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Building smarter with AI: Why legacy infrastructure is the biggest bottleneck

Josh Mesout (Chief Innovation Officer at Civo) took the main stage at Civo Navigate London 2025 to deliver a critical message: The AI revolution isn't just coming, it's here, and the way companies are built is changing faster than ever before. His session cut through the hype, delivering hard data on what separates the companies that scale AI from the ones that sink money into failed prototypes. The takeaway is blunt: The biggest threat to your AI ambition isn't the model; it’s your infrastructure.

AI Eliminates Pollution Risk: Oxford's Digital Contrast, Powered by Civo.

The future of medicine is here: Oxford's digital contrast AI is powered by Civo! Watch as Regent Lee, Professor at the University of Oxford and moonshot engineer, reveals a revolutionary solution to healthcare’s biggest hidden problem. Radiology currently accounts for 1% of global carbon emissions, with a single PET CT scan generating up to 60 kg of carbon, while forcing patients to endure long waits and chemical injections. Old habits cause slow systems.

What we learnt about digital sovereignty at Civo Navigate London 2025

The concept of digital sovereignty has become increasingly important in today's technology-driven world. As organizations rely more heavily on cloud services and artificial intelligence (AI), they face new challenges in maintaining control over their data and IT resources. At Civo Navigate London, we brought together industry leaders to discuss the topic of digital sovereignty and its implications for the cloud industry.

Orbital Materials: WorldClass AI Models Built on CivoStack

Daniel Miodovnik, COO of Orbital Materials, explains how the CivoStack enables world‑class AI models that outperform the big‑tech giants. He outlines the power‑draw and cooling of megawatt‑scale GPU racks, the water‑ and CO₂‑intensity of today’s data centres, and why a sovereign, Civo‑based solution is the key to speed, and predictable costs.

The sovereignty of the builder: Lessons from Civo Navigate London 2025

Digital sovereignty isn’t won in policy papers. It’s earned in production. That was the challenge issued by Civo CEO Mark Boost and Board Director Kelsey Hightower at Civo Navigate London 2025. They argued that the cloud's real failure lies not with the providers, but with the customers who refused to change. Catch up on the full fireside chat below The power shift is underway, moving from large vendors back to the practitioner.

Civo AI: Turnkey Privacy, Design & Solving Real Problems

Josh Mesout, Civo’s Chief Innovation Officer, takes the stage to ask the question every UK leader is facing: how do we keep pace with the AI explosion while retaining full data sovereignty? Josh walks through relaxAI – a privacy‑first, turn‑key AI solution that ships as a plug‑and‑play box, runs on the latest NVIDIA B200 hardware, and keeps every byte inside the UK. He also demonstrates the dramatic cost advantage, up to 90 % cheaper than the big‑name models , and shows how a single query can spin into a research‑grade analyst report in seconds.

Decoding cloud credits: Are "free" credits locking you in?

Are "free" cloud credits holding your business back? Join us for an online webinar as we explore the hidden risks associated with cloud credits and the impact they have on businesses. Our speakers, Simon Hansford, Chief Commercial Officer at Civo, and James Marks, Founder of Canopy, will share their knowledge and experience on this critical topic. This webinar is based on our recent whitepaper, which examines the "cloud credit trap" and its far-reaching implications for organizations.

Decoding cloud credits: Are "free" credits locking you in?

“Free" cloud credits, they sound like a gift, but they often come with hidden costs and an agenda: lock-in. The illusion of a cost-saving measure can quickly become a vendor-specific trap, forcing costly migrations or leaving your business overpaying for cloud services. This issue, which the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) estimates contributes to £430M of annual over-payments in the UK alone, is what we call the "cloud credit trap.".

Sovereignty over silence: Why Microsoft's data opacity is the real lock-in

The refusal by Microsoft to detail data flows to Police Scotland confirms the real price of hyperscale: control is an illusion. This incident isn't the problem. It’s the proof. It proves the need for a new standard in cloud computing, one that prioritizes true digital sovereignty and architectural transparency. Sovereignty, after all, is all about the customer being able to exercise control over the IT resources they use.