NewsMarkets

Business

UK datacentre job forecasts cut to quarter of industry claims

Thinktank Verdant estimates UK datacentres will employ 10,400 workers, far below TechUK's projection of 40,000.

1 publisher · 1 article · first seen 9 Sept 2026 · updated 4d ago

This story has stopped developing; this page is its permanent record. More from that day

Sources

Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.

  1. UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds The Guardian Business ·

In this story

  • Verdant
  • TechUK