Put the Model in the Basement

× This article follows I Tried Kimi K3 Inside Claude Code. That test asked if Kimi K3 could work inside a familiar coding setup. Here, I ask what changes when a Swiss provider runs a K3-class model for customers that need local control. Banks already treat data sovereignty as an operating issue. In How DORA Made Sovereignty a Bank Problem, I argued that banks must plan for concentration, exit, audit rights, and rule changes by critical foreign providers. AI gets the same treatment. Recent open-weight releases make local use more realistic. Kimi K3 is huge. Alibaba is moving the Qwen family in the same direction. Inkling may matter more. It is a US-trained model with full weights, a one-million-token context, and a focus on customisation. A Swiss provider: the case Assume a Swiss provider operates one 64-GPU cluster in Zurich. It sells dedicated or managed K3-class inference to banks, pharmaceutical companies, government bodies, and other customers that need Swiss data residency. This…