Atos has introduced a comprehensive strategy aimed at integrating people-first digital sovereign and agentic AI capabilities throughout its IT service offerings.
This initiative is designed to ensure that companies are prepared for the future, adapting quickly to changing regulations, geopolitical challenges, and specific operational needs.
Sovereign orchestration hub
The Sovereign Orchestration Hub is a cutting-edge delivery centre, leveraging Atos' extensive engineering experience
Central to this strategy are three newly established hubs in the UK, each catering to the increasing demand for IT delivery, data hosting, and resilience across the public sector, defence, and critical national infrastructure (CNI). The Sovereign Orchestration Hub is a cutting-edge delivery centre, leveraging Atos' extensive engineering experience to build upon its sovereign capabilities, such as the Atos Sovereign Cloud.
The Hub offers advanced Sovereign Cloud-on-site solutions, AI-driven Digital Workplace services, Sovereign Extended Device Lifecycle Services beyond net-zero, and a converged Network Operations Centre / Security Operations Centre capability.
Clients benefit from enhanced monitoring and management, improving efficiency, security, and resilience within their IT and OT settings. This facility will provide secure, scalable technological advancements, promoting digital sovereignty as a crucial part of the UK's technological resilience.
Digital agentic centre
The Digital Agentic Centre at Atos is set to revolutionise Application Services by aiming for over 50% automation in engineering, testing, and DevOps processes. This will reduce operational costs and accelerate time-to-value, allowing clients to enhance their digital transformation efforts.
The Centre utilises modern AI-powered services, focusing on sustainability and social value, offering clients a standardised yet flexible application portfolio that aligns with individual needs.
Sovereign digital enablement centre
The Sovereign Digital Enablement Centre (DEC) supports expedited ICT delivery and innovation for critical sectors. Through collaboration with partners like Microsoft and AWS, the DEC creates an environment where SMEs, academia, and larger industries can innovate securely and swiftly. By fostering a sandbox approach, the Centre aims to enhance sovereign digital capabilities across the UK.
Development of AI-proofed careers
Complementing these technological advancements, Atos is committed to nurturing diverse talent by increasing its intake of graduates and apprentices. These early-career employees will receive comprehensive training across multiple technology fields, ensuring they are well-equipped for careers that evolve alongside AI advancements. The first cohort of approximately 50 new employees is expected to start in 2026, reflecting Atos' dedication to fostering technology talent in the UK and Ireland.
Future-ready IT solutions
Michael Herron, Head of Atos UK&I, commented on the initiative, “Our new sovereign offerings will ensure our clients have a future-ready end-to-end IT estate under their control so that they can easily adapt to any regulatory or geopolitical changes.” He emphasised the critical nature of sovereign AI capabilities, particularly for businesses in public, defence, and CNI sectors, and highlighted Atos’ commitment to providing safe and reliable digital development.
Herron further stated, "As part of this, we are reimagining what an IT career pathway looks like in an age where humans and AI co-exist together. Our new early-career roles will give young people in the UK a multi-faceted career in the digital arena. Sovereignty, for us, includes nurturing the next generation of tech talent in the UK&I.”
Atos, a major provider of AI-powered digital transformation, has announced a holistic new approach to delivering people-first digital sovereign and agentic AI capabilities across its end-to-end IT service portfolio.
Its new suite of services provides the building blocks for companies to have a tailored, resilient, and future-ready approach that enables fast and easy adaptation to evolving regulations, geopolitical pressures and unique operational needs.
The three hubs will address the growing demand for UK-based IT delivery, data hosting and resiliency for public sector, defence and critical national infrastructure (CNI) businesses.
Sovereign Orchestration Hub
The Sovereign Orchestration Hub will be a state-of-the-art, sustainably built delivery centre. It will leverage Atos’ 30 years of engineering heritage to provide an AI-enabled suite of offerings that build upon its existing sovereign capabilities, including the Atos Sovereign Cloud portfolio.
The Hub will provide cutting-edge, resilient Sovereign Cloud-on-site solutions, AI-driven Digital Workplace services, Sovereign Extended Device Lifecycle Services (beyond net-zero), Sovereign Bridge and a converged Network Operations Centre / Security Operations Centre capability.
Unparalleled monitoring
This will give clients unparalleled monitoring and management with a single view of their IT and OT environments, facilitating proactive issue resolution and increasing efficiency, security and resilience.
The Hub will set new standards for secure, compliant and scalable technology innovation, centered around digital sovereignty as a vital component of the UK&I’s technological resilience and strategic autonomy.
Digital Agentic Centre
Atos’ Digital Agentic Centre will host and manage sovereign AI capabilities to offer clients autonomy, security and data sovereignty to meet their AI requirements. It will revolutionise Application Services to pursue +50% automation in engineering, testing and DevOps services, significantly reducing operational costs and time-to-value.
These efficiencies will free up capital to help clients accelerate their digital transformation journeys and the use of agents will make services more intelligent, resilient and adaptable to future demand.
Using modern AI-powered Application Services, sustainability, green IT and social value initiatives, the Centre will provide clients with a unified, consistent, standardised application portfolio, tailored to their individual requirements.
Sovereign Digital Enablement Centre
Atos’ Sovereign Digital Enablement Centre (DEC) is designed to support faster ICT delivery and innovation across defence and critical national infrastructure. The Centre acts as an accelerant for mission-critical digital solutions, enabling rapid and secure building, testing, and assurance in a collaborative sovereign environment.
Supported by key partners, Microsoft and AWS, the DEC will provide a trusted space where SMEs, academia and larger industry players can innovate and test new technologies at speed. The Centre will foster a sandbox approach that accelerates secure delivery and strengthens sovereign digital capabilities across the UK.
People-first AI-proofed careers
In line with these developments, Atos is reinforcing its commitment to developing diverse talent by increasing the number of graduates and apprentices it hires, offering AI-proofed career paths with flexible practices available such as term-time contracts.
Rather than training in just one field of technology, new recruits will gain hands-on experience across AI, cloud, cybersecurity, data analytics, and digital services. This approach ensures individuals grow alongside AI, building resilient careers that evolve with technology rather than compete with it.
Atos will welcome the first cohort of around 50 new early-career employees in its centers in 2026.
Sovereign offerings
Michael Herron, Head of Atos UK&I, said, “Our new sovereign offerings will ensure our clients have a future-ready end-to-end IT estate under their control so that they can easily adapt to any regulatory or geopolitical changes.”
“For businesses in the public, defence and critical national infrastructure sectors, the need for sovereign AI capabilities is mission-critical, and we’re proud to be working with them to make safe and reliable digital and AI development possible."
“As part of this, we are reimagining what an IT career pathway looks like in an age where humans and AI co-exist together. Our new early-career roles will give young people in the UK a multi-faceted career in the digital arena. Sovereignty, for us, includes nurturing the next generation of tech talent in the UK&I.”
