Countries / Asia-Pacific and Middle East
Hong Kong
Hong Kong runs a public AI supercomputing centre and has a very large government-backed data facility cluster under construction.
The Digital Policy Office says Hong Kong has about 5,000 PFLOPS of computing power, of which Cyberport's AI Supercomputing Centre provides about 3,000 PFLOPS, with ISO/IEC information security certification. The Sandy Ridge Data Facility Cluster in the Northern Metropolis is in construction, to start operating in 2029 and reach 180,000 PFLOPS by 2032. The Legislative Council approved HK$1 billion for a Hong Kong AI Research and Development Institute. The privacy regulator's AI model framework is guidance, not a law. For someone seeking compute, the Cyberport centre is the existing public option.
AI policy and activity
Government policy follows the Innovation and Technology Development Blueprint's focus on infrastructure and application, aligned with the national AI+ initiative; a Committee on AI+ and Industry Development Strategy was to start work shortly after May 2026.
Power and grid
No Hong Kong-specific grid constraint was found in the sources read.
Data centres and compute
| Site | Where | Status | Notes and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyberport AI Supercomputing Centre Cyberport | Hong Kong (Cyberport) | Operating | Primary. About 3,000 PFLOPS per the 21 May 2026 speech; the reply to the Legislative Council says it is being further expanded. (source) |
| Sandy Ridge Data Facility Cluster Hong Kong SAR Government project (operator not stated) | Northern Metropolis, Hong Kong | Under construction | Primary. Expected to start operating in 2029 with 180,000 PFLOPS by 2032, the government says, equal to 36 times current capacity. (source) |
Rules and programmes
| Instrument | Kind | Status | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI: Model Personal Data Protection Framework | Policy | In force from 1 June 2024 | Primary. Privacy Commissioner guidance published June 2024 (day not confirmed) on AI governance, risk assessment and human oversight to help comply with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance; voluntary. |
| Cyberport AI Supercomputing Centre and Sandy Ridge Data Facility Cluster | Programme | In force | Primary. Speech by the Acting Commissioner for Digital Policy, 21 May 2026, gives the capacity figures and the 2029 and 2032 milestones. |
| Hong Kong AI Research and Development Institute funding | Programme | In force | Primary. Government reply to the Legislative Council (15 October 2025) reports HK$1 billion approval for the Institute in 2026; the speech above says it starts operating in the second half of 2026. |
Checked on 2 October 2026 and due for review by 1 January 2027. Many sources are trade press or law-firm summaries rather than official texts, and statuses such as reported or unconfirmed are shown as the source gives them. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us.