Question follow-through · 3877
Artificial Intelligence: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, to what extent UK sovereign AI capability is reliant on overseas-owned compute infrastructure providers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 21 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, to what extent UK sovereign AI capability is reliant on overseas-owned compute infrastructure providers.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government is investing in domestic capability through initiatives such as the AI Research Resource (AIRR), which provides a national network of publicly funded AI supercomputing systems to support researchers, businesses and the public sector. This i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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