Locai Labs and Civo launch Project Mercury to end UK reliance on foreign AI
Tech.eu / 4/14/2026
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Key Points
- Locai Labs and Civo have launched Project Mercury with the goal of reducing the UK’s dependence on foreign AI models and cloud providers.
- The initiative is designed to keep users’ data within UK jurisdiction, prioritizing national control over data residency.
- Project Mercury will provide a UK-based alternative for deploying AI capabilities through infrastructure and model access.
- The launch positions UK-focused AI infrastructure as a competitive approach for organizations with compliance and sovereignty requirements.
Today, Locai Labs, the UK’s sovereign AI company, and Civo, the British sovereign cloud provider, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to undertake Project Mercury. The programme aims to bu...
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