What happened
The World Economic Forum released a strategic framework for embedding system-level intelligence and autonomy into critical infrastructure across industrial production, energy, supply chains, and national security. The report introduces the DNA+ framework (Devices, Network, Artificial Intelligence + cyber resilience) and provides deployment pathways for translating intelligent infrastructure capabilities into systemic value at company, cluster, city, and country levels. Developed with global leaders and grounded in real-world experience from advanced manufacturing, energy, and cybersecurity communities, the report positions intelligent infrastructure as a determinant of national competitiveness, not just a technology investment.
Why it matters
Board directors and policy leaders must understand that intelligent infrastructure is evolving from isolated technology projects to a structural, systemic requirement for economic competitiveness. This framework clarifies governance structures needed to coordinate policy, investment, and deployment at scale—critical for organizations operating across multiple jurisdictions and critical sectors.
Action needed
Convene cross-functional teams (policy, investment, operations) to map your organization's infrastructure against the DNA+ framework; identify the level (company, cluster, city, country) at which governance gaps exist; brief the board on readiness to operationalize intelligent infrastructure as a strategic asset.