Countries count AI compute infrastructure as a strategic asset without systematically tracking its distribution, availability and access. Digital Economic Security Lab researchers Vili Lehdonvirta, Boxi Wu and Zoe Jay Hawkins collaborated with OECD researchers Celine Caira and Lucia Russo to help fill this gap by tracking and estimating the availability and global physical distribution of public cloud compute for AI.
READ THE REPORT: Measuring domestic public cloud compute availability for artificial intelligence
Why compute matters for AI policy
Compute infrastructure is a foundational input for AI development and deployment, alongside data and algorithms. “AI compute” refers to the specialised hardware and software stacks required to train and run AI models. But as AI systems become more complex, their need for AI compute grows exponentially. Read more on OECD.