Nebius says struck deals with UK AI labs, welcomes non-compete changes

European AI infrastructure company Nebius says it has struck deals with a number of early-stage UK AI labs as it looks to accelerate its compute and infrastructure offering in the UK. Nebius, which is sometimes referred to as a neocloud, builds and operates data centres, packing them with GPUs, then offers access to these data centres to AI and enterprise companies needing compute power, as well as offering them specialised software to run AI applications. Earlier this year, Nebius announced a £1.7bn UK build-out across new sites, along wtth an expansion of its London hub, which is its major European R Inherent, founded by former DeepMind, Microsoft and White House staff; and Recursive Superintelligence, co-founded by high-profile German computer scientiest Richard Socher, are examples of UK AI startups coming out of stealth this year.  Ineffable Intelligence has struck a deal Google Cloud to be its preferred cloud partner. Asked more broadly about the public backlash against data cen