Join us for The Age of Growth, the first event of this series, on April 16. 

From industrial revolutions to digital transformation, every age of progress has redefined our understanding of growth. As we enter an era powered by intelligent machines, a new question emerges: how do we ensure that we expand our economies and possibilities without compromising on value?

For many companies at the forefront of development, productivity is the north star for the foreseeable future. As Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman once said, “Productivity isn’t everything, but in the long run, it’s almost everything.” For some, this will come in the form of data centres. But, as IBM’s CEO Arvind Krishna has pointed out, hyperscaling investment into these facilities makes little economic sense. The chips that they rely on risk becoming obsolete almost as soon as they are installed. And despite an estimated $380 billion poured into AI infrastructure in 2025 alone, the viability of data centres remains uncertain. How can the UK ensure that its economic growth is not stunted by short-termism? 

The answer is: innovation. Growth is about more than capital expenditure: it’s about reinventing the status quo with transformative technologies. We must, therefore, ensure that the growth we aspire for is sustainable and powerful enough to ensure the UK’s future prosperity. By empowering businesses and individuals, we have the potential to push possibility beyond its current margins. 

Join Laura Gilbert, Senior Director of AI at Tony Blair Institute and Visiting Professor at LSE, Prashant Jajodia, Managing Client Partner, Financial Services Sector Leader – UK & Ireland, and Peter Josse, Group Chief Operating Officer at Royal London, at King’s Place to uncover how we can sustain exponential development and achieve new heights of genuine productivity in the era of future technologies.