looks like
Nebius already has boots on the ground in the UK. Its first site launched in November 2025 at Ark Data Centres in Chertsey, running on Nvidia Blackwell Ultra technology, the chipmaker’s latest and most powerful AI accelerator architecture.
The three new deployments will join that existing site to form a four-location network. One confirmed piece of the puzzle: a 10-year lease agreement for 22 MW at Kao Data’s Harlow campus.
