Nations have long invested in domestic infrastructure to advance their economies, protect and use their data, and take advantage of technology opportunities in areas such as transportation, communications, commerce, entertainment and healthcare.
AI, the most important technology of our time, is turbocharging innovation across every facet of society. Countries are investing in AI capabilities so they can design, train and deploy models and applications, using domestic infrastructure, local datasets and homegrown expertise. This approach ensures AI solutions are tailored to local citizens, services and regulations.
Why AI Capabilities Matter
The urgency for countries to build and deploy AI capabilities has grown with the rise of generative and agentic AI, which is reshaping markets, inspiring new industries and transforming existing ones — from gaming to healthcare. It’s changing how people work, as many professions now use AI-powered copilots.
These efforts span physical infrastructure and data infrastructure. On the data side, countries are developing foundation models, such as large language models, built by local teams and trained on local datasets. This helps reflect regional dialects, cultural context and specific domains in the models’ outputs.
