Artificial Intelligence Sovereignty, Domestic Infrastructure and the Supply Chain

Sovereignty in artificial intelligence is about far more than developing a domestic model or chatbot.

Data centers, cooling systems, energy, subsea cables, chips and critical minerals are all parts of the same strategic equation.

Nvidia’s influence in accelerators, TSMC’s manufacturing capacity and China’s strength in rare-earth processing create global chokepoints.

Türkiye’s defense-sector localization experience, together with infrastructure such as ARF ACC, provides a valuable foundation, yet hardware dependence persists.

The article proposes a model of modular autonomy encompassing domestic orchestration software, cybersecurity, strategic public procurement and technology diplomacy.