The EU's AI Continent Action Plan aims to establish a public-private partnership that fosters AI sovereignty via AI infrastructure, homegrown models and innovation. By Mark Beccue, Principal Analyst Published: 26 Jan 2026 Sovereign AI is in motion. Jurisdictions, such as the European Union, are taking steps to carve out some AI independence. The goal is to keep, run and produce AI workloads, proprietary data and AI innovation within the boundary and spawn homegrown AI suppliers.