The founding team
Co-founder
Victoria de Bruijn.
- Background
- Architecture · Master's in Architecture, University of Leeds
- Leads on
- Sites, energy and physical infrastructure
Victoria de Bruijn is an architect and one of three co-founders of SovereignStrUKture, with a Master's in Architecture from the University of Leeds.
Victoria leads work on the physical layer of sovereign compute: where it is sited, how it is powered and cooled, and how that infrastructure is planned and delivered across the UK.
Responsible for
- Siting and planning
- Energy and cooling
- Physical infrastructure
Research
What "sovereign" should mean for AI computePublished · 25 Sept 2026
Siting sovereign compute: energy, grid and planningPlanned · Dec 2026
Using the capacity the UK already hasPlanned · Feb 2027
Procuring sovereign AI in the public sectorPlanned · Apr 2027