We work with government bodies to build understanding of what AI infrastructure means in practice — what's needed, what's available, and what policy can do to accelerate access.
This isn't lobbying. It's education and coordination — helping the people making decisions understand what's actually happening on the ground in UK businesses, and where the structural barriers are.
Sovereign AI — the idea that the UK should have meaningful control over the AI systems it depends on — is increasingly central to national technology policy.
AI for Growth is contributing to that conversation. We work across the alliance to understand what sovereign capability looks like for the UK, what it requires, and what's currently standing in the way.
This includes questions about data infrastructure, compute access, home-grown model development, and the regulatory environment that shapes all of it.
We're building the evidence base that policymakers, investors, and businesses need to make good decisions about AI infrastructure.
That means honest research into where the UK's strengths actually lie, where the gaps are, and what barriers are slowing progress — across sectors, regions, and organisation sizes.
Research outputs will be published through our Insights page as they're completed.