And imagine the inducements they must have offered MS to build a datacenter here. UK.gov actually has a semi-inhouse cloud called Crown Hosting that might win

And imagine the inducements they must have offered MS to build a datacenter here. UK.gov actually has a semi-inhouse cloud called Crown Hosting that might win new business from Azure. They don't offer the functionality needed to produce an infrastructure that adapts to load but that doesn't matter - gov clients don't really get cloud and typically want static computer systems duplicating an on prem infrastructure without the support costs.