Summary
Telecom executives told the Guardian that the UK’s broadband and mobile networks may struggle as consumers and businesses generate more AI-related traffic. They pointed to slow 5G upgrades and planning rules, making this an industry warning rather than a measured forecast of future demand.
Why it matters
AI demand is becoming a network-planning issue as well as a data-centre issue, but the evidence here is executive testimony rather than a modelled capacity assessment.
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