{"id":22239,"date":"2026-03-09T15:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T15:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:37:28","slug":"revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: UK\u2019s multibillion AI drive is built on \u2018phantom investments\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Rented datacentres and \u2018supercomputer\u2019 site that\u2019s still a scaffolding yard raise questions for Starmer\u2019s push to \u2018mainline AI into veins of economy\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/09\/from-press-release-to-scrap-metal-site-the-essex-supercomputer-thats-still-a-scaffolding-yard\">From press release \u2026 to scrap metal site: the Essex supercomputer that\u2019s still a scaffolding yard<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A multibillion-pound drive to \u201cmainline AI into the veins\u201d of the British economy is riddled with \u201cphantom investments\u201d and shaky accounting, a Guardian investigation has found.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2024, successive Conservative and Labour governments have proclaimed massive deals to build new datacentres, create thousands of jobs and construct a supercomputer.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/09\/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7e6c231f569010475b272b17e1894587cc703eee\/0_0_1920_1536\/master\/1920.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c142f672d99864101b3906e399321f21\" title=\"Revealed: UK\u2019s multibillion AI drive is built on \u2018phantom investments\u2019\" \/>Exclusive: Rented datacentres and \u2018supercomputer\u2019 site that\u2019s still a scaffolding yard raise questions for Starmer\u2019s push to \u2018mainline AI into veins of economy\u2019<br \/>\nFrom press release \u2026 to scrap metal site: the Essex supercomputer that\u2019s still a scaffolding yard<br \/>\nA multibillion-pound drive to \u201cmainline AI into the veins\u201d of the British economy is riddled with \u201cphantom investments\u201d and shaky accounting, a Guardian investigation has found.<br \/>\nSince 2024, successive Conservative and Labour governments have proclaimed massive deals to build new datacentres, create thousands of jobs and construct a supercomputer. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Rented datacentres and \u2018supercomputer\u2019 site that\u2019s still a scaffolding yard raise questions for Starmer\u2019s push to \u2018mainline AI into veins of economy\u2019 From press release \u2026 to scrap metal site: the Essex supercomputer that\u2019s still a scaffolding yard A multibillion-pound drive to \u201cmainline AI into the veins\u201d of the British economy is riddled with &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/09\/revealed-uks-multibillion-ai-drive-is-built-on-phantom-investments\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Revealed: UK\u2019s multibillion AI drive is built on \u2018phantom investments\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}