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As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly dependent on energy, a new geography of computing may be emerging. Project Enki explores whether the future of AI infrastructure will be built around technology hubs—or around locations where energy is abundant.
Artificial intelligence is often discussed in terms of algorithms and computing power. Yet the future of AI may depend just as much on the physical infrastructure beneath it. From photonics to energy systems, intelligence remains constrained by the laws of physics.
Global trade appears fluid and resilient, but depends on a handful of narrow chokepoints. The Strait of Hormuz reveals how energy, logistics and geopolitics converge — and how fragile a system becomes when continuity is assumed rather than secured.
Long dismissed as “dumb pipes”, telecom operators control something increasingly scarce in the digital age: geographically distributed infrastructure with power, connectivity and proximity to users. As energy and latency become binding constraints, networks may evolve from transport systems into Europe’s most valuable compute platforms.
For years, photonics has been presented as a technology of the future — elegant, powerful and perpetually just over the horizon. It appears in research agendas and innovation strategies alongside quantum computing and other long-term breakthroughs. As a result, it is still widely perceived as experimental rather than structural.
As AI-driven data centres scale at unprecedented speed, France’s centralised nuclear system faces a new kind of pressure. Built for stability, not acceleration, the grid must now absorb volatile demand while digital sovereignty increasingly depends on physical energy control.
