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The doubling of AI cloud providers in the UK since last year's 'AI maker' pledge reveals a strategic pivot toward sovereign infrastructure, mirroring the EU's Digital Markets Act. This creates a parallel ecosystem where AI compute becomes a geopolitical asset, pressuring crypto to adopt sustainable practices to access institutional capital. Unlike mainstream coverage, this isn't just about AI—it's about restructuring capital allocation away from volatile assets toward tangible infrastructure in a high-rate environment.

The UK government and NVIDIA, along with partners, announced progress in sovereign AI infrastructure deployments and partnerships at London Tech Week.