01:57 PM EDT, 07/21/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT )-backed (MSFT) OpenAI and the UK government have signed a new partnership aimed at expanding artificial intelligence security research, exploring investments in UK-based infrastructure, and improving the efficiency of taxpayer-funded services using AI, the UK government said Monday.

Financial details weren't disclosed.

As part of the deal, OpenAI will consider investing in data centers and support the UK's 2 billion British pound ($2.7 billion) AI opportunities action plan, which includes the development of AI growth zones across the country, the government said, adding that OpenAI also plans to expand its London office and may develop advanced research and development capabilities in the UK.

OpenAI didn't immediately reply to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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