‘Peak TV is behind us’: UK developers pivot from building studios to datacentres amid AI boom

Ambitious plans are being scaled back – but film and TV industry point to big existing investments in British production

Hollywood blockbusters including the eagerly anticipated Beatles biopics and big-budget TV series such as Bridgerton have been keeping the UK’s film and TV studio facilities packed.

But as the streaming wars recalibrate having passed “peak TV”, a slowdown in the content arms race is prompting property developers to switch to building datacentres amid the AI boom.