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The Sovereign AI Paradox: Why Energy Independence May Matter More Than Data Sovereignty

For the last two years, the AI industry has been obsessed with sovereignty. Sovereign AI. Sovereign clouds. Sovereign compute. National AI factories. Regional AI ecosystems. Across Europe and beyond, governments and enterprises are racing to ensure that AI infrastructure, data, and models remain under local control. The reasoning makes sense. AI is no longer just […]

Simon Todd in 14 Jun 2026 No Comments

CO₂ Per Token: The AI Metric We’ve Been Ignoring (Until Now)

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Why the world needs to think beyond speed and cost The Blind Spot in AI’s Big Moment The UK government recently announced new plans for AI infrastructure. Other countries are doing the same, working urgently to build bigger data centers, expand AI capacity, and secure Sovereign and Confidential AI capabilities. Whenever these announcements happen, the […]

Simon Todd in 20 Nov 2025 No Comments

Neocloud Enters Its Consolidation Era: What’s Driving It and What It Means for AI Buyers

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Over the last two years, a new class of GPU-first Neocloud providers such as CoreWeave, Lambda, Voltage Park, Crusoe, and others has moved from niche to necessary. They stand out for their cutting-edge accelerators, near bare-metal performance, faster time to capacity, and flexible terms for AI workloads including shorter commitments, lower egress fees, and container-native […]

Simon Todd in 17 Oct 2025 No Comments

LLMs vs SLMs: Why Smaller Models Could Power the Future of Agentic AI

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The AI landscape has been dominated by Large Language Models (LLMs)—massive neural networks trained on trillions of tokens, spanning hundreds of billions of parameters. These models, such as GPT-4 or Claude, have shown remarkable general-purpose intelligence, but they come with steep costs: enormous compute requirements, GPU dependency, and operational overheads that make them inaccessible for […]

Simon Todd in 13 Sep 2025 No Comments