Cloud and Digital Infrastructure Focus Week 2026

Welcome to techUK’s Cloud and Digital Infrastructure Week, running from 9 to 13 November 2026. This week we’re sharing thought leadership from across the techUK membership on how cloud computing is driving innovation, productivity and digital transformation across the UK economy and society.

This year we’re also looking beneath the cloud, at the infrastructure that makes it possible: the data centres, AI compute and energy that power the services organisations rely on every day.

Each day focuses on a different theme. Explore the guest blogs below and check back throughout the week as new content is published.

Monday: Cloud modernisation and adoption

How organisations are moving away from legacy systems, managing costs and skills, and building cloud estates ready for AI, with a focus on the public sector and SMEs.

Tuesday: Sovereignty, security and resilience

What cloud sovereignty means in practice for UK customers, and how providers are responding to data residency, concentration risk, new cyber security and resilience legislation, and the cloud competition debate.

Wednesday: Hybrid, multi-cloud and edge

How organisations decide where workloads should run across public, private, hybrid, multi-cloud and edge environments, and how to keep interoperability and portability while avoiding lock-in.

Thursday: AI, data and the cloud

How organisations are preparing their data, choosing AI services and moving from pilot to production, alongside the infrastructure behind it, from data centres and AI Growth Zones to access to compute.

Friday: Energy

How we power the growth of cloud and AI, covering grid connections, power supply, data centre efficiency and heat reuse, and how cloud can help customers cut their own energy use and emissions.

Get involved

To find out more about techUK’s Cloud Programme or how to get involved, contact Sophie Greaves (Sophie.Greaves@techuk.org) or Lucas Banach (Lucas.Banach@techuk.org).