The UK government's ambition to be a global AI superpower faces significant hurdles such as energy constraints, planning difficulties, and necessary datacenter investments. Despite these barriers, the EMEA bitbarn market is growing robustly, with a notable increase in capacity. A report by Pillsbury outlines plans from Britain's Labour government for boosting datacenter and AI sectors through the AI Opportunities Action Plan. This includes creating "AI Growth Zones" and publishing a long-term roadmap that addresses security, sustainability, and energy needs, focusing on roles of regulatory approvals and clean energy access in overcoming challenges.
Significant hurdles stand in the way of the UK government's push to become a global AI superpower, including energy constraints, planning difficulties and the datacenter investment required for it all.
Energy is one of the "greatest areas of skepticism" in the whole strategy, with the UK having some of the most expensive energy prices in the world, and aspirational net-zero targets, which it claims have been labeled as unrealistic.
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