Denmark has inaugurated a revolutionary sovereign-AI system, making it a forerunner in European digital sovereignty. This move marks a major step in a long struggle for Europeans to be in control of the most vulnerable data and AI infrastructure in their own territory. This move comes in response to rising concerns in relation to data security and regulatory issues in a developing world of artificial intelligence.
Gefion supercomputer drives European AI sovereignty initiative
The country has a national AI supercomputer named Gefion, which has been used as a basis for developing a revolutionary sovereign AI solution for public authorities. This solution has enabled government institutions to use artificial intelligence technology without violating any European Union regulations. This technology has removed long-existing hindrances that have been blocking the use of AI technology in public institutions.
The solution provides for key considerations that arose from government agencies worried about storing citizen data and critical models of artificial intelligence on a system that operates outside the European zone. Since all processing of data takes place in a European country, it ensures that all data privacy laws in the European Union are followed. This has enabled government agencies to adopt AI without undermining privacy.
Economic forecasts point to enormous productivity potential
Estimates project that Denmark’s public sector can realize a potential increase in productivity of as much as DKK 55 billion every year by 2040. This would make available the equivalent of 100,000 full-time employee resources in the public sector. Estimates also project that the use of generative AI technology has the potential to increase public sector productivity in the European Union as a whole by 10 percent, which amounts to a value of around EUR 100 billion.
Netcompany’s EASLEY AI platform supports end-to-end deployment
The deployment will see the incorporation of EASLEY AI, which is known as a premier artificial intelligence solution, onto Denmark’s premier supercomputing infrastructure offered by DCAI. This brings together what can be referred to as one of the first sovereign AI platforms available in Europe. The platform offers a full range of functionalities to develop, deploy, and manage AI assistants that are exclusively rooted in European data centers.
The solution aims to support highly regulated industries such as central and local government, healthcare, education, and other front-line public services. Organizations in those sectors would need a solution that ensures compliance with data laws and that data flow is limited to European territories. The sovereign infrastructure satisfies such needs with a hosting that ensures regulatory compliance concerning data security, auditability, and restrictions on data processing.
Strategic partnership speeds up European independence in AI
The collaboration between major tech firms in Denmark illustrates that, in principle, a country’s infrastructure can facilitate wider use of AI. DCAI runs Gefion as a Danish flagship AI supercomputer, which provides infrastructure support for users from academia, startups, as well as bigger businesses. Such a model can help other European nations gain better control over their own AI infrastructure.
“Our biggest challenge in the EU certainly isn’t a lack of ideas for how to use AI. We completely understand what can be done, but we haven’t been able to implement it yet due to issues with models and infrastructure that exist mostly outside of Europe. That has now changed,” stated André Rogaczewski, Netcompany CEO and Co-founder.
The Danish model offers a template for a digitally sovereign Europe, as well as immense economic potential with AI-driven productivity gains. This sovereign AI platform offers a major milestone in making Europeans less reliant on foreign AI infrastructure with uncompromising data protection and regulatory standards. A successful launch of this project can lead to a similar model being adopted in other parts of the European Union.
