Sovereign AI: The Future of European Tech & Cloud Infrastructure

What happens to your business if access to the AI models you depend on is switched off tomorrow?

In this episode we talk with Alessandro Vozza, who just left Microsoft after years in the Azure and Kubernetes world to become AI architect at Volt Data Centers. Together we look at why Europe is behind on AI infrastructure, what sovereign AI actually means for European companies, and why building local capacity is about more than just data centers.

We discuss, among other things:

• Why depending on non-European providers for AI means giving away part of your competitive advantage
• How local AI capacity in cities like Amsterdam and Rotterdam would change the choices companies have
• Why open source and open weights models are the great leveler for smaller countries
• Why Europe needs to rebuild the skills to run its own infrastructure, from engineers to electricians
• The first step every company should take: map your dependencies and make a plan B