HansaTechnology Partners
Sovereign AI for regulated organisations, wherever you operate

Get to AI adoption faster, without adding risk.

Hansa is an independent technology partner for organisations that can’t afford to get AI wrong. We look at your business, find where AI genuinely helps, build the track to get there, and strengthen the safeguards you already have.

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6 → 1Six months of work, delivered in one
SovereignYour data stays where you need it
One teamOne contract, one accountable partner
Three concerns hold most organisations back

Hansa removes all three.

01 · Cost“AI is too expensive to get into.”We lower the entry point: verified hardware, pay-as-you-use options, and a cost per outcome your CFO can read.02 · Sovereignty“Our data can’t leave our jurisdiction.”Sovereign by design: on your premises or hosted in whichever jurisdiction you need, with reporting your regulator can see.03 · Readiness“We ran a pilot. Now what?”We get your data and governance ready, then take you from pilot to production with your safeguards built in.

We’re not adding risk. We’re removing it.

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What we do

Everything behind a safe AI road, in one place.

You won’t need all of this. We pick only what your track needs, and run it under one contract with one accountable team.

Sovereign AI

Data centre spaceThe right space, in the right jurisdiction.AI chip sourcingVerified silicon. No vendor lock-in.AI performance benchmarkingMeasured, not marketed.AI trainingYour people, ready for AI.

Software & security

Software developmentBuilt to pass audit, not just to ship.Cyber security testingFind the weaknesses before someone else does.

Resilience & control

Microsoft 365 resilienceKeep working when Microsoft 365 doesn’t.Global risk and controlOne framework for every standard.
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How we work

An AI road, with guardrails.

Most organisations know they can’t stand still on AI, and can’t afford a mistake either. We give you a clear road to adoption, with your safeguards built in at every step. One contract, one accountable team, and specialists brought in only where you need them.

  • Faster adoption
  • Lower risk
  • Sovereign by default
01

Look at your business

We start with your goals, your pressures and the risks you already manage, not with technology.

02

Find where AI helps

We pinpoint the few places where AI saves real time or money, and say plainly where it won’t.

03

Build the track

A clear route from first use case to everyday use, sized and costed before you commit.

04

Strengthen your safeguards

Your existing controls are extended to cover AI, so every step is auditable and explainable.

A luxury car and a ULEZ-compliant van are both vehicles. You would never buy one to do the other’s job.

Use case A

Complex reasoning

Large model, higher cost per token, used where accuracy matters most.

Use case B

High-volume routine

Small, fast model at a fraction of the cost, sized for throughput.

Measured

Cost per token

Known before you commit, tracked once you run.

Reported

Tokens per watt

Energy per inference, ready for CSRD and ESG disclosure.

Verified

Evidence before commitment

Every recommendation is tested on your workloads. Vendor claims are checked, not repeated.

Sovereign

Your jurisdiction, your control

Data and systems stay where your regulators expect them to be, with auditable reporting.

Humane

People stay in the work

We help teams work alongside AI, with training and change support built into delivery.

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Who we help

For organisations that can’t afford to get AI wrong.

You’re careful with risk, curious about AI, and don’t want to be left behind. You answer to a board or a regulator, and every step needs to be explainable.

  • CIO
  • CTO
  • CFO
  • CRO
  • Board

Financial services

Banks, lenders, payments and wealth firms that answer to supervisors.

PRA · FCA · DORA

Insurance

Insurers and brokers protecting policyholder data and services.

Solvency II · DORA · GDPR

Government and public sector

Central and local government, defence and public bodies.

Sovereignty · NIS2 · GDPR

Healthcare and life sciences

Health providers, pharma and research handling sensitive data.

GDPR · NHS DSPT · GxP

Energy and utilities

Critical national infrastructure that has to stay running.

NIS2 · CNI · ISO 27001

Technology and telecoms

Providers whose own customers depend on their security and uptime.

NIS2 · ISO 27001 · SOC 2

Chief Information and Technology Officers

Verified infrastructure, sovereign hosting and a single partner for delivery, security testing and resilience.

Chief Financial Officers

AI costs in cost-per-token terms, a clear owned-versus-rented comparison, and energy figures for sustainability reporting.

Chief Risk Officers

Controls mapped to every standard you answer to, tested resilience and evidence ready for supervisors.

Boards

A plain-English view of AI adoption, cyber exposure and operational resilience, with one accountable partner.

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About Hansa

Independent together.

Hansa recalls the Hanseatic League: sovereign European cities bound into one trusted commercial network. Each one independent, all of them stronger together. The bridge is the link we add.

AI with humanity.

That is the model we build for institutions today. You keep your sovereignty, your data and your people, and gain the network, the verification and the support that make new technology safe to adopt.

Our founders have spent three decades opening doors in banking and regulation, working with CIOs and boards. We know what a supervisor will ask, and we build the evidence in from the start.

Two pillars are the institutions. The bridge between them is Hansa. The connection is the value.

Hosting

Sovereign data centres

Colocation and managed services in the jurisdictions you need.

Silicon

AI chip manufacturers

Established OEMs under reseller agreements.

Software

AI engineering and benchmarking

Model enablement, SDKs and independent testing.

Assurance

Security and governance

Testing, resilience and risk and control specialists.

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Become a partner

Bring your expertise. We’ll bring the client.

No single firm can take an organisation safely from AI curiosity to production. Hansa brings specialist partners together behind one contract and one accountable team. If your expertise helps clients adopt AI without adding risk, we’d like to hear from you.

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  • Hosting
  • Technology
  • Delivery
  • Referral
Hosting

Infrastructure and hosting

Sovereign data centres, private cloud and managed AI infrastructure, in any jurisdiction our clients need.

Technology

AI technology

Chip manufacturers, model builders and software vendors with products that stand up to independent testing.

Delivery

Delivery and assurance

Data engineering, security testing, governance, risk and compliance specialists.

Referral

Introducers and advisers

Consultancies and programme leaders whose clients need a safe route into AI.

Pipeline

Qualified demand

Introductions to regulated organisations that already know what they need to solve.

Simple

No contract overhead

Hansa owns the client relationship and contract. You focus on doing what you do best.

Verified

Credibility that travels

Independent verification of your offer gives risk-averse buyers the evidence they ask for.

Fair

Clear commercials

Reseller, referral or delivery terms agreed up front, in writing, before any client work.

01

Talk to us

Tell us what you offer and the clients you serve, through a short brief.

02

Check the fit

We look at where you fit in our clients’ AI road, and test any claims independently.

03

Agree terms

A simple partner agreement that sets out roles, commercials and standards.

04

Go to market together

Joint opportunities, shared case studies and one accountable face to the client.

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Start a brief

Tell us what you need to run, and where it has to stay.

  1. We read your briefA member of the Hansa team reviews it personally.
  2. We match the specialistThe right expert for your requirement and jurisdiction.
  3. First conversationA call to understand the detail and agree next steps.
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  3. 3Detail
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What we do/Data centre space
Sovereign AI

Find the right data centre space, in the right jurisdiction.

We search sovereign facilities in the jurisdictions you need on your behalf, shortlist the ones that can actually carry AI-grade power and cooling, and negotiate the terms. You get a decision-ready comparison instead of a pile of brochures.

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  • kW per rack
  • Liquid cooling
  • Tier III / IV
  • PUE
  • Cross-connects
  • Any jurisdiction

Requirements brief

We turn your workloads into a facility spec: rack count, power density, cooling, connectivity, security clearance and exit terms.

Sovereign shortlist

We approach facilities that keep data in your jurisdiction and are clear of extraterritorial reach, and compare them like for like.

AI-ready density

GPU and accelerator racks can draw many times the power of standard IT. We check that a site can deliver it, today and as you grow.

Commercials and move-in

We negotiate pricing and contract terms, then plan migration and installation with the facility and your team.

Report

Facility comparison

Side-by-side scoring on power, cooling, resilience, location, sovereignty and cost.

Contract

Negotiated terms

Pricing, ramp schedule, service levels and exit rights you can defend to the board.

Plan

Move-in plan

Rack layout, cross-connects, install dates and a named owner for each step.

  • Where can we host AI inference without our data leaving the country?
  • Can this facility actually cool a 40 kW rack?
  • What happens to our contract if we need to double capacity next year?
AI chip sourcingVerified AI silicon from established OEMs, bought outright or rented by the token.AI performance benchmarkingIndependent tests of models and hardware on your use cases, so AI is sized correctly.
What we do/AI chip sourcing
Sovereign AI

Source AI silicon that is verified before you commit.

We work with established AI chip manufacturers under reseller agreements and test what they promise against your workloads. You choose to own the hardware or pay only for the tokens you use.

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  • GPU · ASIC · dataflow
  • Lead times
  • Owned or rented
  • Cost per token
  • Rack power

Vendor-neutral choice

We compare GPUs with newer accelerator architectures, so you are not locked into one supplier’s roadmap or pricing.

Verified performance

Every option is benchmarked on models like yours before you sign. Claims are checked, not repeated.

Owned or rented

Buy the hardware as a capital asset, or rent capacity and pay per token. We model both so finance can compare them.

Supply and delivery

We manage allocation, lead times, delivery and installation into your chosen data centre.

Shortlist

Hardware options

Two or three configurations sized to your use cases, with their trade-offs explained.

Model

Cost comparison

Owned versus rented, over three to five years, in cost per million tokens.

Delivery

Installed and running

Hardware delivered, racked and serving your chosen open-weight models.

  • Do we really need the most expensive GPUs for this?
  • Should we buy or rent our AI capacity?
  • How long will we wait for delivery?
AI performance benchmarkingIndependent tests of models and hardware on your use cases, so AI is sized correctly.Data centre spaceSovereign colocation in the jurisdiction you need, matched to your power, density and jurisdiction needs.
What we do/AI performance benchmarking
Sovereign AI

Size your AI on evidence, not vendor marketing.

We benchmark open-weight models and hardware against your real use cases and report the results in business terms: speed, cost per token and energy per inference. The result is an AI estate sized for the work it has to do.

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  • Tokens / sec
  • Time to first token
  • Cost per 1M tokens
  • Tokens per watt
  • Concurrency

Use-case profiling

We map each use case to its demands: response time, volume, context length and accuracy.

Like-for-like testing

Models and hardware run the same workloads under the same conditions, so the comparison is fair.

Right-sizing

A luxury car and a ULEZ-compliant van are both vehicles, used very differently. We match each use case to the vehicle it needs.

Auditable energy figures

Tokens-per-watt is measured and recorded in a form your CSRD and ESG reporting can use.

Report

Benchmark report

Throughput, latency, cost and energy for each option, with the method shown.

Sizing

Capacity plan

How much hardware each use case needs now and at forecast growth.

Evidence

Audit trail

Repeatable test records that stand up to internal audit and regulators.

  • What will each AI answer actually cost us?
  • Is a smaller model good enough for this task?
  • How do we report the energy use of our AI?
AI chip sourcingVerified AI silicon from established OEMs, bought outright or rented by the token.Global risk and controlControl frameworks mapped to industry and regulatory standards across the jurisdictions you operate in.
What we do/AI training
Sovereign AI

Help your people work confidently alongside AI.

We train boards, leaders and teams to use AI safely and well, grounded in your own tools, data and policies. Adoption sticks when people understand what AI can do, where its limits are and how it changes their work.

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  • Board briefings
  • Prompt skills
  • Responsible AI
  • EU AI Act literacy
  • Role-based paths

Board and leadership briefings

What AI means for strategy, risk and regulation, in plain language for decision-makers.

Hands-on team training

Practical sessions on the AI tools your teams actually use, built around real tasks.

Responsible use

Data handling, accuracy checks and policy, so people know what is safe to share and rely on.

AI literacy for compliance

Training that supports the AI literacy expectations in the EU AI Act.

Plan

Training plan

Role-based learning paths matched to your use cases.

Sessions

Workshops and materials

Live sessions plus guides your teams can keep using.

Evidence

Completion records

Records that show who has been trained, for audit and regulators.

  • How do we get our teams using AI safely?
  • What does the board need to know about AI?
  • How do we meet AI literacy requirements?
Software developmentSecure, sovereign software built for regulated institutions, from first line to production.Global risk and controlControl frameworks mapped to industry and regulatory standards across the jurisdictions you operate in.
What we do/Software development
Software & security

Software built to pass audit, not just to ship.

Our engineering partners design and build applications, integrations and AI-enabled tools for regulated institutions. Security, data residency and audit trails are designed in from the first sprint, so what we deliver is ready for your risk and compliance teams.

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  • Secure SDLC
  • AI integration
  • APIs
  • Cloud-native
  • Audit trail
  • Sovereign hosting

Discovery and design

We work with your teams to define the problem, the users and the controls the software has to meet.

Applications and integrations

Web applications, internal tools and APIs that connect to your existing core systems.

AI-enabled software

Assistants, document processing and workflow automation running on your sovereign AI estate.

Secure by design

Code review, security testing and documented change control built into every release.

Product

Working software

Delivered in short increments you can see, test and steer.

Assurance

Security evidence

Test results, code review records and a clear release history.

Handover

Support and ownership

Documentation, training and ongoing support, or a clean handover to your team.

  • Can you build this without our data leaving our jurisdiction?
  • How do we get our AI pilot into production safely?
  • Will this pass our internal audit and change control?
AI performance benchmarkingIndependent tests of models and hardware on your use cases, so AI is sized correctly.Cyber security testingIndependent testing of networks, cloud, applications and AI systems, with clear fixes.
What we do/Cyber security testing
Software & security

Find the weaknesses before someone else does.

Our specialist testers assess your infrastructure, cloud, applications and AI systems the way a capable attacker would. You get prioritised findings, practical fixes and a retest to prove they worked.

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  • Penetration testing
  • Red teaming
  • Cloud configuration
  • AI prompt injection
  • Retest

Infrastructure and application testing

External, internal and web application testing scoped to the systems that matter most.

Cloud and Microsoft 365 review

Configuration review of identity, access, sharing and logging across your cloud tenancy.

AI system testing

Testing of AI assistants and models for prompt injection, data leakage and unsafe output.

Threat-led exercises

Red team engagements and preparation for regulator-led schemes such as CBEST and TIBER-EU.

Findings

Prioritised report

Each issue rated by risk, with evidence and a clear fix.

Board

Executive summary

A plain-English view of exposure for the board and risk committee.

Proof

Retest

Confirmation that fixes are in place and working.

  • Could an attacker reach our customer data from the internet?
  • Is our new AI assistant leaking information?
  • What will the regulator expect from our next test?
Microsoft 365 resilienceKeep email, Teams and documents working through a major Microsoft outage.Global risk and controlControl frameworks mapped to industry and regulatory standards across the jurisdictions you operate in.
What we do/Microsoft 365 resilience
Resilience & control

Keep working when Microsoft 365 doesn’t.

When Microsoft 365 goes down, most firms lose email, chat, calls and documents at the same moment. We put an independent fallback in place, so critical people can still communicate and reach the files they need.

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  • Email continuity
  • Teams fallback
  • Independent backup
  • Impact tolerance
  • DORA

Dependency mapping

We identify which business services stop when Microsoft 365 does, and who needs what during an outage.

Independent continuity

Fallback email, messaging and document access that runs outside Microsoft’s infrastructure.

Backup you control

Copies of mail, files and Teams data held independently, in your jurisdiction, and restorable.

Tested runbooks

Clear switch-over steps, rehearsed with your teams, so the plan works under pressure.

Map

Outage impact assessment

Which services fail, how fast, and the cost of each hour offline.

Fallback

Continuity service

An independent route for critical communication and documents.

Evidence

Resilience pack

Test records that support operational resilience reporting to regulators.

  • What happens to our business if Microsoft 365 is down for a day?
  • Can our leadership still talk to each other during an outage?
  • How do we show the regulator we stay within impact tolerance?
Cyber security testingIndependent testing of networks, cloud, applications and AI systems, with clear fixes.Global risk and controlControl frameworks mapped to industry and regulatory standards across the jurisdictions you operate in.
What we do/Global risk and control
Resilience & control

One view of risk and control, across every standard you answer to.

We map your processes and controls to the industry and regulatory standards that apply to you, then keep the evidence current. One framework serves your auditors, your regulators and your board.

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  • DORA
  • NIS2
  • EU AI Act
  • ISO/IEC 42001
  • ISO 27001
  • SOC 2

Obligations mapping

We identify the standards and regulations that apply in each jurisdiction and map them to a single control set.

Process and control design

Operational processes documented with their risks and controls, so ownership is clear.

AI governance

Controls for AI use aligned to the EU AI Act and ISO/IEC 42001, from model inventory to human oversight.

Continuous evidence

Control testing and evidence kept up to date, rather than rebuilt before each audit.

Framework

Unified control library

One set of controls, mapped to every standard you report against.

Visibility

Risk dashboard

Live status of controls, issues and remediation for the risk committee.

Audit

Evidence on request

Organised, current evidence ready for auditors and regulators.

  • Which of our controls satisfy DORA and ISO 27001 at the same time?
  • Are we ready for the EU AI Act?
  • Why do we rebuild the same audit evidence every year?
Cyber security testingIndependent testing of networks, cloud, applications and AI systems, with clear fixes.AI performance benchmarkingIndependent tests of models and hardware on your use cases, so AI is sized correctly.