Issue Infrastructure is positioned as the backbone of both innovation and national sovereignty

Summary

NTT DATA argues that advanced infrastructure has become central to both innovation and national sovereignty. High-performance computing, continuity from edge devices to the cloud and quantum-enabled simulation let governments and companies shift from reacting to events toward predictive, resilient and transparent digital foundations. At the same time, countries are seeking greater control over their own data and computing capacity. In that context, the report says, informed infrastructure becomes the backbone of innovation and of sovereignty alike. This reframes infrastructure choices from a matter of technical procurement into a question of strategic autonomy. The theme links to the report's separate macrotrend on sovereign computing capacity.