UK Infrastructure Partnership Aims to Strengthen Digital Sovereignty and AI Capabilities
Three technology companies have partnered to develop edge computing solutions that address UK data sovereignty, security, and AI readiness challenges while improving digital resilience.
Cornerstone has announced a partnership with Stonesthro, a UK-based edge cloud provider, and Zadara, a global leader in fully managed cloud services, to explore new ways of bringing compute and data closer to where they are created and used. The collaboration aims to provide solutions for national challenges, from improving data sovereignty and security to supporting low-latency AI applications and strengthening the UK's digital backbone.
By combining Cornerstone's national infrastructure, Stonesthro's sovereign edge capability and Zadara's cloud technology, the partnership will examine how edge computing can unlock new performance, sustainability and resilience benefits across industries. As demand for data-intensive and AI-driven services grows, organizations across sectors, including public sector, healthcare, finance and critical national infrastructure, face mounting pressure to balance latency, sovereignty, scalability and sustainability.
The partnership aims to provide solutions that reduce latency by processing data closer to the source for faster, real-time insights while supporting sovereignty and compliance by ensuring data is governed under UK law. It will enable scalability through flexible, distributed infrastructure that adapts to demand and advance AI-readiness with NVIDIA GPU-optimized multi-tenant platform for emerging workloads. The collaboration also seeks to improve sustainability through more energy-efficient, lower-carbon edge deployment models and enhance resilience by distributing workloads to reduce single points of failure.
Pat Coxen, CEO of Cornerstone, said the partnership brings together three complementary strengths: national infrastructure, digital innovation and artificial intelligence, to explore how the UK can build greater trust and resilience into its digital systems. Ashley Sellar, CEO of Stonesthro, noted that by combining the flexibility of edge with the assurance of UK sovereignty, there is an opportunity to redefine how organizations approach performance, compliance and sustainability in the cloud.
Yoram Novick, CEO of Zadara, added that the partnership will expand access to Zadara-powered sovereign AI clouds, enabling UK organizations to build scalable and secure IT foundations that unlock the power of AI while ensuring resilience and digital sovereignty. The collaboration reflects a shared commitment to strengthening the UK's position as a leader in digital infrastructure, ensuring that the next generation of cloud and AI services are secure, scalable and sustainable by design.
By uniting connectivity, compute and security at the edge, the three organizations will help create the conditions for a smarter, safer and more resilient digital future for the UK. The partnership represents a significant step in addressing the growing demands for data-intensive applications while maintaining compliance with UK data protection standards and supporting the country's digital transformation initiatives across multiple sectors.