Osborne: UK Risks Losing Tech Control to US Over Datacentre Delays

Britain risks losing control over its technology to the US unless it builds more datacentres, George Osborne warned. The former chancellor, now OpenAI's head of AI for countries, told Somerset's Big Brue festival that local opposition — NIMBYs — is holding Britain back while the US builds in Ohio, Georgia and Michigan, creating risky dependence.