“Big tech companies artificially inflate datacentre job creation and economic impact to please governments, which are desperate to claim they are making the economy grow.”

An embarassing look into the British government's investment into largely fictional AI companies and initiatives.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/09/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments

This is what happens when you build a government on buzzwords but no actual substance.

Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’

Exclusive: Rented datacentres and unrealised supercomputer site raise questions for Starmer’s push to ‘mainline AI into veins of economy’

The Guardian