Wherever you go in the UK technology industry right now, one word comes up again and again: sovereignty. It is a priority for government, and increasingly a focus in boardrooms. For good reason. The world has become more uncertain. Geopolitics, trade tensions and security concerns are starting to shape how
Russell Brown
Wherever you go in the UK technology industry right now, one word comes up again and again: sovereignty.
It is a priority for government, and increasingly a focus in boardrooms. For good reason.
The world has become more uncertain. Geopolitics, trade tensions and security concerns are starting to shape how organisations think about their technology in a way they did not before.
At a time when artificial intelligence is increasing both the speed of innovation and the speed of risk, the question of control is no longer theoretical. That is what is driving the renewed focus on sovereignty.
At its simplest, sovereignty is about control. Control of data, infrastructure and ultimately the decisions that underpin how a business operates.
The UK government’s £500m Sovereign AI Fund reflects that ambition to build capability and reduce dependency. It is a positive step. But there is a risk that the conversation becomes too binary. Full independence on one side. Full dependency on the other. Neither is realistic for most organisations….
