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The conversation around digital infrastructure is changing. A decade ago, most organisations asked only whether the cloud was secure enough for sensitive workloads. Today, the debate is not about whether businesses should adopt cloud services, but how they can balance their benefits of global scale while meeting intensifying demands for local control. In turn, data sovereignty has moved from a niche concern for compliance teams to a more common boardroom issue. 

Recent developments in Parliament signal a growing focus on AI-related online harms, with new protections added to the Crime and Policing Bill and a fresh APPG inquiry launched to examine how AI is affecting children’s online safety.

Guest blog by Richard Jacklin, Commercial Lead for Space at Plextek, and James Snape, Founder of Aphelion Industries

techUK is launching a new initiative to showcase how artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming public services, and we need your help.

The UK’s Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) sector has strong research, AI and software development capability, and yet struggles to translate this into domestic to manufacture, particularly in the case of robotic hardware. Set this against our position globally where the UK ranks 24th in industrial robot density - the only G7 country outside the top 20 - while other G7 nations are scaling up robotics production and adoption, and it is difficult to see how the UK can compete.  

Guest blog by Laurent Strauss, CyberSecurity Strategist at Opentext #DefTechWeek2025

Guest blog by Nick Pollard, Managing Director at Lightning IQ #DefTechWeek2025

Guest blog by Enrique Oti at Second Front Systems #DefTechWeek2025

Guest blog by Balaji Anbil, Director - Applied Innovations at Tenacium DC Ltd #DefTechWeek2025