Connected Britain Panellists The UK wants to lead in AI, cloud and digital services. Prime Minister Andy Burnham recently reinforced that ambition at the UN, committing to put AI at the heart of the UK’s 2027 G20 Presidency. But delivering that ambition depends on physical infrastructure. AI, cloud and digital services all rely on the compute capacity, connectivity and data centres that underpin the digital economy. At Connected Britain September 2026, I chaired a panel with