Collaboration combines Eminence Grey’s sovereign AI platform with Lumen’s edge footprint and programmable network to help organizations securely connect distributed AI environments
SHERIDAN, Wyo., and DENVER, Oct. 8, 2026 – Eminence Grey and Lumen Technologies (Nasdaq: LUMN) today announced a partnership to deliver sovereign AI infrastructure for government agencies, enterprises, and AI innovators. As AI moves from experimentation to production, organizations are increasingly facing a new challenge: how to deploy AI on sensitive, mission-critical data without sacrificing security, performance, or operational control.
The partnership combines Eminence Grey’s sovereign AI platform with Lumen’s programmable network to create a secure foundation for distributed AI environments across the United States. The companies are coming together to provide the infrastructure needed to connect AI workloads, data, and applications across multiple locations while maintaining performance, resilience, and operational continuity.
With AI systems increasingly interacting with sensitive data and mission-critical operations, organizations need greater control over where information resides, how it moves, and who can access it. Sovereign AI environments are designed to help organizations maintain control of their data, infrastructure, and AI operations while meeting security, compliance, and operational requirements.
“The future of AI must be local, private, and secure,” said Harley Stowell, managing partner of Eminence Grey. “Together with Lumen, we are creating an infrastructure model designed to help protect sensitive data and support American innovation. By combining sovereign AI resources with private connectivity, organizations can pursue advanced AI applications with the purpose of maintaining greater control over their data and operating environments.”
Eminence Grey’s platform combines AI nodes, GPU/HPC clusters, its Whitehorse™ command-and-control plane, and Outrider access appliances. Lumen’s programmable network enables the secure connectivity needed to link distributed AI infrastructure across the country, helping customers move data between environments while maintaining operational control. Together, the platform is designed to deliver dedicated infrastructure, verifiable isolation, and zero internet exposure across the data lifecycle.
“Sovereign AI isn’t just about where data lives. It’s about how data moves,” said Jim Fowler, Chief Technology and Product Officer, Lumen Technologies. “Lumen’s programmable network provides the connectivity and control needed to connect those environments while maintaining security, performance, and operational visibility. Together with Eminence Grey, we’re helping organizations build a foundation for sovereign AI that keeps critical data protected while enabling innovation at scale.”
Customers will be able to reserve pre-architected or custom-designed infrastructure systems incorporating capabilities from Eminence Grey, Lumen, and other technology providers. The systems are designed to support resilient, low-latency AI workloads through distributed GPU and high-performance computing resources. Availability, configuration and implementation details will depend on customer requirements.
For more information on Eminence Grey, visit: https://eminencegrey.ai/
For more information on Lumen, visit: https://www.lumen.com/en-us/home.html
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About Eminence Grey
Eminence Grey provides local, private and secure sovereign AI infrastructure systems across North America. Its solutions combine physical infrastructure, orchestration and secure-access appliances with private fiber connectivity, post-quantum encryption and GPU and high-performance computing clusters. For more information, visit eminencegrey.ai.
About Lumen Technologies
Lumen is unleashing the world’s AI potential. As the trusted network for AI, we ignite business growth by connecting people, data and applications quickly, securely and effortlessly. Lumen’s physical infrastructure, programmable network and connected ecosystem give enterprises a simpler way to move data from virtually anywhere to anywhere in real time to support their AI needs. Together, Lumen’s owned fiber backbone and cloud-native control plane provide a differentiated platform for connecting, securing and operating modern enterprise environments at global scale. From metro connectivity and long-haul data transport to cloud networking, security services, digital platform capabilities and connectivity orchestration, Lumen meets customers’ needs today and as they build for tomorrow. Lumen and Lumen Technologies are registered trademarks of Lumen Technologies, Inc. in the United States.
Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including statements regarding the expected benefits, capabilities, availability, performance and adoption of the solutions contemplated by the partnership between Lumen and Eminence Grey, the development and deployment of sovereign AI infrastructure, the security, resiliency and operational characteristics of such solutions, customer demand for AI infrastructure and related services, and management’s expectations with respect to Lumen’s business, strategy and operations as well as statements identified by words such as “estimates,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “plans,” “intends,” “will,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are not promises or guarantees of future results, are based on our current expectations and assumptions, and are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those described in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as updated in our other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) from time to time. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated by us in these statements due to several factors, including those referenced in our SEC filings.
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