AI Walk: What is the challenge and how do we process the data locally?
Experts to be announced
Breda City
Most AI applications run on large data centres far outside the city — and often outside Europe. This raises questions about energy consumption, privacy and who actually has control. Local AI offers an alternative: small, energy-efficient AI models running close to the city, on local infrastructure, with local data.
During the outdoor session we explore what this means in practice. Think of micro-data centres in existing urban buildings, AI models tailored to local challenges, and infrastructure that the city itself can control. Not as an abstract cloud, but as a visible part of the city. Local AI is therefore not only about technology. It is about digital sovereignty, public control and the question of how cities can deploy AI without becoming dependent on Big Tech.
We do this in 4 steps during 4 different sessions. We actively get to work under the guidance of experts and the results of this search will be compiled into a programme for local AI in Breda.
In this session: step 1 — What is the challenge and how do we process the data locally?