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Defence Holdings PLC - London-based defence technology platform - Chooses Google Cloud as its hyperscale provider for Project Ixian. ‘This initiative marks the company’s inaugural sovereign artificial intelligence product, developed under its Defence Technologies division, and is focused on enhancing information integrity and resilience against information warfare,’ Defence says. It adds: ‘Project Ixian will be built natively on Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped, a platform specifically designed for the most stringent data residency, security controls, and operates fully disconnected from the internet.’ Defence Chief Technology Officer Andy McCartney says: ‘By selecting Google Cloud, we are establishing sovereign AI capability on the same technology, aligned with UK government investments. Project Ixian exemplifies how infrastructure translates into capability sovereign by design, scalable from inception, and directly addressing one of the most urgent areas of focus of our time: information operations. Project Ixian is just the first in a multi-product pipeline we intend to bring from concept to operational use over the next 18 months.’ Current share price: 3.05 pence, down 19% on Friday afternoon in London 12-month change: up sharply from 0.10p on October 3, 2024 Copyright 2025 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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