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.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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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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  1. 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.

  2. 8 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 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...

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