Sovereign AI Series

According to Gartner, strategic planning forecasts indicate rapid change in regulation, investment, and workload location:

• “By 2030, more than 75% of European and Middle Eastern enterprises will geopatriate their virtual workloads into solutions designed to reduce geopolitical risk, up from less than 5% in 2025.”
• “By 2029, nations establishing a sovereign AI stack will need to spend at least 1% of their GDP on AI infrastructure.”

Source: Gartner, Sovereign AI Series: Shift Your AI Gravity to Regional Autonomy, Mike Fang, Lydia Clougherty Jones, et al., 8 January 2026.

We believe you find valuable insights into:

• Why enterprises are rethinking centralized, global AI approaches
• Key areas that matter most when adapting AI to regional requirements
• How fragmented AI regulation increases compliance complexity
• Ways regional ecosystems can strengthen resilience and foster local innovation

Gartner, Sovereign AI Series: Shift Your AI Gravity to Regional Autonomy, Mike Fang, Lydia Clougherty Jones, et al., 8 January 2026.

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