UK government used Chinese owned data centre, Cummings tells Peston | Talking Politics | ITV News

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UK government used Chinese owned data centre, Cummings tells Peston | Talking Politics | ITV News

Dominic Cummings has disclosed in an exclusive interview with ITV News that government data has been stored on infrastructure owned and controlled by Chinese interests.

He told the Talking Politics podcast that he had been warned about the Chinese ownership in “early 2020”, shortly after becoming chief aide to the then Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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Date: October 17, 2025