The UK's AI Infrastructure Paradox: Fights Over Datacentres While the Pipes Clog

The UK risks becoming a global AI laggard not because it lacks chips or ambition, but because its mobile networks rank 57th globally — behind every EU member state and every G7 nation. Senior telecoms executives warn that planning delays and glacial 5G upgrades will leave the UK unable to cope with the coming flood of AI-related traffic. Andrea Donà, VodafoneThree's networks director, is blunt: "I am embarrassed today at the level of quality of our networks." The debate has...