No power, no compute. That is the reality in the Netherlands today.

When Nvidia assessed Europe, the message was clear: there is no sovereign AI infrastructure here. Scandinavian countries have electricity. The Netherlands does not. If nothing changes, the next generation of AI talent will have to leave the country to do serious work.

Lorentz is the response. A regional AI initiative built by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs, without government funding or European program delays.

The model exists already. In Sweden, the Wallenberg family funded Berzelius, and within years an ecosystem of talent, startups, and commercial success emerged around it. Lorentz applies the same concept to the Netherlands, starting with a single cluster focused on Digital Health.

The goal is not just compute power. It is bringing together investors, universities, consultancies, and startups around shared infrastructure. A place where AI use cases move from pilot to revenue.

In this 45-minute discussion recorded at the Cisco Studio in Amsterdam, Viktor Mirovic (Lorentz) and Ken van Ierlant (Mr Data / AI Leadership program) explain why the Dutch need to stop waiting and start building.

Key topics include:

• Why a year in AI time equals a century, and why large national programs will arrive too late.
• How 80 to 90 percent of enterprise IT budgets disappear into legacy systems, leaving no room for innovation.
• The difference between AI as a "shiny object" and AI as a transformation of operating models.
• Why sovereignty matters when your strategic advantage depends on proprietary data and models.
• How Lorentz plans to replicate its first cluster across multiple regions and domains.