Are These the New Digital Prisons? Most people have never thought about data centres. Yet they are quietly becoming some of the most important buildings in modern society. This map shows the growing network of data centres across the UK, the hidden infrastructure that powers almost every aspect of our digital lives. Every AI prompt. Every online bank transfer. Every cloud backup. Every Netflix stream. Every Google search. Every business using Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace. Increasingly, our lives run through these buildings. Artificial intelligence is accelerating demand like never before. Governments are competing to attract investment, technology companies are spending billions, and electricity grids are being expanded to support them. This isn’t just about computers. It’s about infrastructure. In the last century, nations competed over oil fields, factories and power stations. Today, they’re competing over semiconductors, AI and data centres. I’m not saying these are digi...