Britain’s businesses put £11.2bn into digital infrastructure last year, roughly three times what the official measure had been reporting.
The jump in UK digital infrastructure investment did not come from a building spree.
Almost none of the difference is new money. The Office for National Statistics changed what counts on Monday.
What the ONS actually did
Its headline measure counts investment in telecommunications structures. On that basis, digital infrastructure investment in 2025 was £3.6bn.
