AI cloud services provider Nebius announced on June 9, 2025, a large-scale expansion of its AI infrastructure in the United Kingdom, making a serious bid for leadership in the European high-performance computing market. According to the company's official press release and reports from industry publications like mlq.ai, Nebius will be one of the first in the region to deploy NVIDIA's latest and most powerful graphics processing units (GPUs) for its clients – the Blackwell B200 Ultra. This move represents a significant increase in computing power available to UK and European companies, startups, and research institutions working on large language models and other complex AI projects. The deployment of the Blackwell Ultra GPU architecture, which offers an unprecedented level of performance for training and running the largest and most intricate AI models, directly supports the UK's national AI strategy aimed at strengthening the country's position as a technological powerhouse. By providing local access to cutting-edge technology, Nebius helps address the compute resource shortage, which is one of the main obstacles to AI innovation in the region. For Nebius itself, this investment is a key element of its strategy to bolster its position in the global AI cloud computing market. By offering access to the most advanced hardware, Nebius can more effectively compete with the largest US cloud providers for customers working on the most demanding AI projects. The new infrastructure is expected to be available to clients in the coming months, providing a powerful boost to the development of the entire AI ecosystem in the UK and Europe.
Nebius Expands UK AI Infrastructure with NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra
