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Is your nation a “tech-taker” or a “market-shaper”? 90% of global AI data center capacity is currently concentrated in just two countries: the U.S. and China. For the rest of the world, this isn’t just a digital divide — it’s a sovereignty divide. In an AI-driven, post-aid era, digital infrastructure has moved from the back-office to the top of the political agenda. As traditional aid models sunset, the “power to decide” a nation’s digital future has become a fundamental pillar of national self-determination. At Devex Impact House: The Capital Summit, in a session hosted in partnership with Public Digital, the organization’s James Stewart and Lauren Kahn shared a first look at the framework from their forthcoming book, Digital Sovereignty: The Power to Decide. They argued that reclaiming agency isn’t about isolationism — it’s about building the capacity to make informed choices. As Stewart put it: “Digital is not something off to the side of our societies anymore; it permeates everything that we do.” Read the full article here: dvx.cm/atbusz #DevexImpactHouse #CapitalSummit2026 #DigitalSovereignty #GlobalDevelopment