The Sovereign Stack: A New Architecture for Digital Independence and Global Resilience

AI introduces "The Sovereign Stack," a proposed architecture designed to foster digital independence and global resilience by moving away from the current centralized cloud model. This new model advocates for companies to own their physical data centers and hardware, rather than relying on a few large technology giants. The system's efficiency is maintained by third-party expert vendors managing the physical infrastructure and an AI Provisioner intelligently orchestrating all logical operations, akin to a "Corporate Autonomic Nervous System." This shift aims to reduce "astronomical" costs, eliminate "vendor lock-in," and create a more "antifragile" system that thrives amidst disruptions, moving organizations from "digital renter to digital owner." The text explores potential societal transformations, including "digital independence" for nations, a "symbiotic" relationship between digital infrastructure and the environment, and a more "equitable" future of work, while also acknowledging potential new risks like "Vendor Kingmaker" and "Algorithmic Central Planner" problems that require an "open-source" and "equitable ecosystem" to mitigate.