Use cases
Where the work runs matters.
Some AI belongs in a giant data centre. A growing share needs to sit close to people, machines and data, or inside a national border. Our operating system serves each request from the best-placed node.
Video analytics
The cameras are already there. Footage can be processed at the tower, with only what matters sent on. That can cost less than streaming everything to the cloud, and the footage stays local.
Voice AI agents
A conversation feels broken after a fraction of a second. Every network hop adds delay. Run the model nearby and the long trip disappears, and voice data stays in the country.
Healthcare imaging
Scans are large and sensitive. They can be analysed close to the hospital, inside the nation that owns the data.
Robotaxi and fleets
As the car moves down the road, its compute moves with it. The operating system hands each request from one tower to the next, so the answer is always close.
Sovereign AI models
A model hosted abroad can be switched off when the political wind shifts. Run it on sites inside your own country, and no other government holds the switch.
Resilience
Data centres are now targets in war.
Russia and Ukraine have both struck each other’s data centres. Drones have hit cloud sites in the Gulf. One strike can knock out a whole site. Our operating system balances work across many nodes, so it can route around a lost one.
Based on public news reports from 2026.
Robotics
Put less compute on each machine. Robots can get lighter and cheaper, and new services can be built on the shared capacity.
Gaming
Game servers can sit next to the players. Ping falls. Packet loss falls.
The map
Where each workload sits.
- Possible now
- 2027–28
- 2029 and later
- Stays central
Positions are our assessment.
| Use case | Timing | Near the user | In-country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where Tower Mesh wins first | |||
| Video and CCTV analyticsProcess camera footage at the tower. Send on only what matters. | Possible now | 0.60 | 0.88 |
| Fraud and payment scoringScore a payment before the customer notices a wait. | 2027–28 | 0.74 | 0.76 |
| Voice AI agentsKeep a spoken conversation under the delay people notice. | Possible now | 0.58 | 0.64 |
| Robotaxi fleet data and remote helpHandle the data fleets shed and support remote help along their roads. | 2027–28 | 0.66 | 0.54 |
| Government and defence AIKeep public-sector workloads and their data within the border. | 2027–28 | 0.62 | 0.70 |
| Won on sovereignty | |||
| Healthcare imaging and diagnosticsAnalyse large, sensitive scans inside the nation that owns them. | Possible now | 0.10 | 0.86 |
| Sovereign AI modelsRun models that must never leave the country on sites inside it. | Possible now | 0.16 | 0.74 |
| Real-time, less sovereign | |||
| Personalised ads and retail mediaChoose the ad in the time it takes a page to load. | Possible now | 0.56 | 0.42 |
| Live call translationTranslate speech fast enough to keep a call natural. | 2027–28 | 0.60 | 0.32 |
| Humanoid robotsMove part of each robot’s thinking off the machine and into the tower. | 2029 and later | 0.82 | 0.32 |
| AR and VR glassesRender and recognise nearby, so the headset can stay light. | 2027–28 | 0.70 | 0.22 |
| Drones beyond line of sightProcess what a drone sees along its route, without a long link back. | 2027–28 | 0.54 | 0.12 |
| Stays in central data centres | |||
| Model trainingNeeds scale more than proximity. It stays in central data centres. | Stays central | 0.10 | 0.30 |
| Chatbots and batch workCan wait for a round trip. It stays in central data centres. | Stays central | 0.20 | 0.18 |
Hearing from the market
A UK sovereign AI lab
Flexibility without a decade-long commitment.
Capacity in months, no capital at risk, no ten years of compute bought up front.
A devolved health service
Data that stays in the nation that owns it.
Its AI runs in its own nation, not in another one’s data centre.
Physical AI companies
Lighter machines, new business models.
Part of each machine’s compute moves to the tower. Capex becomes opex.
A gaming platform
Compute next to the players.
Lower ping, less packet loss, a better game.
Paraphrased from conversations with prospective customers. Not endorsements.