Protecting America’s New Critical Infrastructure, Part II - The New Battlespace
For generations, warfare was defined by geography. Nations fought to control territory, ports, shipping lanes, rail corridors, energy reserves, and industrial capacity. Strategic infrastructure was tangible and visible—bridges, factories, pipelines, electrical grids.
In the AI era, however, a new strategic landscape is emerging.
The Civic Value of Data Centers: Why Cities and City Governments Should Treat Digital Infrastructure as Urban Infrastructure
Data centers are no longer “somewhere else” infrastructure. As cities digitize public services, adopt AI-enabled operations, and expand sensor-rich systems (mobility, utilities, safety), data centers increasingly determine whether urban digital capabilities are fast, reliable, secure, and governable.
Sovereign AI and the Future of Government Data Centers
Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a strategic national capability, not just a commercial technology. As that shift accelerates, a new concept is moving from policy circles into infrastructure planning: Sovereign AI.