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Give appropriate credit, retain licence and source notices, and indicate changes when sharing. Each record links its primary source; retain any attribution required by that source. Material is provided as-is without warranties.", "note": "No prices are included. Missing values are null or absent, never zero.", "records": [ { "id": "cf-ctry-0001", "slug": "guernsey", "name": "Guernsey", "iso": "GG", "region": "Crown Dependencies", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Guernsey has a small commercial data centre base and is only now working out whether it wants more, with no incentives or restrictions on compute found.", "summary": "Guernsey has at least one commercial colocation facility run by Sure, and its government runs two small public-sector data centres. In July 2026 the Economic Development Committee's work plan was reported as setting out to form a policy position on whether local data-centre infrastructure is needed for data sovereignty and AI-enabled services. We found no published capacity target, site, power plan or incentive, and no law aimed at data centres or AI. Most electricity is imported from France by cable, and a columnist has pointed out that a single 25MW facility would be roughly 58% of current island demand. For someone seeking compute, treat Guernsey as a place for small-scale, regulated colocation rather than AI-scale capacity.", "ai_state": "No AI-specific law or strategy was found. The Office of the Data Protection Authority has published guidance on how the Bailiwick data protection law applies to AI systems that use personal data. The Economic Development Committee's 2026 to 2029 work plan was reported as including work on whether Guernsey could become a centre for AI, data governance, digital identity and digital finance, and on data trusts. The reports we read give no figures for compute.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Economic Development Committee work plan 2026 to 2029", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/opinion-ge/guernseys-spent-millions-getting-it-wrong-now-were-betting-our-future-on-it/", "note": "Published late July 2026. We have not read the work plan itself. A Bailiwick Express opinion column of 30 July 2026 quotes it as exploring 'data-centre infrastructure to support data sovereignty and AI enabled services'; a separate summary site reports a stated aim of up to GBP 150 million a year of extra growth from digital adoption. Treat as intention, not a decision." }, { "title": "Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2017 and ODPA guidance on artificial intelligence", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.odpa.gg/guidance/artificial-intelligence", "note": "The regulator's AI guidance applies the seven data protection principles to AI systems, points to impact assessments for high-risk uses such as automated profiling, and notes 72-hour breach notification. It applies across the whole Bailiwick, including Alderney." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Sure Guernsey data centre", "operator": "Sure", "place": "St Peter Port", "status": "operating", "note": "Sure's undated data sheet describes a Tier III site with 4 data halls, 288 racks, 3,000 square metres in total and 2MW of IT load, with N+1 generators and dual fibre entry. Sure lists ISO 27001, ISO 22301 and PCI-DSS Level 1 for its Jersey and Guernsey data centres. Figures are the operator's own.", "source_url": "https://business.sure.com/assets/Uploads/Data-sheets/Data-Centre/Sure-Data-Centres-Guernsey-.pdf" }, { "name": "States of Guernsey public-sector data centres", "operator": "Hosted with JT and Logicalis; built with Agilisys", "place": "Guernsey", "status": "operating", "note": "Two facilities, one Tier 1 and one Tier 2, reported as operational in September 2020 to replace ageing government IT and to run Microsoft Azure Stack. They serve government, not the open market.", "source_url": "https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/states-of-guernsey-opens-new-data-centres" } ], "grid_note": "Guernsey Electricity is the sole commercial supplier. A Wikipedia summary reports 2022 peak demand of 95MW and about 92% of electricity imported by cable (Guernsey is linked to France through the Channel Islands Electricity Grid via Jersey), with a 2023 plan for a direct 100MW cable to France and some local renewables; we have not checked those against the utility's own documents. A columnist calculated that a 25MW data centre would use about 219GWh a year against about 380GWh of island use today. No data centre connection policy was found.", "connectivity_note": "A 2019 trade report listed five subsea systems serving Guernsey: UK-Channel Islands-7, Channel Islands-9 Liberty (JT), HUGO (Sure and Vodafone), Guernsey-Jersey-4 and the INGRID/CIEG power-and-fibre cable, with routes to the UK, Jersey and France. It said CI-4 and CI-7 were at end of life and that Sure planned a 300Gbps upgrade. Three Guernsey cables were reported cut in November 2016 with traffic rerouted. Current state not re-checked.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/guernsey", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0001" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0002", "slug": "alderney", "name": "Alderney", "iso": null, "region": "Crown Dependencies", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Alderney has asked developers whether they are interested in a data centre; the States say no project, developer or site exists.", "summary": "CONFIRMED by the States of Alderney: an independent feasibility study (cost GBP 21,000) said a data centre is feasible and could be economically transformational; the Policy and Finance Committee then approved seeking expressions of interest, published through the Guernsey Procurement Portal in early July 2026, with no commitment to build. In early September 2026 the committee stated that no data centre has been approved, no developer appointed, no site selected and no development agreement signed. REPORTED, not confirmed: the committee chair told a podcast that a UK-based company had suggested paying for a power cable from France, and that earlier data centre concepts put to the committee were dismissed because the site proposed was wrong. A States member claimed that a proposal for hyperscale data centres of up to 250MW had been received; the committee did not confirm any size, and other reports mention 50MW to 200MW figures. NOT FOUND: any size, power source, site, developer name or planning application. The matter has been politically contested and the States have said any proposal would face public consultation and an environmental impact assessment.", "ai_state": "No AI or compute policy specific to Alderney was found. Data protection law for the Bailiwick, including Alderney, is covered under Guernsey. There is no existing data centre on the island in the sources we read.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Policy and Finance Committee: data centre feasibility study review", "kind": "policy", "status": "exploratory", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://alderney.gov.gg/article/208030/Press-Release---Policy--Finance-Committee-Reviews-Data-Centre-Feasibility-Study", "note": "States of Alderney press release dated 27 April 2026. Says the step 'does not commit' the States to any development, that any proposal would need a planning application with an environmental impact assessment and several public consultation rounds, and that no sites are proposed. Study was by an independent company chosen through Guernsey procurement." }, { "title": "Expression of interest for an Alderney data centre", "kind": "programme", "status": "exploratory", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://channeleye.media/expression-of-interest-opportunity-explore-opportunities-for-alderney-data-centre/", "note": "Reported 3 July 2026 (BBC coverage on 6 July). Issued by the Policy and Finance Committee via the Guernsey Procurement Portal; 'no decisions have been made regarding any specific development proposals or sites'. We have not read the tender itself, so its size, power and site requirements are unverified. Press coverage says developers would be expected to find their own sites and provide their own energy and cooling." }, { "title": "Policy and Finance Committee statement: 'no data centre has been approved'", "kind": "policy", "status": "stated", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/news-ge/to-be-clear-no-data-centre-has-been-approved/", "note": "Reported 2 September 2026. States that no data centre, developer, site or development agreement exists, that Mannez Quarry has not been selected and that no hyperscale data centre is being secretly progressed. Responds to claims made by a States member." }, { "title": "Building and Development Control (Alderney) Law 2002 and Land Use Plan 2017", "kind": "planning", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://alderney.gov.gg/article/176710/Policy-and-Law", "note": "Alderney's own planning law, applied by its Building and Development Control Committee, not Guernsey's. The States say an environmental impact assessment would be needed for any data centre; the pages we read do not set out thresholds, so that requirement is as stated by the States rather than checked in the law." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Possible Alderney data centre (no project exists)", "operator": "None appointed", "place": "Alderney, no site selected", "status": "exploratory", "note": "Expressions of interest sought from July 2026. The States report no developer, site, size or power arrangement. A columnist and the States both say any developer would have to explain where its power would come from.", "source_url": "https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/news-ge/to-be-clear-no-data-centre-has-been-approved/" }, { "name": "Claimed hyperscale proposal of up to 250MW (unverified)", "operator": "Not named", "place": "Not confirmed; Mannez Quarry was raised by a States member and denied by the committee", "status": "unconfirmed claim", "note": "Bailiwick Express (1 September 2026) reports a States member claiming that the Economic Development Committee had received a proposal for hyperscale data centres of up to 250MW, that a confidential memorandum of understanding had been signed and that politicians had visited sites. The committee's statement denies any approval, appointment, site selection or agreement. A 2 September report mentions figures of 50MW and 200MW without the committee confirming them. We treat all of these sizes as unverified.", "source_url": "https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/news/hang-on-was-tiny-alderney-really-going-to-become-an-ai-data-hub/" }, { "name": "Suggested France to Alderney power cable (company unnamed)", "operator": "A UK-based company, not named", "place": "France to Alderney", "status": "reported", "note": "Guernsey Press, 26 September 2026, reporting the committee chair on its podcast: a company suggested paying for a cable bringing cheaper French electricity, which she described as essential to any data centre. She said there was no worked-up project on the table and distinguished it from the earlier FAB Link scheme, whose current route avoids Alderney. Report of the chair's own account; no cable application or capacity was found.", "source_url": "https://guernseypress.com/news/2026/09/26/cable-to-france-is-part-of-data-centre-discussions" } ], "grid_note": "Alderney Electricity Limited runs the island grid and generates from imported diesel (reported as eight generators), with a stated target of 30% renewable generation by 2027. Its 2025 turnover was about GBP 5.99 million (Guernsey Press, 9 September 2026). A 2024 Bailiwick Express piece put a cable to other Channel Islands at about GBP 200 million, too costly for the island's tiny demand; the island has no connection to a large grid today. Any data centre of the sizes mentioned would dwarf local demand, so it would depend on new supply. The tidal option is real in principle: Alderney controls its seabed through a licensing body, but a 2016 report records the first 4MW tidal project abandoned as unviable, and current licences were not re-checked. Alderney has its own States and legislation within the Bailiwick, with some services (such as policing and health) transferred to Guernsey.", "connectivity_note": "Not researched for Alderney. Do not assume the Guernsey subsea routes land there.", "review_by": "2026-12-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/alderney", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0002" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0003", "slug": "isle-of-man", "name": "Isle of Man", "iso": "IM", "region": "Crown Dependencies", "direction": "opening", "headline": "The Isle of Man is funding AI adoption and markets a small, Tier III-standard hosting base, but a small grid limits large AI compute.", "summary": "The government set up a National AI Office in January 2026 with GBP 1 million, with a national AI strategy planned by the end of 2026, and Digital Isle of Man has run AI programmes since 2024 including an agreement with AI Singapore. Hosting is concentrated in Manx Telecom's two Tier III-standard data centres, aimed at finance, gaming, public sector and managed service providers, and sold on being a separate jurisdiction within the UK Customs Zone with low latency to the UK. No AI law, compute incentive or hyperscale proposal was found. Peak electricity demand is around 72MW to 90MW, so a large AI facility would be a very big load. For someone seeking compute, expect colocation and regulated hosting, not GPU clusters.", "ai_state": "The National AI Office is the single coordinating body for AI adoption across government, industry and the public. Its work covers a national AI strategy, AI literacy, adoption support, guidance for safe use, public service use and workforce skills. It builds on an earlier Activate AI programme, which the government estimated saved about GBP 2 million in 2025. A 2024 target aimed to raise GDP by 10% (GBP 530 million) by 2030 through AI productivity. The sources we read mention no compute, data centre or legislation component.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Office", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://tech.eu/2026/01/19/isle-of-man-launches-national-ai-office-with-ps1m-investment/", "note": "Launched January 2026 with GBP 1 million, led by Digital Isle of Man within the Department for Enterprise. A July 2026 Manx News report gives an approved budget of GBP 998,822 and says the national AI strategy is due by the end of 2026; figures are described as indicative." }, { "title": "Digital Isle of Man AI plan and AI Singapore memorandum of understanding", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.sovereigngroup.com/news/news-and-views/digital-isle-of-man-signs-artificial-intelligence-mou-with-ai-singapore", "note": "March 2024 announcement of knowledge exchange with AI Singapore and a plan for a national AI strategy built on adoption, public service efficiency and a trusted regulatory framework. The original end-2024 timetable for the strategy has since moved to end-2026." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Manx Telecom Douglas North", "operator": "Manx Telecom Group (data centre division)", "place": "Isle of Man", "status": "operating", "note": "Datacenter Dynamics (June 2024) reports a Tier III-standard facility of 8,230 square feet with room for 280 racks across three data halls. Third-party directories list about 4MW across Manx Telecom's two sites, not confirmed by the operator.", "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/manx-telecom-launches-dedicated-data-center-unit/" }, { "name": "Manx Telecom Greenhill", "operator": "Manx Telecom Group (data centre division)", "place": "Isle of Man", "status": "operating", "note": "Tier III-standard, 7,600 square feet, room for 211 racks across two data halls (Datacenter Dynamics, June 2024). Operator's site claims ISO 27001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and PCI compliance, a 99.999% uptime SLA, 2ms to Manchester and 3ms to London, and carbon neutral green energy; these are marketing claims and the renewable claim was not independently verified. No GPU or AI capacity is mentioned.", "source_url": "https://www.isleofmandatacentre.com/" } ], "grid_note": "Manx Utilities Authority is a statutory board of the Isle of Man Government that generates, transmits and distributes electricity, with Pulrose (gas), Sulby hydro and Peel stations, plus a 40MW subsea interconnector to England (Wikipedia). A Manx News report of a political proceeding gives winter 2022/23 peak demand as 72MW, a projection of 62MW to 79MW by 2030 and a past peak above 90MW, with the utility chair saying no grid strengthening is needed for 2030 demand. Nothing was found on a data centre connection policy or large-load tariff.", "connectivity_note": "The government said in July 2022 that Aqua Comms' Celtix-Connect 2 cable (landing at Port Erin and Port Grenaugh) took the island to seven subsea systems, linking Ireland, the UK and onward.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/isle-of-man", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0003" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0004", "slug": "jersey", "name": "Jersey", "iso": "JE", "region": "Crown Dependencies", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Jersey promotes AI adoption and has established Tier III-class data centres, but nothing was found on new large-scale compute.", "summary": "The government's Digital Economy Framework treats AI adoption as essential and describes the island as having multiple Tier 3 data centres, island-wide full fibre and several subsea routes. Digital Jersey, with the Jersey AI Council, published an AI Playbook in March 2026, which is industry guidance rather than policy. Commercial data centres are run by Sure and JT in St Helier. No data centre planning application, compute incentive or AI law was found. Jersey imports about 94% of its power from France by cable, and the utility's FY2025 report did not mention data centres. For someone seeking compute, Jersey suits compliant colocation for finance and regulated users.", "ai_state": "The Jersey AI Council champions joined-up AI adoption. The framework lists the AI Playbook, start-up and leadership programmes, government AI pilots in professional and financial services and credits arrangements with major AI providers. It also commits to reviewing regulation so it is proportionate and safe. No standalone AI legislation was found.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Digital Economy Framework", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.gov.je/Government/PlanningPerformance/TradeInvestmentGrowthFramework/Pages/DigitalEconomyFramework.aspx", "note": "Government of Jersey page setting six priorities, including data assets, adoption, and proportionate regulation, and describing the AI Council and infrastructure. The page's own date was not shown; it refers to 2025 to 2026 activity." }, { "title": "AI Playbook for Jersey", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-03-25", "primary_url": "https://www.digital.je/memberspace/news/publication-of-ai-playbook-for-jersey-aims-to-prepare-jersey-for-opportunities-and-threats-of-ai/", "note": "Published by Digital Jersey on 25 March 2026 through the Jersey AI Council. Described as a collaborative framework and industry guidance, not a formal strategy or binding policy." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Sure Jersey data centre", "operator": "Sure", "place": "Queens Road, St Helier", "status": "operating", "note": "Sure acquired the Foreshore data centre business in 2014, giving it its first Jersey facility. Sure lists ISO 27001, ISO 22301 and PCI-DSS Level 1 for its Jersey and Guernsey data centres. Capacity not published in sources read.", "source_url": "https://business.sure.com/offshore-data-centres" }, { "name": "JT Central data centre", "operator": "JT Group", "place": "Telephone House, Minden Place, St Helier", "status": "operating", "note": "A directory listing quotes JT as describing it as one of four Tier 3 data centres it owns in Jersey. JT also expanded its Five Oaks facility by 20% in 2010 (old report; current status not checked). Capacity not published in sources read.", "source_url": "https://www.datacentermap.com/jersey/st-helier/" } ], "grid_note": "Jersey Electricity imports by three subsea cables from France (Normandie 1, 2 and 3), reported as up to 190MW of import capacity with a recorded peak of 178MW in 2018. Its FY2025 report says about 94% of supply is imported via EDF, forecasts a 25% rise in peak demand for net zero, plans a GBP 120 million upgrade and is replacing the oldest cable with Guernsey Electricity. States of Jersey held 62% of the company in 2015 (current holding not checked). The FY2025 report does not mention data centres or other large loads.", "connectivity_note": "The government describes island-wide full fibre and multiple subsea routes. HUGO East is reported to give direct Jersey to France and Jersey to Guernsey links. Cable ownership and capacity were not re-checked.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/jersey", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0004" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0005", "slug": "gibraltar", "name": "Gibraltar", "iso": "GI", "region": "British Overseas Territory", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Gibraltar's government backs a privately funded 250MW AI data centre campus announced in 2025, still at an early stage in the sources found.", "summary": "Pelagos Data Centres announced a GBP 1.8 billion, 250MW campus on a 20,000 square metre site near the port, in five phases to 2033, with the Gibraltar government publicly supportive. It is described as powered independently of the territory's grid, using renewables and liquefied natural gas, with net-zero operation targeted for 2030. Announced timelines (construction from 2026, first phase late 2027) have not been confirmed by anything we found, and an opposition leader has criticised transparency and the LNG reliance. Gibraltar has no standalone AI law; the EU AI Act can reach Gibraltar businesses with EU links. Gibraltar is not a Crown Dependency.", "ai_state": "A law firm article says Gibraltar has not introduced a standalone AI regime and relies on existing data protection law (Gibraltar GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2004). No dedicated AI regulator was identified.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Government backing for the Pelagos data centre", "kind": "planning", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.gbc.gi/news/pelagos-data-centres-unveils-ps18-billion-data-hub-in-gibraltar", "note": "Reported September 2025 with the Chief Minister's support. A technical briefing was promised for early 2026; we did not find the outcome, a planning decision or an update, so status is announced, not approved." }, { "title": "AI regulation position in Gibraltar", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.legal500.com/firms/10290-isolas-llp/c-gibraltar/news-and-developments/bots-borders-and-brussels-the-eu-ai-act-and-gibraltar", "note": "ISOLAS LLP commentary: no standalone AI legislation; existing data protection law applies; EU AI Act has extraterritorial reach over Gibraltar-based businesses placing AI on the EU market. A law firm's view, not an official source." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Pelagos Gibraltar data centre campus", "operator": "Pelagos Data Centres", "place": "Near the Port of Gibraltar", "status": "proposed", "note": "250MW, GBP 1.8 billion, five phases to 2033, Tier III, target PUE about 1.2, off-grid with renewables plus LNG, 100% private funding (Data Centre News UK, September 2025). The chairman is also reported to be planning a subsea cable linking Morocco and Europe. All figures are the developer's announcements.", "source_url": "https://datacentrenews.uk/story/pelagos-reveals-gbp-1-8-billion-ai-data-centre-plan-for-gibraltar" } ], "grid_note": "The developer says the site would be powered independently of Gibraltar's grid, so local grid capacity should not be the constraint; the LNG supply and renewables arrangements were not detailed in sources read.", "connectivity_note": "Not researched beyond the developer's reported Morocco to Europe cable plan.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/gibraltar", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0005" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0006", "slug": "malta", "name": "Malta", "iso": "MT", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Malta has a 2025 national AI strategy with a compute pillar and hosts a small EuroHPC AI Factory antenna, not large data centres.", "summary": "Malta's realigned national AI strategy, published in November 2025, proposes 83 measures under three pillars, one of which is data and infrastructure including access to computational resources. In October 2025 Malta was selected to host CALYPSO, an EU-funded AI Factory antenna run by the Malta Digital Innovation Authority and linked to Greece's PHAROS AI Factory. It gives start-ups, SMEs, researchers and public bodies access to EuroHPC resources and smaller-scale compute. Malta is an EU member, so EU rules apply. No large data centre project was verified.", "ai_state": "The national strategy rests on data and infrastructure, leveraging AI and advancing AI through R&D incentives, with five principles including accountability, safety and data protection. The pages read give no details on compute capacity targets.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Strategy and Vision realignment (2025)", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-11-20", "primary_url": "https://mdia.gov.mt/national-strategies/malta-ai-strategy-and-vision/2025-strategy-and-vision/", "note": "Published 20 November 2025 by the Malta Digital Innovation Authority; 83 measures described as an evergreen framework aligned with Malta Vision 2050." }, { "title": "EuroHPC AI Factory antenna CALYPSO", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-10-15", "primary_url": "https://maltainvest.mt/malta-to-host-e10-million-ai-factory-antenna/", "note": "Reported 15 October 2025: about EUR 10 million of EU funding, run by the Malta Digital Innovation Authority, offering access to EuroHPC supercomputing, support, training and sector datasets. Operational detail was not checked." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "CALYPSO AI Factory antenna", "operator": "Malta Digital Innovation Authority", "place": "Malta", "status": "operating", "note": "A service gateway to EuroHPC capacity (via PHAROS in Greece) plus smaller local compute, not a standalone large data centre. Whether it is fully operational is as reported by the programme.", "source_url": "https://maltainvest.mt/malta-to-host-e10-million-ai-factory-antenna/" } ], "grid_note": null, "connectivity_note": "Not researched.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/malta", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0006" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0007", "slug": "spain", "name": "Spain", "iso": "ES", "region": "Europe", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Spain hosts a EuroHPC AI Factory in Barcelona while a draft decree would tie new data centres to renewable supply and EU-based operation.", "summary": "The government opened a fast-track public consultation on 27 August 2026 for a royal decree covering data centres above 1 MW. As drafted, operators would need to match most hourly consumption with newly built renewable supply, meet top efficiency and water classes under EU rules, be established in the EU and keep operational data there. It is a draft and could change. For someone seeking compute, public AI capacity is available through the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre AI Factory, while private builders face possible new conditions on grid connection.", "ai_state": "Spain is a host of a EuroHPC AI Factory at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, built on an upgraded MareNostrum 5 and aimed at start-ups, SMEs and the public sector. Its services include access to AI-optimised HPC resources, technical support, data and software access and training.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Draft royal decree on data centre sustainability and sovereignty", "kind": "law", "status": "consultation", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://digital.gob.es/content/dam/portal-mtdfp/comunicacion/comunicacion_ministro/2026/08/27-08-26/270826NdP.RD%20Centros%20de%20Datos.pdf", "note": "Ministry press note of 27 August 2026 says the draft is in urgent public consultation and links grid connection rights for installations over 1 MW to renewable matching, efficiency and EU-establishment tests." }, { "title": "EuroHPC AI Factory: BSC AI Factory", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/spain_en", "note": "EuroHPC page describing the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre AI Factory and the services it offers to start-ups, SMEs and public bodies." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "MareNostrum 5 (BSC AI Factory)", "operator": "Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Centro Nacional de Supercomputacion (BSC-CNS)", "place": "Barcelona", "status": "operating", "note": "EuroHPC describes the AI Factory as using an upgraded MareNostrum 5 for large language model training and inference.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/spain_en" } ], "grid_note": "The draft decree would make proof of renewable matching a condition of grid connection rights for data centres above 1 MW, with penalties on network charges for non-compliance. Existing projects would have a short window to comply.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/spain", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0007" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0008", "slug": "austria", "name": "Austria", "iso": "AT", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Austria has a national AI mission to 2030, an AI service office at the regulator and a planned AI Factory built around an AI-optimised supercomputer.", "summary": "AI policy rests on AIM AT 2030 and its 2024 implementation plan, with a national AI Service Office and an advisory board set up by law in 2024. The EuroHPC AI Factory AI:AT is led by Advanced Computing Austria and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology with major universities. It will build an AI-optimised supercomputer and a physical AI hub, but EuroHPC does not yet give a service start date. For someone seeking compute, nothing at AI Factory scale is open yet, and we did not collect Austrian power or data centre facts.", "ai_state": "AI:AT aims to be a one-stop shop for start-ups, SMEs, public administration and researchers. EuroHPC says it will give equal access to basic services for public institutions, academics, start-ups and SMEs in participating states without their own factory. Slovakia is listed as an antenna.", "instruments": [ { "title": "AIM AT 2030 national AI strategy", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://regulations.ai/regulations/RAI-AT-NA-SUMMARY-2026", "note": "Third-party tracker. It describes AIM AT 2030 and the 2024 implementation plan as non-binding frameworks emphasising trustworthy AI, public sector use and digital sovereignty." }, { "title": "AI Service Office (BGBl. I Nr. 6/2024)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-01-01", "primary_url": "https://regulations.ai/regulations/RAI-AT-NA-SUMMARY-2026", "note": "Same tracker lists the Act as in force from 1 January 2024, alongside a separate AI Advisory Board Act." }, { "title": "EuroHPC AI Factory: AI:AT", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/austria_en", "note": "EuroHPC page listing services but giving no start date." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "AI:AT AI-optimised supercomputer", "operator": "Advanced Computing Austria GmbH with AIT", "place": "Austria", "status": "planned", "note": "EuroHPC says Austria will establish an AI-optimised supercomputer. It does not name a site or give specifications.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/austria_en" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/austria", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0008" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0009", "slug": "belgium", "name": "Belgium", "iso": "BE", "region": "Europe", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Belgium is a growing data centre market held back by grid connection waits and a patchwork of regional permitting rules.", "summary": "There is no federal data centre permitting regime. Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels each handle zoning and permits, with typical timelines of six to twelve months when zoning fits. Industry reports colocation and hyperscale capacity passing 260 MW of IT power by the end of 2026, with Google expanding in Wallonia. More than 180 companies in Flanders are reported to be waiting for a grid connection, and the grid operator Elia is offering flexible connection models. For someone seeking compute, Belgium offers commercial capacity near the FLAP hubs, but timing is set by power, not by demand.", "ai_state": "EuroHPC lists Belgium as an AI Factory Antenna in the group with Germany's JAIF. We did not collect a national AI strategy or Belgian supercomputer details.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Regional zoning and permitting for data centres", "kind": "planning", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.lexgo.be/en/news-and-articles/14745-navigating-the-legal-framework-for-data-centre-development-in-belgium", "note": "Law-firm summary. Competence sits with the three regions, there is no dedicated data centre zoning category and an environmental impact assessment may be needed." }, { "title": "EU proposal to speed up environmental assessments for strategic sectors", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.lexgo.be/en/news-and-articles/14745-navigating-the-legal-framework-for-data-centre-development-in-belgium", "note": "Same law-firm summary says the Commission proposal names data centres and AI factories among sectors for a streamlined assessment regime if adopted as proposed." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Google Wallonia campuses", "operator": "Google", "place": "Wallonia, including Farciennes", "status": "planned", "note": "Trade press says Google is expanding with new Wallonia campuses and that the Farciennes site will soon feed a local heating network. It also links to a report of a 5 billion euro Belgian AI infrastructure investment, which we did not read.", "source_url": "https://itdaily.com/news/datacenter/belgian-data-centers-growing" } ], "grid_note": "Industry body figures reported by ITdaily say the main brake on growth is grid connection timing, with more than 180 companies in Flanders waiting. Elia's flexible connection models are seen as promising but operators want faster, clearer processes. Reported PUE is 1.2 to 1.4.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/belgium", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0009" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0010", "slug": "bulgaria", "name": "Bulgaria", "iso": "BG", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Bulgaria has the Discoverer supercomputer and a 90 million euro EuroHPC AI Factory, BRAIN++, that will add a GPU-heavy Discoverer++ and Bulgarian-language models.", "summary": "BRAIN++ is led by Sofia Tech Park with INSAIT and is budgeted at 90 million euros, half from the national government. Construction was due to begin in 2026 over a three-year project. It will add Discoverer++, which has generative AI partitions, robotics and space observation partitions and over 7.5 PB of storage, and will host open models such as the Bulgarian-language BgGPT. The current Discoverer lists 32 NVIDIA H200 GPUs in four DGX H200 systems. For someone seeking compute, EuroHPC says BRAIN++ will offer non-discriminatory access to Discoverer++, which is still to be built. We did not collect Bulgarian grid facts.", "ai_state": "The Concept for the Development of AI in Bulgaria until 2030 is the foundational strategy, per a tracker that says it was adopted in December 2020. The Ministry of Electronic Governance has led AI policy since December 2021. EuroHPC says BRAIN++ aligns with the national strategy.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Concept for the Development of Artificial Intelligence in Bulgaria until 2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://regulations.ai/regulations/RAI-BG-NA-CDAIBXX-2020", "note": "Third-party tracker. A law-firm note dated August 2020 describes the same concept as a draft at that point." }, { "title": "EuroHPC AI Factory: BRAIN++", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/bulgaria_en", "note": "EuroHPC page. It lists a COMPL-AI compliance tool and the BulgAI Sandbox for SMEs, with service availability not yet announced." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Discoverer", "operator": "Sofia Tech Park", "place": "Sofia", "status": "operating", "note": "EuroHPC lists 4.52 petaflops sustained plus four NVIDIA DGX H200 systems with 32 H200 GPUs.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/supercomputers/our-supercomputers_en" }, { "name": "Discoverer++ (BRAIN++)", "operator": "Sofia Tech Park with INSAIT", "place": "Sofia", "status": "planned", "note": "Economic.bg reports a 90 million euro project with 50% national co-financing, construction from 2026 and a three-year implementation period.", "source_url": "https://www.economic.bg/en/a/view/bulgaria-will-host-one-of-the-european-ai-factories" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/bulgaria", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0010" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0011", "slug": "czechia", "name": "Czechia", "iso": "CZ", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Czechia has a 2030 AI strategy, the Karolina supercomputer in Ostrava and a new AI Factory, while distributors log about 1 GW of data centre connection requests.", "summary": "The government approved the updated National AI Strategy 2030 in 2024 with an action plan of about 19 billion crowns. The EuroHPC-backed Czech AI Factory, led by VSB Technical University of Ostrava, will add an AI supercomputer called KarolAIna on roughly 340 AI chips, at a total cost of about one billion crowns. The ministry reports data centre connection requests of 50 to 200 MW per project but has no analysis to 2030. For someone seeking compute, Karolina is available now and KarolAIna is planned. Private AI data centres near Brno and Prague are in preparation.", "ai_state": "The strategy covers research, education, skills, ethics and law, security, business and public administration. EuroHPC's AI Factories page lists the Czech AI Factory (CZAI) among its newer selections.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.czechtradeoffices.com/qa/news/czechia-as-a-technological-leader-in-ai,-government-approved-the-national-ai-strategy-2030", "note": "Czech trade office summary dated 26 July 2024, citing the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Seven priority areas and about 19 billion crowns of projects." }, { "title": "Czech AI Factory (CZAI)", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories_en", "note": "EuroHPC listing. Detail on KarolAIna and the cost comes from a Czech business news report (Newstream)." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Karolina", "operator": "IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center", "place": "Ostrava", "status": "operating", "note": "EuroHPC lists 9.59 petaflops sustained, with a GPU partition built for AI.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/supercomputers/our-supercomputers_en" }, { "name": "KarolAIna AI supercomputer", "operator": "VSB Technical University of Ostrava (CZAI consortium)", "place": "Ostrava", "status": "planned", "note": "Czech news report: about 340 AI chips and about one billion crowns for the project.", "source_url": "https://www.newstream.cz/zpravy-z-firem/cesko-miri-mezi-ai-velmoci-ostrava-bude-mit-superpocitac-za-miliardu" }, { "name": "MasterDC AI data centre", "operator": "MasterDC", "place": "Kanice near Brno", "status": "planned", "note": "Forbes Czechia says MasterDC is preparing a specialised AI data centre. It also names the Prague Gateway DC by Ceske Radiokomunikace near Zbraslav as planned.", "source_url": "https://forbes.cz/datacentra-misto-ocelaren-jak-svatyne-ai-dopadaji-na-ceskou-energetiku/" } ], "grid_note": "Forbes Czechia reports the three main distributors have logged data centre connection requests totalling about 1 GW, equal to one Temelin unit. The industry ministry says individual projects run from 50 to 200 MW. A consultancy estimate cited there puts data centre use near 1.8 TWh a year by 2030, against national consumption of about 60 TWh.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/czechia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0011" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0012", "slug": "denmark", "name": "Denmark", "iso": "DK", "region": "Europe", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Denmark runs the Gefion sovereign AI supercomputer, but its grid operator paused new large connections in spring 2026 because about 60 GW of projects were queuing.", "summary": "Gefion is operated by the Danish Centre for AI Innovation and has begun an industrial programme with Siemens Gamesa. Energinet introduced a three-month pause on new grid connections, reported in May 2026, because roughly 60 GW of consumption projects were waiting against a national peak demand of about 7 GW. Projects that had already signed connection agreements were not affected. We could not confirm whether the pause has ended or been extended. For someone seeking compute, Gefion is the national option, and anyone planning a new Danish data centre should expect long waits for connection.", "ai_state": "EuroHPC's AI Factories page groups Denmark with Finland's LUMI AI Factory. We did not collect the national AI strategy.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Energinet temporary pause on new grid connections", "kind": "grid", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.datacenter-forum.com/datacenter-forum/energinet-denmark-puts-temporary-pause-on-new-grid-connections", "note": "Trade report updated 11 May 2026. The pause lasts three months or until a full overview of demand is in place and covers data centres, batteries and Power-to-X plants. Status after the three months is not confirmed." }, { "title": "Gefion and the Danish Centre for AI Innovation", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://techedgeai.com/denmark-launches-first-sovereign-industrial-ai-program-with-gefion-supercomputer-and-siemens-gamesa/", "note": "Trade press on the Siemens Gamesa collaboration, described as Denmark's first industrial-scale AI programme on Denmark-hosted compute." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Gefion", "operator": "Danish Centre for AI Innovation (DCAI)", "place": "Denmark", "status": "operating", "note": "Described by trade press as one of Europe's most powerful sovereign AI supercomputers. The source does not give its site or specifications.", "source_url": "https://techedgeai.com/denmark-launches-first-sovereign-industrial-ai-program-with-gefion-supercomputer-and-siemens-gamesa/" }, { "name": "Apple Viborg", "operator": "Apple", "place": "Viborg", "status": "operating", "note": "Named as an existing hyperscale site alongside Microsoft and Google investments. Microsoft is reported to have committed about 3 billion US dollars between 2023 and 2027.", "source_url": "https://thenextweb.com/news/denmark-data-centre-grid-pause-ai-energy" } ], "grid_note": "Energinet says about 60 GW of new consumption is waiting for connection against a peak of about 7 GW. A May 2026 article puts installed data centre capacity at about 398 MW at the start of 2026, with 208 MW under construction and a projection of 1.2 GW by 2030, and says over 80% of Danish electricity is renewable.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/denmark", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0012" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0013", "slug": "estonia", "name": "Estonia", "iso": "EE", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Estonia has no single AI statute, relies on action plans and is about to host its first large AI data centre, a 22 MW Nebius installation.", "summary": "Estonia governs AI through action plans and sector-specific legal changes rather than an omnibus law. A tracker lists an AI and Data Action Plan 2024 to 2026 and a Data and AI White Paper 2024 to 2030. Nebius is installing 22 MW at Greenergy Data Centers in Huuru near Tallinn, billed by the companies as the region's largest AI factory, with the first phase due before the end of 2026. For someone seeking compute, Huuru will offer commercial AI cloud capacity, and Estonia is grouped with Finland's LUMI AI Factory for public access.", "ai_state": "Estonia's approach is public sector led, with the Kratt metaphor for software agents. EuroHPC's AI Factories page groups Estonia with the Finnish factory.", "instruments": [ { "title": "AI and Data Action Plan 2024 to 2026", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-02-08", "primary_url": "https://regulations.ai/regulations/RAI-EE-NA-SUMMARY-2026", "note": "Third-party tracker. It lists the White Paper 2024 to 2030 as a draft, describes both as non-binding and says binding rules come through targeted sector amendments, for example automated tax administration." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Greenergy Data Centers Huuru (Nebius AI factory)", "operator": "Greenergy Data Centers (MCF Group Estonia) with Nebius", "place": "Huuru, Harju County", "status": "under construction", "note": "Estonian World reports a 50 million euro expansion adding 22 MW of IT power, bringing the campus to 31.5 MW, with completion expected in the autumn. Nebius's first phase should operate before the end of 2026.", "source_url": "https://estonianworld.com/?p=89952" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/estonia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0013" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0014", "slug": "greece", "name": "Greece", "iso": "GR", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "related_development": { "title": "Proposed data centres in Phthiotis: official environmental-study notice", "summary": "The Region of Central Greece posted an environmental-impact-study notice on 9 November 2026 for two proposed data centres in Amfikleia-Elateia, Phthiotis, under reference PET 2610002327. This does not establish approval, a grid connection, construction or available compute. Follow the official notice for primary documents and participation information; its embedded PDF remains unread in this review, so deadlines and detailed conditions are not verified here. This proposal is separate from DAEDALUS.", "path": "/news#news-9774d37f3da52f65", "source_url": "https://pste.gov.gr/meletis-perivallontikon-epiptoseon-be-tou-ergou-kataskevi-kai-leitourgia-dyo-kentron-dedomenon-data-centers-ischyos-it-100mw-ekasto-kai-synolikis-ischyos-it200mw-me-synoliki-ilektriki-isch/", "source_date": "2026-11-09", "checked_on": "2026-11-11" }, "headline": "Greece inaugurated the DAEDALUS supercomputer at Lavrio while configuration continues before planned user access.", "summary": "GRNET reports that DAEDALUS was inaugurated at the Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park on 19 October 2026. That account identifies the system as the compute core of the Pharos AI Factory and plans gradual first-user access during December after full configuration, with calls, terms and deadlines to follow. It is not a current application notice. See the separately dated access check below. The existing national strategy and earlier EuroHPC system details retain their own sources and dates. We did not collect Greek power facts.", "ai_state": "Pharos is a flagship of the Blueprint for Greece's AI Transformation and DAEDALUS is its compute core. GRNET's 19 October account supports inauguration, not demonstrated production access; it said access conditions and deadlines would be announced later.", "latest_observation": { "title": "Can I apply for DAEDALUS time? A current allocation route is not verified here", "summary": "Do not treat inauguration as an invitation to apply. The pages checked on 11 November did not verify an open DAEDALUS allocation call; that is not proof that no call exists. GRNET's 20th production call names ARIS, not DAEDALUS, and gives a 26 June 2026 deadline. Ask GRNET which current call explicitly covers DAEDALUS, your eligibility, the resources offered and the allocation start date before preparing an application.", "source_url": "https://www.hpc.grnet.gr/en/20th-call-for-proposals-for-production-projects/", "checked_on": "2026-11-11", "review_by": "2026-11-18", "scope": "This is a bounded access-route review, not a new service-start announcement or a complete search of every call. The older inauguration, December access plan, policy and other country facts retain their own dates." }, "research_access_links": [ { "id": "grnet-daedalus-access-enquiry", "label": "Ask GRNET about the current DAEDALUS access route", "url": "https://www.hpc.grnet.gr/en/contact/", "evidence_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/greece_en", "checked_on": "2026-11-11", "review_by": "2026-11-18", "source_use": "GRNET lists a general access-enquiry contact, not a DAEDALUS application form. EuroHPC identifies the Greek Pharos/DAEDALUS context but does not give a service-start date on this page. Follow the enquiry route to confirm a named call, eligibility and current resources. Ordinary attributed links and minimal original facts only; no source prose, specification table, image or price copied, no endorsement or available allocation inferred." } ], "instruments": [ { "title": "Greece national AI strategy", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/greece-national-ai-strategy", "note": "US Commerce Department market note. Covers sector adoption, start-up support, EU AI Act alignment and participation in EuroHPC." }, { "title": "EuroHPC AI Factory: Pharos", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/greece_en", "note": "EuroHPC page for Pharos, listing AI-ready datasets, pre-trained models and access to DAEDALUS." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "DAEDALUS", "operator": "GRNET", "place": "Lavrio, Attica", "status": "inaugurated; configuring before planned user access", "note": "GRNET's 19 October 2026 inauguration account planned gradual first-user access during December after full configuration, with calls and terms to follow. This historical plan is not a current application route or evidence of general availability.", "source_url": "https://grnet.gr/2026/10/19/national-hpc-daedalus_inauguration/" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/greece", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0014" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0015", "slug": "iceland", "name": "Iceland", "iso": "IS", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Iceland offers near-fully renewable power for AI data centres and is expanding substations and long-term supply contracts.", "summary": "Iceland's electricity is about 70% hydro and 30% geothermal. Data centres took an estimated 5 to 6% of national power demand in 2022 and 2023, and the sector has shifted from bitcoin mining to AI hosting. Landsvirkjun has signed an extra 12 MW of firm supply for Borealis at Blonduos, equipped for liquid-cooled NVIDIA systems, and Verne and Landsnet switched on the largest privately owned substation on the Reykjanes peninsula in May 2025. A new Industrial Policy names data centre growth as an opportunity. For someone seeking compute, Iceland is a colocation and cloud host rather than a public compute provider.", "ai_state": "EuroHPC lists Iceland as an AI Factory Antenna in the Finnish LUMI group. We did not collect a national AI strategy or AI Act status.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Iceland Industrial Policy", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.landsvirkjun.com/news/borealis-and-landsvirkjun-sign-a-12-mw-power-purchasing-agreement", "note": "We read only a utility news release that says the recently published policy identifies data centre growth as an opportunity. We did not read the policy itself." }, { "title": "Landsvirkjun power purchase agreement with Borealis", "kind": "grid", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.landsvirkjun.com/news/borealis-and-landsvirkjun-sign-a-12-mw-power-purchasing-agreement", "note": "Adds 12 MW of firm power at Blonduos to existing contracts." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Borealis Blonduos campus", "operator": "Borealis Data Center", "place": "Blonduos", "status": "operating", "note": "Being equipped for the latest liquid-cooled NVIDIA infrastructure. Borealis also has sites in Reykjavik and Reykjanesbaer.", "source_url": "https://www.landsvirkjun.com/news/borealis-and-landsvirkjun-sign-a-12-mw-power-purchasing-agreement" }, { "name": "Verne Keflavik campus", "operator": "Verne", "place": "Keflavik", "status": "operating", "note": "A new high-capacity substation with Landsnet was switched on on 19 May 2025 to support HPC and AI growth.", "source_url": "https://www.verne.co/news/news-verne-and-landsnet-launch-high-capacity-substation" } ], "grid_note": "A July 2026 report in The Parliament Magazine puts generation at about 70% hydro and 30% geothermal and says Iceland uses only about 20% of the energy it produces for homes and local industry, with the rest sold to industry including aluminium smelters and increasingly data centres.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/iceland", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0015" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0016", "slug": "italy", "name": "Italy", "iso": "IT", "region": "Europe", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Italy has the first dedicated national AI law among EU members, a EuroHPC AI Factory in Bologna and a grid queue of about 95 GW of data centre requests.", "summary": "Law No. 132/2025 entered into force on 10 October 2025. It names national supervisory authorities, extends the text and data mining exception to AI with a rights-holder opt-out and creates new criminal offences, while adding no obligations beyond the EU AI Act. Government delegated decrees are still to come. On compute, the CINECA-run Leonardo system and the IT4LIA AI Factory sit in Bologna. On power, Terna had logged 95.38 GW of data centre connection requests by 21 August 2026, though only 1.88 GW across 15 applications had reached the most advanced stage. For someone seeking compute, public capacity is in Bologna and the AI Factory start date is still to be confirmed, while private builders face a long, speculative grid queue concentrated around Milan.", "ai_state": "EuroHPC describes IT4LIA as aligned with the Italian Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2024-2026. It is coordinated by CINECA, with Austria and Slovenia participating, and co-funded by the research ministry, the national cybersecurity agency and the Emilia-Romagna Region among others. Key sectors are agri-food, earth sciences, cybersecurity and manufacturing.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law No. 132/2025 on artificial intelligence", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-10-10", "primary_url": "https://www.clearygottlieb.com/news-and-insights/publication-listing/italy-adopts-the-first-national-ai-law-in-europe-complementing-the-eu-ai-act", "note": "Law-firm summary, not the official text. It reports entry into force on 10 October 2025, designated national authorities, new copyright and text and data mining rules and new criminal offences, and says the law adds no obligations beyond the AI Act. Much depends on delegated decrees." }, { "title": "EuroHPC AI Factory: IT4LIA", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/italy_en", "note": "EuroHPC page for the Bologna AI Factory. It lists services as available from a date still to be confirmed and says up to 30 proof-of-concept projects will be funded each year for start-ups and SMEs." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Leonardo", "operator": "CINECA", "place": "Bologna Technopole", "status": "operating", "note": "EuroHPC lists 249.04 petaflops sustained, 13,824 NVIDIA Ampere GPUs and a 1,240 square metre computing room. It ranks #12 on the June 2026 TOP500.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/supercomputers/our-supercomputers_en" }, { "name": "IT4LIA AI Factory systems", "operator": "CINECA", "place": "Bologna Technopole", "status": "planned", "note": "EuroHPC says Leonardo, the LISA system and the GAIA cloud will be combined with a new AI-optimised system from early 2026, giving over 20,000 GPUs overall. We did not confirm that the new system is live.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/italy_en" } ], "grid_note": "Terna recorded 95.38 GW of data centre connection requests on 21 August 2026, up from 1 GW in 2021. Lombardy alone accounts for 290 applications totalling 46 GW. Of 531 applications to date, only 15 (1.88 GW) are at the most advanced stage, so most of the queue is speculative. Source is Il Sole 24 Ore, machine-translated, citing Terna.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/italy", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0016" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0017", "slug": "lithuania", "name": "Lithuania", "iso": "LT", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Lithuania won EuroHPC backing for LitAI, a 130 million euro AI factory said to be the only facility of its scale in the Baltic states.", "summary": "A Vilnius University-led consortium secured 65 million euros of EU co-financing for LitAI, half of the 130 million euro budget. It will be hosted at the Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre's VDC3 data centre in Vilnius and priorities include cybersecurity, green energy, smart industry and digital health. EuroHPC says it will link with Polish HPC and quantum sites. For someone seeking compute, LitAI is the planned national route. We did not collect Lithuanian regulation or grid facts.", "ai_state": "The consortium includes Vilnius University, Kaunas University of Technology, Vilnius Tech, Vytautas Magnus University, the State Data Agency and the Innovation Agency.", "instruments": [ { "title": "EuroHPC AI Factory: LitAI", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/lithuania_en", "note": "EuroHPC page. The 130 million euro budget and 65 million euro EU share come from a Lithuanian public broadcaster report of 10 October 2025." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "LRTC VDC3", "operator": "Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre (LRTC)", "place": "Vilnius", "status": "planned", "note": "EuroHPC describes it as an upgrade-ready facility that will host the LitAI Factory.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/lithuania_en" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/lithuania", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0017" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0018", "slug": "luxembourg", "name": "Luxembourg", "iso": "LU", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Luxembourg runs the MeluXina supercomputer, is adding the AI-optimised MeluXina-AI and is reserving grid capacity far above current data centre use.", "summary": "LuxProvide operates MeluXina at Bissen, which EuroHPC lists at 12.81 petaflops sustained. EuroHPC selected Luxembourg to host MeluXina-AI and a national AI Factory in December 2024, at an estimated cost of 112 million euros shared with EuroHPC. Half of its capacity is reserved for the EuroHPC network and half for national needs. LuxProvide's chief executive says it will be ten times more powerful than today. Paperjam reports that Creos is setting aside capacity for data centres at about 20 times what they use today. For someone seeking compute, MeluXina is a secure, certified option for sensitive data, with the new system not yet confirmed as live.", "ai_state": "The AI Factory is coordinated by Luxinnovation with sector hubs in finance, space, cybersecurity and the green economy. EuroHPC lists services as available from a date not yet announced.", "instruments": [ { "title": "EuroHPC AI Factory: Luxembourg AI Factory and MeluXina-AI", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/luxembourg_en", "note": "EuroHPC page. The cost split is from a Luxembourg news report of December 2024: 80 million euros for the machine and 32 million for five years of hosting and operation, each 50% EuroHPC funded." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "MeluXina", "operator": "LuxProvide", "place": "Bissen", "status": "operating", "note": "EuroHPC lists 12.81 petaflops sustained with NVIDIA A100 GPUs. LuxProvide's chief executive describes a Tier IV, ISO 27001-certified facility.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/supercomputers/our-supercomputers_en" }, { "name": "MeluXina-AI", "operator": "LuxProvide", "place": "Bissen and Bettembourg (LuxConnect data centres)", "status": "planned", "note": "Integrated into LuxConnect's data centres, with 50% of capacity reserved for the EuroHPC network and European countries.", "source_url": "https://www.chronicle.lu/category/innovation/52643-luxembourg-to-host-meluxina-ai-supercomputer-launch-national-ai-factory" } ], "grid_note": "Paperjam reports the national energy and climate plan expects consumption to rise 25% from 6,209 GWh in 2023 to 7,756 GWh in 2030 without counting data centres. Grid operator Creos has identified seven data centre projects for its 2040 scenario and is setting aside or allocating capacity about 20 times current data centre use.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/luxembourg", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0018" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0019", "slug": "poland", "name": "Poland", "iso": "PL", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Poland is building two EuroHPC AI Factories and planning its grid around a tenfold rise in data centre demand, while its AI law is still a draft.", "summary": "Two AI Factories were selected: PIAST-AI at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (services listed from 2026) and Gaia at Cyfronet in Krakow, which is planned to include over 1,000 GPU accelerators. The government has approved a draft AI law that would create a supervisory commission, KRiBSI, with sandbox powers. The grid operator PSE's draft 2027 to 2036 plan forecasts data centre demand rising from about 1.7 to 1.8 TWh a year to 17 to 18 TWh by the mid-2030s. For someone seeking compute, public AI capacity is arriving in Poznan and Krakow, and private growth depends on grid connection pace.", "ai_state": "EuroHPC lists PIAST-AI (Poznan) for IT and cybersecurity, health and life sciences, public sector, space and robotics and sustainability. The Gaia consortium is coordinated by ACC Cyfronet AGH and is to be integrated with PIAST-AI and the LUMI AI Factory, per trade press.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Draft Act on Artificial Intelligence Systems", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/poland-cybersecurity-draft-ai-law-adopted", "note": "US Commerce Department market note reporting government approval of the draft, which aligns Polish law with the AI Act and creates KRiBSI, the Commission for the Development and Safety of AI. We did not check its passage through parliament." }, { "title": "PSE draft Transmission Network Development Plan 2027 to 2036", "kind": "grid", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://wbj.pl/pses-network-development-plan-important-reference-about-data-center-growth-potential-in-poland/post/148794", "note": "Business press report (February 2026) on the first PSE plan to model data centre demand explicitly. It treats about 3 GW of data centre connection capacity by 2036 as a scenario, not a guarantee." }, { "title": "EuroHPC AI Factory: PIAST-AI", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/poland_en", "note": "EuroHPC page for the Poznan AI Factory, listing GPU cluster access, a cloud partition and training services." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Gaia AI Factory supercomputer", "operator": "ACC Cyfronet AGH", "place": "Krakow", "status": "planned", "note": "Trade press reports a project of about 70 million euros with over 1,000 GPU accelerators, several times the performance of Poland's current fastest system, Helios. Another report says it has been launched in Krakow, which we did not read.", "source_url": "https://w.media/e70-million-gaia-ai-factory-to-be-established-in-poland/" }, { "name": "PIAST-AI Factory GPU expansion", "operator": "Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PCSS)", "place": "Poznan", "status": "planned", "note": "EuroHPC says existing campus facilities will be extended with high-end GPUs for generative AI and AI-quantum simulation, with services available from 2026.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/poland_en" } ], "grid_note": "Installed data centre capacity is estimated at about 200 MW, using 1.7 to 1.8 TWh a year, roughly 1% of national consumption. PSE's draft plan forecasts 17 to 18 TWh by the mid-2030s. The industry association says Poland holds about 2% of Europe's computing capacity.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/poland", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0019" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0020", "slug": "portugal", "name": "Portugal", "iso": "PT", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Portugal has a new national AI agenda, the Deucalion supercomputer and the Sines campus, a 1.2 GW AI data centre site that is already operating its first phase.", "summary": "The National AI Agenda (ANIA), approved by Council of Ministers Resolution 2/2026, has 32 initiatives and includes a national AI Gigafactory and expansion of supercomputing such as Deucalion. The EU AI Act applies directly, and the communications regulator ANACOM consulted in 2026 on guidance for the AI Act's prohibited practices. At Sines, Start Campus is planning a 1.2 GW site, and an analyst estimate puts 33 MW of IT power already operating with chips owned by Nscale and used by Microsoft. For someone seeking compute, Deucalion offers public capacity and Sines is the main route to large private capacity.", "ai_state": "ANIA forms part of Action No. 20 of the National Digital Strategy 2030 action plan for 2026 to 2027 and is aligned with the EU AI Continent Action Plan. Portugal is listed on EuroHPC's AI Factories page in the same group as Spain's factory; we did not confirm its precise status.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National Artificial Intelligence Agenda (ANIA)", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://digital-skills-jobs.europa.eu/en/initiatives/national-strategies/portugal-national-artificial-intelligence-agenda", "note": "EU Digital Skills platform summary, updated July 2026. Launched January 2026 with four pillars and 32 initiatives, including a National AI Gigafactory and expanded advanced computing." }, { "title": "EU AI Act in Portugal: ANACOM and other supervisors", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.legal500.com/guides/chapter/portugal-artificial-intelligence/", "note": "Law-firm guide. Portugal has no standalone AI code, has published 14 entities supervising fundamental-rights protection for high-risk AI, and ANACOM consulted in 2026 on draft guidance." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Start Campus Sines Data Campus", "operator": "Start Campus", "place": "Sines", "status": "operating", "note": "Epoch AI estimates 33 MW of IT power and about 32,000 H100-equivalents operating now, projected to 233 MW by Q3 2027, with the full site planned at 1.2 GW by 2030. The developer cites PUE 1.1 and sea-water cooling.", "source_url": "https://epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers/directory/start-campus-sines-data-campus" }, { "name": "Deucalion", "operator": "FCT, managed by CNCA", "place": "Guimaraes", "status": "operating", "note": "EuroHPC lists 7.48 petaflops sustained across ARM, x86 and 33 NVIDIA A100 nodes.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/supercomputers/our-supercomputers_en" }, { "name": "Merlin Edged Lisbon platform", "operator": "Merlin Edged", "place": "Lisbon region", "status": "planned", "note": "Colliers data reported by trade press: up to 1,300 MW planned, 80 MW under construction for Q4 2027, positioned as a candidate EU AI gigafactory with the government.", "source_url": "https://www.essential-business.pt/2026/05/06/portugal-strengthens-its-role-as-european-data-centres-hub/" } ], "grid_note": "About 68% of Portuguese electricity consumption came from renewables in 2025, according to figures cited by EDP and Start Campus. EDP has a framework to supply Sines with new renewable build-out. Colliers counts over 2.6 GW of planned IT capacity nationally, but projects still depend on local grid connection and planning decisions.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/portugal", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0020" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0021", "slug": "romania", "name": "Romania", "iso": "RO", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Romania is building the RO AI Factory under EuroHPC and developers are scouting 50 to 200 MW sites, with power and permits as the deciding factors.", "summary": "The RO AI Factory is led by ICI Bucharest and the Politehnica University of Bucharest, with a supercomputer described as reaching over 5 exaflops of theoretical AI performance. A sponsored Euronews Romania piece says at least two AI factories should be operating in 2026, with investment above 70 million euros. An event organiser quoted in the same piece says international developers are evaluating 50 to 200 MW facilities near Bucharest, in the centre and west and in Dobrogea, and that 10 to 20 year power purchase agreements are under discussion. For someone seeking compute, the picture is public AI Factory capacity soon and private projects still at the planning stage.", "ai_state": "Priority areas are manufacturing, cybersecurity, life sciences, digital public services and autonomous systems. EuroHPC's AI Factories page groups Romania with Spain's factory.", "instruments": [ { "title": "RO AI Factory", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://abnase.com/ici-bucharest-and-politehnica-bucharest-to-develop-first-national-ai-factory/", "note": "AGERPRES wire report of 12 October 2025 on the EuroHPC selection of Romania's first AI Factory." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "RO AI Factory supercomputer", "operator": "ICI Bucharest with Politehnica Bucharest", "place": "Bucharest", "status": "planned", "note": "The sponsored Euronews Romania article gives the 5 exaflops theoretical AI figure. Treat it as a promotional claim. No site beyond the consortium's Bucharest base is given.", "source_url": "https://www.euronews.ro/articole/romania-va-avea-doua-fabrici-ai-functionale-in-2026" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/romania", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0021" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0022", "slug": "switzerland", "name": "Switzerland", "iso": "CH", "region": "Europe", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Switzerland has no AI law yet, runs the Alps supercomputer at CSCS and faces a sharp rise in data centre power demand.", "summary": "There is no overarching AI legislation. The Federal Council has asked for a bill implementing the Council of Europe AI Convention to go to consultation by the end of 2026, plus a plan for voluntary industry measures. The Alps system at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre in Lugano has been fully used since it opened, notably for training the open Apertus model. Swiss data centres could take 10 to 15% of national electricity by 2030, according to a swissinfo report citing federal and ETH analysis. For someone seeking compute, Alps is allocated through expert review for research, and commercial capacity faces a tightening power picture.", "ai_state": "EuroHPC lists Switzerland as an AI Factory Antenna linked to the Finnish, Italian and Swedish factories. The Federal Administration also has its own AI strategy for internal use.", "instruments": [ { "title": "AI regulation bill implementing the Council of Europe AI Convention", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.bk.admin.ch/en/artificial-intelligence", "note": "Federal Chancellery page. The Justice Department is to submit a bill for consultation by the end of 2026, covering transparency, data protection, non-discrimination and supervision." }, { "title": "Implementation plan for non-binding AI measures", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.bk.admin.ch/en/artificial-intelligence", "note": "Same page. Industry solutions and voluntary commitment declarations, with a plan due by the end of 2026." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Alps", "operator": "Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS)", "place": "Lugano-Cornaredo", "status": "operating", "note": "Per Wikipedia: HPE Cray EX with NVIDIA GH200, 434.9 petaflops Rmax and about 10 MW at full load. The CSCS director said in May 2026 that it has been fully loaded since the start, driven by pre-training of Apertus.", "source_url": "https://www.netzwoche.ch/news/2026-05-06/wie-das-cscs-und-apertus-die-ki-zukunft-der-schweiz-sichern" } ], "grid_note": "Swissinfo reports over 120 Swiss data centres that could use 10 to 15% of national electricity by 2030, and an ETH analysis estimating about 4.6 TWh of extra generation or imports would be needed.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/switzerland", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0022" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0023", "slug": "turkiye", "name": "Türkiye", "iso": "TR", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Türkiye has adopted an AI Action Plan to 2030 that aims to mobilise at least 10 billion US dollars for data centres and AI infrastructure through growth zones and sandboxes.", "summary": "Presidential Circular 2026/9, published in the Official Gazette on 18 August 2026, sets out the AI Action Plan 2026 to 2030 around four principles: awareness, adoption, development and governance. It calls for AI growth zones with pre-arranged energy, land and fibre and faster permitting, regional centres of excellence offering GPU access, regulatory sandboxes in at least five sectors, a national AI growth fund and a national AI council. It also targets at least 10 billion US dollars, mainly private, for data centres, cloud and AI infrastructure. For someone seeking compute, these are plans: we did not find named operating AI facilities.", "ai_state": "Delivery is led by the Ministry of Industry and Technology with TUBITAK. A first TUBITAK call offers grants of up to 10 million lira per project and the HIT-30 programme allocates 1.6 billion US dollars to AI projects. EuroHPC's AI Factories page groups Türkiye with Spain's factory.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Artificial Intelligence Action Plan 2026 to 2030 (Presidential Circular 2026/9)", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-08-18", "primary_url": "https://www.erdem-erdem.av.tr/en/insights/presidential-circular-on-turkiyes-artificial-intelligence-action-plan-20262030-published-in-the-official-gazette", "note": "Law-firm summary of the circular in Official Gazette No. 33344. A second law-firm note from CMS describes the growth zones, sandboxes and hyperscaler incentives." }, { "title": "HIT-30 High Technology Investment Programme and TUBITAK AI Ecosystem Call", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://aa.com.tr/en/turkiye/turkiye-rolls-out-ai-action-plan-with-grants-10b-infrastructure-target/3984368", "note": "Anadolu Agency report of 2 July 2026. HIT-30 allocates 1.6 billion US dollars for AI projects. The TUBITAK call took applications until 18 September." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/turkiye", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0023" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0024", "slug": "ukraine", "name": "Ukraine", "iso": "UA", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Ukraine is regulating AI in two stages, soft tools first and an EU-style law later, and has only just begun exploring a sovereign AI data centre.", "summary": "The Ministry of Digital Transformation's June 2024 White Paper sets a bottom-up approach. Stage one, planned over two to three years, offers a regulatory sandbox, sector recommendations, an impact assessment method based on the Council of Europe framework and voluntary labelling. A Voluntary Code of Conduct was endorsed in December 2024. Stage two would adopt legislation similar to the EU AI Act. On infrastructure, Kyivstar and the Ministry of Economy signed a memorandum on 26 June 2026 to explore a sovereign AI-ready data centre. For someone seeking compute, there is no confirmed domestic AI capacity, and we found no verified grid facts.", "ai_state": "The approach aims to protect rights without stalling innovation and to prepare for EU alignment.", "instruments": [ { "title": "White Paper on AI Regulation in Ukraine", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/rehuliuvannia-shtuchnoho-intelektu-v-ukraini-mintsyfry-prezentuie-bilu-knyhu", "note": "Government news release of 26 June 2024 setting out the bottom-up approach." }, { "title": "Voluntary Code of Conduct on ethical and responsible AI", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.ibanet.org/Regulation-of-AI-Ukraine-current-approach", "note": "Law-firm article for the International Bar Association, which says the code was endorsed in December 2024." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Sovereign AI-ready data centre", "operator": "Kyivstar Group with VEON", "place": "Ukraine", "status": "planned", "note": "Only a memorandum to explore the facility, signed at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk. No site, size or timetable is given.", "source_url": "https://www.veon.com/newsroom/press-releases/kyivstar-signs-mou-with-ukraines-ministry-of-economy-to-accelerate-ai-infrastructure-and-digital-growth" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/ukraine", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0024" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0025", "slug": "brazil", "name": "Brazil", "iso": "BR", "region": "Americas", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Brazil has a funded national AI plan, a growing public supercomputer and a new tax regime to pull data centres in.", "summary": "The Brazilian AI Plan (PBIA) commits about R$23 billion through 2028, including R$1.8 billion to expand the Santos Dumont supercomputer and a R$1 billion sovereign cloud for federal bodies. In September 2026 the president signed a special tax regime for data centres (Redata), which suspends federal taxes on equipment for operators that build or expand in Brazil. A general AI bill had passed the Senate and sat in the Chamber of Deputies when our source was published. For someone seeking compute, the practical effects are cheaper imported hardware for new builds and large private projects, such as a planned wind-powered campus in Ceara.", "ai_state": "The PBIA was presented in July 2024 and rests on five pillars: infrastructure, training, innovation, governance and internationalisation. Brazil joined the BRICS AI Alliance Network in December 2024.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Brazilian AI Plan (PBIA) 2024-2028", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://dplnews.com/um-ano-de-plano-brasileiro-de-inteligencia-artificial-o-que-esta-sendo-feito/", "note": "Trade-press review one year on. Reports R$23 billion through 2028, R$1.8 billion for Santos Dumont and R$1 billion for a sovereign cloud run by Serpro and Dataprev." }, { "title": "Redata: special tax regime for data centre services", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-09-15", "primary_url": "https://poder360.com.br/poder-governo/lula-sanciona-politica-para-atrair-data-centers-ao-brasil", "note": "Press report says the president signed it on 15 September 2026 after congressional approval on 1 September. It began as Provisional Measure 1318 in September 2025, which required at least 10% of capacity for the domestic market, 2% of incentivised purchases spent on R&D and clean energy and water-efficiency standards. Check the final statute for the conditions that were kept." }, { "title": "Provisional Measure 1318/2025 (original Redata text)", "kind": "law", "status": "ended", "effective_on": "2025-09-18", "primary_url": "https://camposthomaz.com/en/conhecimento-ct/provisional-measure-creates-tax-incentives-for-datacenter-infrastructure/", "note": "Law-firm summary of the 2025 measure that Redata grew from. Suspended PIS/Pasep, Cofins, IPI and import tax on data centre equipment, with benefits authorised to the end of 2026 in that version." }, { "title": "AI bill PL 2338/2023", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://dplnews.com/um-ano-de-plano-brasileiro-de-inteligencia-artificial-o-que-esta-sendo-feito/", "note": "Reported as approved by the Senate and pending in the Chamber of Deputies as of that article. We have not confirmed later progress." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Santos Dumont supercomputer", "operator": "National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC)", "place": "Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state", "status": "operating", "note": "Eviden release describes an upgrade to 18.85 petaflops with NVIDIA H100 and Grace Hopper nodes plus AMD MI300A parts, direct liquid cooling and a 400 Gbps InfiniBand fabric, as the first step of the PBIA.", "source_url": "https://eviden.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/PR-Santos-Dumont-LNCC-supercomputer-receives-fourfold-upgrade-as-the-first-step-in-the-Brazilian-Artificial-Intelligence-Plan.pdf" }, { "name": "Casa dos Ventos and TikTok (ByteDance) campus", "operator": "Casa dos Ventos with ByteDance", "place": "Pecem port complex, Ceara", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported as 300 MW initially, expandable to 900 MW, powered by the developer's wind portfolio, with operations targeted for January 2027 and about R$50 billion of total investment. The national grid operator reportedly first rejected the connection over stability concerns, then approved it.", "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/casa-dos-ventos-granted-approval-to-construct-tiktok-backed-300mw-data-center-in-brazil-report/" } ], "grid_note": "The Pecem project shows that grid approval from the national operator is a real gate for very large loads in the north-east: the first application was reportedly refused on stability grounds before approval followed.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/brazil", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0025" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0026", "slug": "mexico", "name": "Mexico", "iso": "MX", "region": "Americas", "research_access_links": [ { "id": "unam-miztli-official-information", "label": "UNAM supercomputing: official access and suspension notice (Spanish)", "url": "https://www.super.unam.mx/obtener-una-cuenta", "evidence_url": "https://www.super.unam.mx/convocatoria-2026", "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "review_by": "2026-10-23", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed institutional links only; no source content reproduced. Check the official suspension notice and current call before considering an application; this is not an open-call or free or funded programme listing. Eligibility, charges, funding, hardware, deadlines and current availability are not verified by this listing. No endorsement or open source-content licence is implied." } ], "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Mexico is announcing a very large public supercomputer and courting data centres, but the president ties support to electricity being available.", "summary": "A National AI Plan announced on 9 September 2026 rests on a legal framework, talent and public software, and strategic infrastructure, including a national network of government data centres. A public supercomputer called Coatlicue was presented in November 2025. Querétaro is the main private hub, with several multi-billion-dollar projects announced. Power is the limit: the president has said support depends on energy coordination through the state utility and grid operator. For someone seeking compute, capacity is being announced faster than power is being delivered.", "ai_state": "The plan is led by the Digital Transformation and Telecommunications Agency (ATDT). It proposes a federal legal framework built on transparency, lawfulness, non-discrimination, proportionality, human oversight and shared responsibility. It sits inside the wider Plan Mexico investment strategy.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Plan 2026", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-09-09", "primary_url": "https://idconline.mx/corporativo/2026/09/09/inteligencia-artificial-asi-operara-el-nuevo-plan-de-mexico", "note": "Trade-press report of the announcement. Names three pillars and says the legal framework is proposed, not yet enacted." }, { "title": "Coatlicue public supercomputer", "kind": "programme", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/presentan-a-coatlicue-la-supercomputadora-publica-mexicana-costara-6-mil-mdp/1753963", "note": "Presented 26 November 2025: about 6 billion pesos, a stated 314 petaflops and roughly 15,000 GPUs. A site committee was due to choose a location in January 2026. A later report puts delivery at 24 months." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "CloudHQ Queretaro campus", "operator": "CloudHQ", "place": "Queretaro", "status": "planned", "note": "Announced September 2025 as US$4.8 billion across six data centres and up to 900 MW of IT load, with only an initial 200 MW of supply reported as secured through the state utility and grid operator.", "source_url": "https://www.remio.ai/post/sheinbaum-backs-mexicos-data-center-ambition-but-power-remains-the-constraint" }, { "name": "Queretaro data centre cluster", "operator": "Several, including Microsoft, AWS and ODATA", "place": "Queretaro", "status": "operating", "note": "Described as Mexico's main data centre hub. AWS is reported to have committed US$5 billion over 15 years for its Mexico region.", "source_url": "https://www.remio.ai/post/sheinbaum-backs-mexicos-data-center-ambition-but-power-remains-the-constraint" } ], "grid_note": "A June 2026 electricity plan is reported at 739 billion pesos and 32,000 MW of new generation through 2030, 22,376 MW of it renewable. The industry association is reported to target about 1.5 GW of installed data centre capacity by 2030. Figures come from a commentary article, not the government text.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/mexico", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0026" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0027", "slug": "argentina", "name": "Argentina", "iso": "AR", "region": "Americas", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Argentina is using its large-investment incentive regime to attract a proposed 500 MW OpenAI-linked campus in Patagonia.", "summary": "In October 2025 the government and OpenAI announced a letter of intent with Sur Energy for a data centre of up to 500 MW in southern Patagonia, valued at up to US$25 billion. It is meant to be built under the RIGI regime, which offers tax, foreign-exchange and other incentives for investments above US$200 million. The first 100 MW phase was reported for 2027. It is early stage and a letter of intent, not a built facility. For someone seeking compute, nothing from this project is available yet.", "ai_state": null, "instruments": [ { "title": "RIGI large-investment incentive regime", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://buenosairesherald.com/business/argentine-government-and-openai-announce-project-to-build-data-center-in-patagonia", "note": "Press report describes RIGI as covering investments above US$200 million with tax breaks and currency benefits. The project is structured within it." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Stargate Argentina", "operator": "Sur Energy with OpenAI", "place": "Southern Patagonia", "status": "planned", "note": "Up to 500 MW, up to US$25 billion, reported as renewable-powered with a power purchase agreement. Construction was reported as planned to begin in 2026. Reports give 10 or 13 October 2025 for the announcement.", "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/openai-plans-500mw-data-center-in-argentina/" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/argentina", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0027" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0028", "slug": "chile", "name": "Chile", "iso": "CL", "region": "Americas", "related_development": { "title": "Can I use AWS in Chile? Check account and service access", "summary": "AWS said on 11 November that it had opened its South America (Chile) Region to selected customers, with general availability expected by the end of 2026. Opening to selected customers before general availability does not confirm that you can use a particular service or GPU configuration in Chile today. Check with AWS whether your account can access the Region, and confirm the exact service, configuration, quotas and start date.", "path": "/news#news-794fc0decd65af79", "source_url": "https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-south-america-chile-region-launch", "source_date": "2026-11-11", "checked_on": "2026-11-13" }, "research_access_links": [ { "id": "nlhpc-academic-information", "label": "NLHPC academic access information", "url": "https://www.nlhpc.cl/servicios/servicios-academia/", "evidence_url": "https://www.nlhpc.cl/politicas-acceso-y-uso-infraestructura/", "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "review_by": "2026-10-22", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed institutional links only; no source content reproduced. Read the access and contribution conditions on the linked originals. These links do not establish unconditional cost-free access, eligibility, an allocation or available resources. No source-content licence or endorsement is implied." }, { "id": "nlhpc-course-information", "page_only": true, "label": "NLHPC course information: 29 October 2026 (Spanish)", "url": "https://www.nlhpc.cl/eventos/2026-curso-basico-para-usuarios-octubre/", "evidence_url": "https://www.nlhpc.cl/eventos/", "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "review_by": "2026-10-23", "source_use": "NLHPC lists an online basic-user course for 29 October 2026 at 09:00 Chile time. Its course description covers access to Guacolda-Leftraru EPU and use of the Slurm workload manager. Read the Spanish-language original for current participation details. Publication and update dates are not recorded. This is a training event, not a compute allocation. Eligibility, fees, a place, financial support and available compute are not verified. Minimal original factual account and ordinary unframed source links; source content is not relicensed and no endorsement is implied." } ], "direction": "opening", "headline": "Chile launched a National Data Centres Plan to 2030 in December 2024. Check the service, location and access conditions before planning a deployment.", "summary": "The Science Ministry launched the National Data Centres Plan 2024-2030 on 5 December 2024, according to a law-firm summary. Its measures include a site-mapping tool, published permit guidance, standard environmental-assessment criteria and priority access to compute for Chilean researchers. For AWS access, use the separately dated account below and confirm your account’s access, the service and configuration, quotas and start date. A cloud-region announcement is not a GPU-rental offer. The policy, grid and facility records on this page were last checked on 2 October 2026 and do not establish today’s permissions, connection times or available compute. Check the cited evidence and the operator’s current terms for your workload.", "ai_state": null, "instruments": [ { "title": "National Data Centres Plan 2024-2030 (PDATA)", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-12-05", "primary_url": "https://www.carey.cl/en/launch-of-the-national-data-centers-plan-2024-2030", "note": "Law-firm summary. Phase one is 2025-2027, phase two 2028-2030. No capacity figures in that source." }, { "title": "Sectoral Authorisations Framework Law", "kind": "law", "status": "unconfirmed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://dplnews.com/energia-telecom-alianza-chile-atraer-centros-de-datos/", "note": "Clarification, 14 November 2026: DPL News reported shorter permitting times on 28 July 2026. We have not verified the statute, commencement rules, permit coverage or a project-specific deadline. Do not treat the reported figures as a guaranteed data-centre installation timetable. Confirm the required authorisations and decision periods with the competent authorities." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Google Quilicura", "operator": "Google", "place": "Quilicura, Santiago", "status": "operating", "note": "Google reports 92% hourly carbon-free energy and a PUE of 1.09 in 2024, and uses water for cooling (121.8 million gallons that year).", "source_url": "https://blog.google/intl/es-419/noticias-de-la-empresa/10-datos-sobre-el-centro-de-datos-de-google-en-quilicura-chile/" }, { "name": "Santiago data centre market", "operator": "Various", "place": "Santiago", "status": "operating", "note": "A DCD report on the plan launch counts 22 operating facilities and 30 further projects announced.", "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/es/noticias/chile-presenta-su-plan-nacional-de-data-centers/" } ], "grid_note": "A DPL News article dated 28 July 2026 reported about 2,000 MW of battery storage, with 10 GW projected by 2027. It also reported renewable output lost in Antofagasta for lack of transmission, and presents northern sites as an opportunity; its loss figure is omitted here because the unit is unclear. The article also discusses grid-reinforcement needs for AI projects. Confirm site-specific connection capacity, reinforcement requirements and delivery dates with the network operator.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/chile", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0028" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0029", "slug": "colombia", "name": "Colombia", "iso": "CO", "region": "Americas", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Colombia has a funded AI policy that names data centres and supercomputing, but a small data centre base and an energy bottleneck.", "summary": "CONPES 4144, approved on 14 February 2025, sets the national AI policy to 2030 with a budget of COP 479.273 billion. Its objectives include data and infrastructure, covering data centres, interoperability platforms and access to supercomputing. A market article puts installed data centre IT load at about 50 MW, heading to 80 MW by end 2026, and says the country has connectivity but not yet the energy. For someone seeking compute, supply is modest and expanding.", "ai_state": "The policy has six objectives: ethics and governance, data and infrastructure, research and innovation, talent, risk mitigation and adoption.", "instruments": [ { "title": "CONPES 4144: national AI policy", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-02-14", "primary_url": "https://www.bu.com.co/en/insights/noticias/ai-takes-colombia-colombia-adopts-conpes-4144", "note": "Law-firm summary. Implementation 2024-2030 with biannual monitoring." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Bogota and Medellin facilities (Triara and others)", "operator": "Claro, Equinix, Odata and others", "place": "Bogota, Medellin", "status": "operating", "note": "Market article lists investment announcements from Equinix, IFX, Oracle, Claro, HostDime and Liberty Networks. Odata separately announced two new campuses.", "source_url": "https://www.portafolio.co/tecnologia/data-centers-colombia-gana-atractivo-para-la-inversion-pero-enfrenta-un-reto-energetico-501405" }, { "name": "Telconet Barranquilla", "operator": "Telconet", "place": "Barranquilla", "status": "planned", "note": "One of three new Telconet data centres reported as due before end 2026.", "source_url": "https://www.intelligentcio.com/latam/2026/06/26/telconet-expands-latin-american-footprint-with-three-new-data-centres-and-100mw-ai-hub/" } ], "grid_note": "The same market article says Colombia lacks a strategic infrastructure policy identifying where data centres should sit and how power reaches them, and compares its roughly 50 MW with Brazil at about 950 MW and Chile at about 342 MW.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/colombia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0029" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0030", "slug": "uruguay", "name": "Uruguay", "iso": "UY", "region": "Americas", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Uruguay combines a 2024-2030 AI strategy and a mostly renewable grid with Google's Canelones data centre and a new state AI data centre.", "summary": "The National AI Strategy 2024-2030 was approved on 21 November 2024 and covers governance, capacities (including infrastructure and data access) and sustainable development. In May 2026 the government set out a digital strategy under which the state telecoms firm Antel committed US$12 million, US$8 million of it for a specialised AI data centre in Pando. Google began building a US$850 million data centre in Canelones in 2024. For someone seeking compute, Uruguay is notable for low-carbon power rather than scale.", "ai_state": "The strategy was developed through AGESIC and includes data protection by design. A new AI centre for research, talent and regulatory work was reported as expected in 2026.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Strategy 2024-2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-11-21", "primary_url": "https://ecija.com/sala-de-prensa/uruguay-aprueba-la-estrategia-nacional-de-inteligencia-artificial-2024-2030", "note": "Law-firm summary. Semi-annual progress reports and a mid-term review." }, { "title": "Digital strategy with Antel AI data centre funding", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://dplnews.com/?p=315240", "note": "Trade-press report of the May 2026 presentation: US$8 million for an AI data centre in Pando and US$4 million for more processing and storage." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Google Canelones data centre", "operator": "Google", "place": "Parque de las Ciencias, Canelones", "status": "under construction", "note": "Over US$850 million, announced 29 August 2024. Google says over 90% of Uruguay's energy matrix is renewable. A local report says the design moved from water cooling to air cooling to cut water use, and that full-load power would equal about 203,000 homes.", "source_url": "https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-latin-america/a-new-data-center-in-latin-america/" }, { "name": "Antel AI data centre", "operator": "Antel", "place": "Pando", "status": "planned", "note": "US$8 million specialised AI data centre announced within the 2026 digital strategy. No capacity stated.", "source_url": "https://dplnews.com/?p=315240" } ], "grid_note": "Google cites more than 90% renewable share in Uruguay's energy matrix. We have not read the grid operator's own figures.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/uruguay", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0030" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0031", "slug": "peru", "name": "Peru", "iso": "PE", "region": "Americas", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Peru has a risk-based AI regulation in force since January 2026, but it says nothing specific about data centres or compute.", "summary": "Supreme Decree 115-2025-PCM, published 9 September 2025, implements Peru's AI promotion law. It sorts AI systems into prohibited, high-risk and acceptable-risk tiers and makes the digital transformation secretariat the authority. It came into force on 22 January 2026 with phased deadlines. A law-firm summary says it does not address data centres or computing infrastructure. For someone seeking compute, it matters for what you run, not where you can build.", "ai_state": "The regulation creates a National Center for Digital Innovation and AI to give AI development and training services to public bodies. Personal use and defence are excluded.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Supreme Decree 115-2025-PCM: regulation of the AI promotion law", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-01-22", "primary_url": "https://www.garrigues.com/es_ES/noticia/peru-aprueba-reglamento-ley-promueve-uso-inteligencia-artificial-favor-desarrollo-economico", "note": "Law-firm summary of the regulation. Bans uses such as unlawful mass surveillance and real-time biometric identification in public spaces; high-risk systems need prior evaluation." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/peru", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0031" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0032", "slug": "costa-rica", "name": "Costa Rica", "iso": "CR", "region": "Americas", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Costa Rica has a 2024-2027 AI strategy focused on ethics, skills and public services, with no compute or data centre provisions in what we read.", "summary": "The science ministry presented the National AI Strategy 2024-2027 on 24 October 2024. It has four axes: ethical and regulatory frameworks, skills, research and innovation, and AI in public services. A news summary says it does not set out data centre or computing infrastructure measures. For someone seeking compute, it is a governance document rather than a capacity plan.", "ai_state": "Reported as the first public AI policy in Central America. It strengthens the cybersecurity directorate and the digital government agency.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Strategy 2024-2027", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-10-24", "primary_url": "https://dplnews.com/?p=253989", "note": "Trade-press summary. A 2025 action plan also exists on the ministry's site, which we did not read." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/costa-rica", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0032" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0033", "slug": "panama", "name": "Panama", "iso": "PA", "region": "Americas", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Panama's new AI strategy aims to make it the region's trusted AI hub, building on cable connectivity and existing data centres.", "summary": "The national science secretariat (Senacyt) presented a National AI Strategy in 2026 with six pillars, including attracting international investment and applying AI in strategic sectors. It stresses data residency under Panamanian rules. Panama has subsea connectivity and several data centres, and Tigo reportedly inaugurated its fourth for supercomputing and AI. For someone seeking compute, Panama is a connectivity and colocation location.", "ai_state": "We could not confirm the approval date or the other four pillars from the page we read.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Strategy (Senacyt)", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/banca-y-telecomunicaciones-ven-oportunidades-en-la-estrategia-de-ia-de-panama-KF25200280", "note": "Newspaper report. A Senacyt presentation titled as approved is hosted on the chamber of commerce site but was not read." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Tigo Panama AI and supercomputing data centre", "operator": "Tigo (Millicom)", "place": "Panama", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported as the operator's fourth data centre in the country. No capacity stated. Telconet also lists a new Panama data centre due before end 2026.", "source_url": "https://www.laestrella.com.pa/economia/banca-y-telecomunicaciones-ven-oportunidades-en-la-estrategia-de-ia-de-panama-KF25200280" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/panama", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0033" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0034", "slug": "paraguay", "name": "Paraguay", "iso": "PY", "region": "Americas", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Paraguay created discounted power tariffs for AI data centres in February 2026, but two news outlets report the decrees were repealed in June 2026, and it is pitching its hydropower to AI builders.", "summary": "Two decrees reported on 9 February 2026 create a convergent-industries tariff category with discounted electricity for AI data centres, high-performance cloud and Power-to-X projects, overseen by a two-ministry commission. Two news outlets report that these decrees were repealed on 9 June 2026; this is not confirmed from an official page, so their status is unconfirmed. The state utility's workers have protested over the tariff levels, governance and strain on the utility. Developers including X8 Cloud have announced AI campuses near Asuncion on Itaipu and Yacyreta hydropower. For someone seeking compute, the offer is cheap low-carbon power, but projects are early and the tariff's legal status is unconfirmed.", "ai_state": null, "instruments": [ { "title": "Decrees creating a convergent industries power tariff", "kind": "policy", "status": "unclear", "effective_on": "2026-02-09", "primary_url": "https://www.letsdatascience.com/news/paraguay-offers-preferential-electricity-pricing-to-industry-a7cc87cb", "note": "Reported. News summary dated 9 February 2026; it gives no tariff rates. Two Paraguayan news outlets, La Nacion (https://www.lanacion.com.py/negocios/2026/06/09/ejecutivo-dejo-sin-efecto-decretos-sobre-energia-de-la-ande/) and Ultima Hora (https://www.ultimahora.com/gobierno-deroga-decretos-electricos-para-las-industrias-convergentes), report that the Executive repealed decrees 5306/2026 and 5307/2026 on 9 June 2026. No official page was found to confirm this, so the current status is unconfirmed. The two outlets differ on whether replacement decrees followed." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "X8 Cloud AI campus", "operator": "X8 Cloud", "place": "Near Asuncion", "status": "planned", "note": "Announced as 50 MW rising to 500 MW on Itaipu hydropower, with the CEO citing 5 GW as a long-run aim. A separate local report gives Phase I as 6 MW with over 4,000 H100 GPUs and construction targeted for Q2 2026. The two reports differ, and we have not confirmed operation.", "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/x8-cloud-will-develop-ia-infrastructure-in-paraguay-with-itaipu-energy/" } ], "grid_note": "Supply is hydroelectric from the binational Itaipu and Yacyreta dams. We did not collect generation or surplus figures.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/paraguay", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0034" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0035", "slug": "dominican-republic", "name": "Dominican Republic", "iso": "DO", "region": "Americas", "direction": "opening", "headline": "The Dominican Republic's 2023 AI strategy puts infrastructure first and calls for more national and regional data centre capacity.", "summary": "The National AI Strategy (ENIA), launched in October 2023 by the government ICT office, has six pillars: infrastructure, talent, governance, a Latin America-adapted AI project called TAINA, regional networks and financing. The infrastructure pillar stresses expanding data centre capacity and a national data hub. For someone seeking compute, the strategy signals intent; we did not collect specific facilities or power facts.", "ai_state": "Search results also point to a recent agreement with NVIDIA on sovereign AI plans, which we did not read.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Strategy (ENIA)", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2023-10-01", "primary_url": "https://oecd.ai/en/dashboards/policy-initiatives/national-artificial-intelligence-strategy-enia", "note": "OECD.AI policy entry, which gives the date as October 2023 only." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/dominican-republic", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0035" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0036", "slug": "jamaica", "name": "Jamaica", "iso": "JM", "region": "Americas", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Find a virtual-machine enquiry route for Jamaica, alongside the recorded AI policy context.", "summary": "Digicel Business's Jamaica website lists virtual machines for compute, memory and storage, with managed and self-managed options. Follow the official product page below to enquire, then confirm the configuration, hosting country and full cost. This is a service advertised for the Jamaica market; the page does not establish that the cloud infrastructure is physically in Jamaica or that GPUs are available. The older AI-policy material below has not been refreshed by this service-page check.", "ai_state": "A report of 16 August 2026 says Jamaica has no standalone AI law or AI-specific regulation. The National AI Task Force, chaired by Christopher Reckord, is drafting the first policy framework, covering literacy, privacy, cybersecurity, data governance and data sovereignty in the public service. The same report found no mention of existing data centres or dedicated AI compute. Check the dated report and current official information before relying on a policy or compute-access claim. A locally built agentic AI platform, OpenJM, launched in August 2026 on about US$2.5 million of investment, citing concern that Jamaican data goes overseas.", "latest_observation": { "title": "Official virtual-machine enquiry route", "summary": "Digicel Business's Jamaica product page advertises virtual machines providing compute, memory and storage, with managed or self-managed options and a callback route. Ask the provider to confirm hosting location, the configuration and full cost before committing.", "source_url": "https://www.digicelbusiness.com/jm/en/product/virtual-machines", "checked_on": "2026-11-10", "review_by": "2026-11-24", "scope": "This check covers the undated service page only. It does not verify GPU configurations, available capacity or a Jamaican hosting location, and it does not refresh the older AI-policy account or its record date." }, "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI policy framework (task force)", "kind": "policy", "status": "consultation", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20260816/new-ai-platform-launches-ja-prepares-public-debate-ai-rules", "note": "Gleaner report that consultation launches by 11 September 2026. Not confirmed since." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/jamaica", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0036" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0037", "slug": "ecuador", "name": "Ecuador", "iso": "EC", "region": "Americas", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Ecuador published a 2025-2029 AI strategy in January 2026, and Telconet plans a Quito AI hub scaling to 100 MW by 2028.", "summary": "The telecoms ministry's national strategy for ethical AI was published in the Official Registry on 19 January 2026 under Ministerial Agreement MINTEL-MINTEL-2025-0030. It covers governance, technological capacity including infrastructure and talent, and use in health, justice, education and public services. Ecuador is rated a late adopter in a 2025 regional index. Telconet plans an AI hub in Quito starting at 10 MW and growing to 100 MW, commissioning planned for Q3 2028. For someone seeking compute, nothing at AI scale is available yet.", "ai_state": null, "instruments": [ { "title": "National Strategy for ethical AI 2025-2029", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-01-19", "primary_url": "https://www.lexis.com.ec/noticias/registro-oficial-del-dia-ecuador-aprueba-estrategia-nacional-para-el-desarrollo-y-uso-etico-de-la-inteligencia-artificial", "note": "Legal news summary of the Official Registry publication." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Telconet Quito AI hub", "operator": "Telconet", "place": "Quito", "status": "planned", "note": "10 MW at launch, designed to expand to 100 MW, commissioning planned for Q3 2028. Part of a US$550 million programme through 2027. Telconet already runs data centres in Ecuador, with a fourth due in September 2026.", "source_url": "https://www.intelligentcio.com/latam/2026/06/26/telconet-expands-latin-american-footprint-with-three-new-data-centres-and-100mw-ai-hub/" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/ecuador", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0037" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0038", "slug": "trinidad-and-tobago", "name": "Trinidad and Tobago", "iso": "TT", "region": "Americas", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Trinidad and Tobago signed preliminary agreements in July 2026 for up to 800 MW of data centres, with water and power still to be solved.", "summary": "On 11 July 2026 the prime minister signed memorandums of understanding with Hummingbird AI and EY for data centres at Debe, a designated special economic zone. They are reported as up to 800 MW in total, with Hummingbird targeting first commercial operation in Q1 2028. The government projects US$5 billion of investment. These are preliminary and no facility exists. For someone seeking compute, treat this as a pipeline, not capacity.", "ai_state": null, "instruments": [ { "title": "Data centre MoUs with Hummingbird AI and EY", "kind": "programme", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": "2026-07-11", "primary_url": "https://w.media/ey-and-hummingbird-ai-to-develop-up-to-800-mw-of-data-center-capacity-in-trinidad-and-tobago/", "note": "Trade report: EY 300 MW with third-party developers; Hummingbird 150 MW initially, expandable to 500 MW. Described as the first such agreements with a Caribbean country." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Debe data centre zone", "operator": "Hummingbird AI and EY with developers", "place": "Debe", "status": "planned", "note": "Up to 800 MW across both MoUs. The public utilities minister said projects would need hybrid water solutions including man-made ponds and eventually desalination.", "source_url": "https://w.media/ey-and-hummingbird-ai-to-develop-up-to-800-mw-of-data-center-capacity-in-trinidad-and-tobago/" } ], "grid_note": "The report says solar is planned to grow, citing 8.37 MW of solar in 2024 and a projection of 336.24 MW by 2029. That is small next to the proposed load, and we did not read how gas-fired supply would be handled.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/trinidad-and-tobago", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0038" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0039", "slug": "el-salvador", "name": "El Salvador", "iso": "SV", "region": "Americas", "direction": "opening", "headline": "El Salvador's May 2026 AI strategy centres on a sovereign data centre on geothermal power and a single AI regulator.", "summary": "The 2026 national AI strategy, reported on 15 May 2026, creates a National AI Agency (ANIA) as a single regulator and promises a national sovereign data centre powered by geothermal and renewable energy, with a sovereign B300 GPU cluster. It states that hardware and foundation models should come from market-oriented economies. For someone seeking compute, these are announced intentions with no stated capacity or dates in the source.", "ai_state": "Four pillars: innovation, sovereignty, human potential and abundance. The source is a single English-language outlet and gives no figures or partners.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Strategy 2026", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-05-15", "primary_url": "https://elsalvadorinenglish.com/2026/05/15/el-salvador-unveils-2026-national-ai-strategy-a-new-blueprint-for-global-sovereign-ai/", "note": "News report of the unveiling. We did not read the official text." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "National Sovereign Data Center", "operator": "Government of El Salvador", "place": "El Salvador", "status": "planned", "note": "Described as running on geothermal and renewable power with a sovereign B300 cluster. No size, site or timetable given.", "source_url": "https://elsalvadorinenglish.com/2026/05/15/el-salvador-unveils-2026-national-ai-strategy-a-new-blueprint-for-global-sovereign-ai/" } ], "grid_note": null, "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/el-salvador", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0039" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0040", "slug": "japan", "name": "Japan", "iso": "JP", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Japan has a promotion-first AI law, a government AI Basic Plan and a joint power-and-network programme to site data centres, plus an open national AI supercomputer.", "summary": "The AI Promotion Act (Act No. 53 of 2025) is fully in force since 1 September 2025 and sets principles, an AI Strategic Headquarters chaired by the Prime Minister and a requirement for an AI Basic Plan; its outline lists guidance, advice and public announcement rather than sanctions. A first AI Basic Plan was adopted by Cabinet on 23 December 2025. Two ministries run a Watt-Bit Collaboration programme to plan electricity and telecom networks together for new data centres. For someone seeking compute, the AIST-run ABCI 3.0 system is open to outside users by application, and the successor to the Fugaku supercomputer is planned for around 2030.", "ai_state": "Japan treats AI as a promotion and coordination matter at national level. The Basic Plan stresses faster public-sector adoption, domestic foundation models and physical AI, and a larger AI Safety Institute. The Cabinet Office outline calls for facilities such as data centres to be developed and shared as part of the basic measures.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Act on Promotion of Research and Development, and Utilization of AI-related Technology (Act No. 53 of 2025)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-09-01", "primary_url": "https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5066/en", "note": "Primary. Official English translation. Chapter II covers promoting development and sharing of facilities and equipment; Chapter III the AI Basic Plan; Chapter IV the AI Strategic Headquarters. Full-enforcement date from the Cabinet Office outline (https://www8.cao.go.jp/cstp/ai/ai_hou_gaiyou_en.pdf), which gives partial enforcement on 4 June 2025." }, { "title": "First AI Basic Plan", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-12-23", "primary_url": "https://english.adnkronos.com/2025/12/23/japan-govt-adopts-1st-basic-plan-on-ai/", "note": "Reported. Jiji Press via Adnkronos: Cabinet adopted the plan on 23 December 2025, to be updated annually, with a roadmap including an investment target hoped for in summer 2026. We could not fetch the Cabinet Office original, and did not confirm whether the roadmap has been issued." }, { "title": "Public-Private Advisory Council on Watt-Bit Collaboration", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-03-18", "primary_url": "https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2025/0612_001.html", "note": "Primary. METI and MIC joint council, launched 18 March 2025 (https://www.meti.go.jp/english/press/2025/0318_001.html), published Report 1.0 on 12 June 2025 to coordinate electricity and telecom infrastructure for data centres. The report itself is in Japanese only and was not read." }, { "title": "Watt-bit collaboration demonstration projects, FY2026", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-07-15", "primary_url": "https://www.soumu.go.jp/main_sosiki/joho_tsusin/eng/pressrelease/2026/7/15_1.html", "note": "Primary. MIC selected all seven proposals received for demonstrations of distributed data centre operation and workload shifting over the All-Photonics Network; published materials are Japanese only." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "ABCI 3.0", "operator": "AIST (built), AIST Solutions (operator)", "place": "Japan (site not stated on the page read)", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. Operator page: 766 compute nodes with 6,128 NVIDIA H200 GPUs, 75 PB storage, about 6.2 AI-EFLOPS half precision; launched in 2018 and upgraded to version 3.0 in January 2025. Open to external applicants; the site notes point-issuance restrictions for FY2026 (17 September 2026).", "source_url": "https://abci.ai/en/about_abci/computing_resource.html" }, { "name": "Fugaku and FugakuNEXT", "operator": "RIKEN Center for Computational Science", "place": "Japan (site not stated on the pages read)", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. Fugaku is in operation. RIKEN, Fujitsu and NVIDIA announced on 22 August 2025 the FugakuNEXT initiative, aimed at operation around 2030 and the first Japanese flagship to use GPU accelerators. FugakuNEXT itself is planned, not built.", "source_url": "https://www.riken.jp/en/news_pubs/news/2025/20250822_1/index.html" }, { "name": "SoftBank Sakai AI data centre", "operator": "SoftBank Corp.", "place": "Sakai, Osaka", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary, but dated. SoftBank press release of 7 June 2024 announced a 150MW-plus data centre at the former Sharp Sakai plant, aiming for full operation in 2025 and over 400MW later. We did not read a source confirming it entered operation.", "source_url": "https://www.softbank.jp/en/corp/news/press/sbkk/2024/20240607_01" } ], "grid_note": "METI and MIC state that the rapid rise in data centre demand and their large electricity needs make joint planning of power and telecom networks necessary, citing the February 2025 Cabinet-approved GX2040 Vision. The pages read give no capacity or connection-queue figures.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/japan", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0040" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0041", "slug": "united-arab-emirates", "name": "United Arab Emirates", "iso": "AE", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "The UAE is building very large AI capacity in Abu Dhabi, helped by a July 2026 US decision to treat it as a trusted destination for advanced chips.", "summary": "The federal strategy aims to make the UAE a world leader in AI by 2031, with a federal AI Council and an Abu Dhabi AI and Advanced Technology Council. G42, the Abu Dhabi group, welcomed a US Commerce (BIS) decision on 17 July 2026 to place the UAE in Country Group A:5 and approve G42 and Core42 as authorised recipients of advanced computing items; we read only G42's statement, not the BIS notice. The Stargate UAE cluster of 1GW inside a planned 5GW campus is under construction, with the first 200MW targeted for 2026 according to press. For someone seeking compute, capacity is concentrated in Abu Dhabi and tied to G42, Khazna and their US partners; we did not identify a single federal AI law in the sources read, and personal data is governed by the federal data protection law.", "ai_state": "The UAE Government portal describes a UAE Strategy for AI, a National Programme for AI, a Chief Executive Officer for AI role in federal entities, a UAE Council for AI and, in Abu Dhabi, an AI and Advanced Technology Council that develops financing, investment and digital infrastructure plans.", "instruments": [ { "title": "UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence and UAE Council for AI", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://u.ae/en/about-the-uae/digital-uae/digital-technology/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-in-government-policies", "note": "Primary. Government portal says the Council implements the strategy to make the UAE a world leader in AI by 2031. The strategy document itself (ai.gov.ae, uaecabinet.ae) could not be fetched, so adoption date and targets are not confirmed here." }, { "title": "Federal Decree Law No. 45 of 2021 on Personal Data Protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://u.ae/en/about-the-uae/digital-uae/data/data-protection-laws", "note": "Primary. Government portal summary: covers processing inside or outside the country, sets cross-border transfer requirements, and names the UAE Data Office (Decree Law No. 44 of 2021) as federal regulator. Entry-into-force date not stated on the page read." }, { "title": "US BIS decision placing the UAE in Country Group A:5 and approving G42 and Core42", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.g42.ai/resources/news/g42-welcomes-new-milestone-us-uae-ai-partnership", "note": "Operator statement of 17 July 2026 describing the decision under a US-UAE AI framework. This is a US export-control measure; we did not read the BIS text, so conditions and effective date are unconfirmed." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Stargate UAE (1GW cluster within the 5GW UAE-US AI Campus)", "operator": "Khazna Data Centers (G42), with OpenAI, Oracle, NVIDIA, Cisco and SoftBank", "place": "Abu Dhabi", "status": "under construction", "note": "Reported. Gulf News (16 October 2025) quotes a G42 spokesperson that the first 200MW is due in 2026 and that the rest of the 1GW and the 5GW campus have no confirmed completion dates. We did not find a source confirming the first phase is live.", "source_url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/markets/stargate-uae-first-phase-of-200mw-to-complete-by-2026-1.500310364" }, { "name": "Khazna Data Centers portfolio", "operator": "Khazna Data Centers (G42)", "place": "United Arab Emirates (sites not listed on the page read)", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary, marketing claims. Operator says its facilities exceed Tier III standards and hold LEED Gold and Estidama Pearl-4 certifications. No capacity figures or site list were on the page read.", "source_url": "https://www.khazna.ae/facilities" } ], "grid_note": "Primary: EWEC states all four Barakah nuclear units are operating (Unit 4 commercial since September 2024) and feed the national grid. A single data centre newsletter (Global Data Center Hub) reports a national team reviewing data centre impact on the energy sector and quotes the energy minister on 20 to 30 percent transmission loss; we could not verify either from a government source.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/united-arab-emirates", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0041" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0042", "slug": "malaysia", "name": "Malaysia (Johor)", "iso": "MY", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "conditions", "related_development": { "title": "Beyond Johor: proposed AI infrastructure in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia", "summary": "SoftBank Group and Grab announced joint development agreements on 9 November 2026 for proposed AI infrastructure in Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia, with PETROS participating in Sarawak. Development agreements and staged investment plans do not establish a named operating facility or compute available to rent. For a deployment, seek a named site and dated service commitment. Follow the full account for the funding conditions and conflicting power-target scopes.", "path": "/news#news-36c79120a505f668", "source_url": "https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20261109_0", "source_date": "2026-11-09", "checked_on": "2026-11-11" }, "headline": "Malaysia has frozen new data centres that are not AI-related, and Johor has stopped approving basic-tier facilities, while AI-linked builds continue.", "summary": "The Prime Minister told Parliament in February 2026 that new data centre applications not related to AI have been stopped for about two years because of power and water concerns, and that AI-related ones are easier to approve. Johor, the Singapore-border hub, said in November 2025 it would stop approving Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centres and had approved 51 projects worth RM182.96 billion. A national AI Governance Bill is in consultation, and a National AI Action Plan 2026-2030 was being prepared. For someone seeking compute, AI-oriented capacity in Johor is operating or being built; generic colocation is harder to start.", "ai_state": "The National AI Office under the Ministry of Digital coordinates policy. The government's stated aim is an AI-driven nation by 2030 and ASEAN data centre hub status, projected by the Digital Minister to hold two-thirds of regional capacity by 2035. Budget 2026 allocated RM5.9 billion to the AI sector, according to the minister quoted in press.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Restriction on new non-AI data centre approvals", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2026/02/26/malaysia-restricts-non-ai-data-centres-citing-energy-concerns", "note": "Reported. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's reply in Parliament on 24 February 2026, as carried by AFP and Bernama; an AFP clip is also at https://www.tnb.com.my/assets/newsclip/25022026d3.pdf. No written rule or start date was read." }, { "title": "Johor halt on Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centre approvals", "kind": "planning", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2025/11/26/malaysias-data-centre-hub-tightens-approvals-on-water-worries", "note": "Reported. Bloomberg report of a Johor state assembly answer (26 November 2025): lower tiers can use up to 50 million litres of water a day; all data centres to meet stricter efficiency standards. The formal state instrument was not read." }, { "title": "AI Governance Bill", "kind": "law", "status": "consultation", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.digital.gov.my/en-GB/siaran/Kementerian-Digital-Mulakan-Libat-Urus-Cadangan-Rang-Undang-Undang-Tadbir-Urus-Kecerdasan-Buatan-(AI)", "note": "Primary. Ministry of Digital release: first horizontal, risk-based AI law, not directly regulating AI output; engagement series, then a public consultation on the Unified Public Consultation portal expected to start 10 July 2026. We did not confirm that the consultation opened." }, { "title": "National AI Action Plan 2026-2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.digital.gov.my/en-GB/siaran/NAIO-Menjemput-Input-Awam-Untuk-Pelan-Tindakan-AI-Kebangsaan", "note": "Primary for the July 2025 consultation. Bernama (6 October 2025, https://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2475414) reported it would be tabled in December 2025; we did not confirm it was adopted." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "YTL Green Data Center Park and YTL AI Cloud", "operator": "YTL Power International with Nvidia", "place": "Kulai, Johor", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. EdgeProp (October 2025) says the first Nvidia-powered AI data centre at the 600MW park is complete and YTL AI Cloud is operational.", "source_url": "https://api.edgeprop.my/content/1914263/ytl-power-completes-first-nvidia-powered-ai-data-centre-johor-ytl-ai-cloud-now-operational" }, { "name": "Sedenak Tech Park West gigawatt campus", "operator": "YTL Power unit SIPP Power with JLand Group", "place": "Sedenak, Johor", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. EdgeProp and The Edge (19 to 20 August 2026): plan for a gigawatt campus on 145 acres with an option on up to 400 more; transaction details not disclosed.", "source_url": "https://www.edgeprop.my/content/1917178/ytl-power-develop-new-gigawatt-data-centre-campus-johor" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. The Prime Minister said supply is enough for the next one or two years, with future supply possibly from the ASEAN Power Grid or Sarawak hydro and solar. DC Byte, quoted by AFP, puts Malaysia at over half of data centre capacity under construction in five Southeast Asian countries. The Edge (2024) quotes the water regulator on extra Johor data centre water demand of about 26 million litres a day each year to 2036.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/malaysia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0042" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0043", "slug": "thailand", "name": "Thailand", "iso": "TH", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Thailand's September-reported data-centre pause is not verified here as a current nationwide restriction.", "summary": "The Nation reported on 4 September 2026 that construction on about 49 data-centre projects and decisions on more than 117 others were paused pending new criteria. Its 11 September report described plans for higher electricity charges and a target to finish standards that month. Those reports do not establish today's legal position or a tariff now in force. Before relying on a Thai deployment, ask for the project's current permission, applicable official order, electricity terms and dated service commitment. This review does not establish that the reported pause has ended either.", "ai_state": "The National AI Strategy and Action Plan (2022-2027) was approved by Cabinet in July 2022 with five pillars including national infrastructure. A unified AI law is being drafted but has not been enacted, per a March 2026 law-firm article.", "latest_observation": { "title": "27 October: board endorsed a draft framework for Cabinet consideration", "summary": "A Thai government statement dated 27 October 2026 says the data-centre policy board endorsed a draft for subsequent Cabinet consideration. It describes proposed minimum requirements covering location, electricity and water connections, environmental reporting, and economic and social benefits, alongside a planned Data Center One Stop Service (DC-OSS). This is evidence of a draft-policy step, not a later Cabinet decision, an operative new rule or an operational application portal. Ask which current official decision applies to the named project and obtain its permission and electricity terms.", "source_url": "https://www.thaigov.go.th/th/news/170597", "checked_on": "2026-11-11", "review_by": "2026-11-18", "scope": "A correction to the certainty and dates of the policy account, not proof of a new rule, a lifted pause or current available compute. Other country facts retain their existing evidence dates." }, "instruments": [ { "title": "BOI screening subcommittee for data centre investment", "kind": "policy", "status": "announced; commencement not verified", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://osos.boi.go.th/EN/news/2418/Thailand-Approves-1-99-Billion-in-New-Investment-Led-by-AI/", "note": "Primary. BOI describes an expanded screening panel chaired by the Energy Minister. The page displays 8 July 2026, a publication date, not a verified legal commencement date. Screening before investment incentives is distinct from a nationwide construction or permitting stop." }, { "title": "BOI data centre promotion conditions", "kind": "tax_incentive", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-07-01", "primary_url": "https://osos.boi.go.th/EN/news/2205/Thailand-BOI-Approves-Higher-Tech-HRD-Requirements-for-Data/", "note": "Primary for the BOI decision on higher technology and human-resource conditions for foreign data centre investors. The 1 July 2025 application date comes from a Tilleke and Gibbins digest (https://www.tilleke.com/insights/data-center-investments-under-thailands-updated-incentive-criteria/)." }, { "title": "September reporting of a temporary hold pending minimum standards", "kind": "policy", "status": "reported; current status unverified", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.nationthailand.com/business/economy/40070655", "note": "Reported by The Nation on 4 September 2026, not independently verified here against an operative order. Its 11 September follow-up (https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40070924) describes planned standards and electricity charges, but says no city-centre siting ban was announced. News publication dates are not legal effective dates. Current duration, enforceable scope and any replacement instrument remain unverified here." }, { "title": "National AI Strategy and Action Plan (2022-2027)", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2022-07-01", "primary_url": "https://www.tilleke.com/insights/comprehensive-policy-thailands-ai-governance-framework/", "note": "Reported. Law-firm digest (27 March 2026): Cabinet approved in July 2022; day of month not confirmed." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Datasection GPU hosting infrastructure", "operator": "Datasection (Thailand) Co., Ltd., subsidiary of Japan's Datasection Inc.", "place": "Bangkok and Pathum Thani", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary. BOI approved USD 235.2 million (THB 7.8 billion) for high-performance GPU server infrastructure for data hosting. Approval only; operation not confirmed.", "source_url": "https://osos.boi.go.th/EN/news/2418/Thailand-Approves-1-99-Billion-in-New-Investment-Led-by-AI/" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. The Nation (27 July 2026): the Finance Minister said 16 projects have confirmation that electricity can be supplied; planned measures are a bank guarantee for electricity allocation, a possible new data centre tariff and a Power and Water Map steering projects away from the Eastern Economic Corridor. BOI approved 26 data centre projects worth THB 498.7 billion in 2025 and eight worth THB 162 billion in 2026, per the same report.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/thailand", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0043" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0044", "slug": "vietnam", "name": "Vietnam", "iso": "VN", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Vietnam now has a standalone AI law and a digital technology law that prioritise data centres, while power supply is the stated constraint.", "summary": "The Law on Artificial Intelligence took effect on 1 March 2026, with a three-tier risk system, labelling of AI-generated content and a chapter on infrastructure and AI sovereignty. The Law on Digital Technology Industry, effective 1 January 2026, offers tax relief and says the state prioritises investment in essential infrastructure such as data centres. Operating data centre capacity was about 100MW in late 2025 against a stated 372.75MW of designed capacity across 42 facilities as of May 2026, with several large projects announced. For someone seeking compute, Vietnam is a small but fast-growing market; projects are mostly announced, and grid supply is the open question.", "ai_state": "The Ministry of Science and Technology is preparing a Prime Ministerial decision listing high-risk AI systems. AI enterprises are entitled to the highest level of incentives under current rules, per state media.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law on Artificial Intelligence", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-03-01", "primary_url": "https://en.vietnamplus.vn/ai-law-takes-effect-anchors-national-governance-framework-post338716.vnp", "note": "Reported by state news agency VNA (5 March 2026): risk classes high, medium and low, human oversight and logs for high-risk systems, machine-readable markers on AI-generated media, and a chapter on infrastructure. The law text was not read." }, { "title": "Law on Digital Technology Industry (Law 71/2025/QH15)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-01-01", "primary_url": "https://english.mst.gov.vn/national-assembly-adopts-law-on-digital-technology-industry-197250616203643956.htm", "note": "Primary, Ministry of Science and Technology English page on adoption: corporate income tax reduction for large projects and state priority for data centres and 5G. Effective date from a DFDL law-firm digest." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "G42 with FPT, VinaCapital and Viet Thai Group data centre partnership", "operator": "G42 and a Vietnamese consortium", "place": "Ho Chi Minh City", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. Viet Nam News (12 September 2026) lists an announcement in February 2026 of planned investment up to USD 2 billion.", "source_url": "https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/1799380/data-centre-boom-courted-but-power-must-keep-pace.html" }, { "name": "Evolution, Hathor and Frontier data centre", "operator": "Evolution, Hathor and Frontier (Singapore)", "place": "Ho Chi Minh City", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. Same article: USD 508.8 million, planned IT load of 52MW.", "source_url": "https://vietnamnews.vn/economy/1799380/data-centre-boom-courted-but-power-must-keep-pace.html" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. Viet Nam News says the hub ambition depends on securing enough power; operating capacity was about 100MW late 2025, 42 data centres had 372.75MW designed capacity as of May 2026, and a Viettel IDC executive expects nearly 600MW by 2030. No EVN or regulator figure was read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/vietnam", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0044" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0045", "slug": "taiwan", "name": "Taiwan", "iso": "TW", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Taiwan passed an AI Basic Act in December 2025, and the practical limit on AI data centres is regional grid and substation capacity, not total electricity.", "summary": "The legislature passed the AI Basic Act on 23 December 2025. It sets principles, names the National Science and Technology Council as competent authority and tasks the Ministry of Digital Affairs with a risk framework; it does not itself impose EU-style obligations on companies. Taipower had received 79 AI data centre power applications totalling about 4,758MW by November 2025, approving 40 (about 3,033MW) and rejecting 39, and over 70 percent of approved capacity then lapsed. For someone seeking compute, northern Taiwan colocation exists but power is the gating item, and the national research supercomputers sit with the NCHC.", "ai_state": "The Act promises budgets, sandboxes, data opening and infrastructure support. Sector regulators will make detailed rules using the Ministry's risk taxonomy, still to be built.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Artificial Intelligence Basic Act", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://moda.gov.tw/en/major-policies/ai/governance/19248", "note": "Primary, Ministry of Digital Affairs page (30 April 2026): seven principles, budget and incentive support, sandbox, data openness. Passed 23 December 2025 per Baker McKenzie and TVBS; the promulgation date was not confirmed, so effective_on is null." }, { "title": "Taipower AI data centre power application process", "kind": "grid", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.twreporter.org/a/data-center-electricity-demand-english", "note": "Reported. The Reporter (20 April 2026): the Ministry of Economic Affairs treats data centres above 5MW as large; approved applications that do not start formal procedures within six months lapse. The underlying Taipower rule was not read." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Vantage Taoyuan data centre (A-TOP Digital and Industrial Park)", "operator": "Vantage Data Centers", "place": "Guishan, Taoyuan", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. The Reporter says a completed Vantage facility is leased by Taiwan Mobile for NT$8.8 billion.", "source_url": "https://www.twreporter.org/a/data-center-electricity-demand-english" }, { "name": "Westwood data centre", "operator": "Keppel and DDSP", "place": "Guishan, Taoyuan", "status": "under construction", "note": "Reported. Same article; Taipower is building a 161kV transmission line to serve the area.", "source_url": "https://www.twreporter.org/a/data-center-electricity-demand-english" }, { "name": "Foxconn (Hon Hai) Blackwell supercomputer", "operator": "Hon Hai Technology Group", "place": "Taiwan (site not stated in the article)", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. The Next Platform (9 October 2024) described Foxconn as an early buyer of Nvidia Blackwell GB200 NVL72 racks; current status was not confirmed. The same article describes NCHC Taiwania 2 (2018) and Taiwania 3, with Taiwania 4 not confirmed as built.", "source_url": "https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/10/09/taiwans-fastest-ai-supercomputer-goes-to-foxconn/" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. The Reporter says data centres use under 1 percent of Taiwan's electricity, so the strain is on regional grids and substations in the north, where projects cluster; approved capacity of about 3,033MW was equal to roughly 1.6 times the installed capacity of the Third Nuclear Power Plant, though most has since lapsed.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/taiwan", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0045" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0046", "slug": "indonesia", "name": "Indonesia", "iso": "ID", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Indonesia has no AI law yet, requires government systems to store data in-country, and is expanding data centre capacity.", "summary": "Two Presidential Regulations, a National AI Roadmap and an AI ethics regulation, were still pending as of mid-2026 according to a July 2026 analysis. Government Regulation 71 of 2019 requires public-scope electronic system operators to manage, process and store data in Indonesia, while private operators may use offshore storage if supervision stays effective. The Personal Data Protection Law was enacted on 17 October 2022. For someone seeking compute, private users can generally host abroad, public bodies cannot, and a Komdigi-led AI Centre of Excellence with Indosat, Nvidia and Cisco is building an AI factory.", "ai_state": "Komdigi (Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs) leads. The pending ethics regulation is described as a risk classification modelled on the EU AI Act, with self-assessment duties.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Government Regulation 71 of 2019 on electronic systems and transactions", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2019-10-04", "primary_url": "https://jdih.komdigi.go.id/produk_hukum/view/id/695/t/peraturan%20pemerintah%20nomor%2071%20tahun%202019%20tanggal%2010%20oktober%202019", "note": "Primary, Indonesian text. Date is when it was signed (4 October 2019). Public-scope operators must manage, process and store systems and data in Indonesia unless the storage technology is unavailable domestically; private-scope operators may do so offshore if they ensure effective supervision. The text also provides for a national data centre and disaster recovery centre." }, { "title": "Personal Data Protection Law (Law 27 of 2022)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2022-10-17", "primary_url": "https://jdih.komdigi.go.id/produk_hukum/view/id/832/t/undangundang+nomor+27+tahun+202", "note": "Primary. Date is enactment and promulgation (17 October 2022); transition provisions were not read." }, { "title": "National AI Roadmap and AI ethics Presidential Regulations", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://techforgoodinstitute.org/insights/country-spotlights/consolidation-without-completion-indonesias-ai-developments-in-2026/", "note": "Reported. Tech For Good Institute (10 July 2026): drafts prepared, both pending as of mid-2026." }, { "title": "AI Center of Excellence", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-07-10", "primary_url": "https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/indonesia-ai-center-of-excellence", "note": "Operator blog of 10 July 2025: led by Komdigi with Indosat, Cisco and Nvidia, including an AI factory on Nvidia Blackwell GPUs. Date is the blog date; the blog says it will comprise the AI factory, so operation is not confirmed." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Indosat AI factory (AI Center of Excellence)", "operator": "Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison with Nvidia and Cisco", "place": "Indonesia (site not stated on the page read)", "status": "planned", "note": "Operator blog says 28 software vendors and startups already use Indosat's Nvidia-powered AI infrastructure; the Blackwell factory itself is described as part of the new Centre.", "source_url": "https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/indonesia-ai-center-of-excellence" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. The Tech For Good Institute article says Indonesia aims to reach 1.65GW of data centre capacity by the end of 2026. No grid or connection constraint was read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/indonesia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0046" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0047", "slug": "hong-kong", "name": "Hong Kong", "iso": "HK", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Hong Kong runs a public AI supercomputing centre and has a very large government-backed data facility cluster under construction.", "summary": "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_state": "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.", "instruments": [ { "title": "AI: Model Personal Data Protection Framework", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-06-01", "primary_url": "https://www.pcpd.org.hk/english/whatsnew/20240815.html", "note": "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." }, { "title": "Cyberport AI Supercomputing Centre and Sandy Ridge Data Facility Cluster", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.digitalpolicy.gov.hk/en/news/speeches/2026/05/sp_20260521.html", "note": "Primary. Speech by the Acting Commissioner for Digital Policy, 21 May 2026, gives the capacity figures and the 2029 and 2032 milestones." }, { "title": "Hong Kong AI Research and Development Institute funding", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202510/15/P2025101500264.htm", "note": "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." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Cyberport AI Supercomputing Centre", "operator": "Cyberport", "place": "Hong Kong (Cyberport)", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. About 3,000 PFLOPS per the 21 May 2026 speech; the reply to the Legislative Council says it is being further expanded.", "source_url": "https://www.digitalpolicy.gov.hk/en/news/speeches/2026/05/sp_20260521.html" }, { "name": "Sandy Ridge Data Facility Cluster", "operator": "Hong Kong SAR Government project (operator not stated)", "place": "Northern Metropolis, Hong Kong", "status": "under construction", "note": "Primary. Expected to start operating in 2029 with 180,000 PFLOPS by 2032, the government says, equal to 36 times current capacity.", "source_url": "https://www.digitalpolicy.gov.hk/en/news/speeches/2026/05/sp_20260521.html" } ], "grid_note": "No Hong Kong-specific grid constraint was found in the sources read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/hong-kong", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0047" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0048", "slug": "qatar", "name": "Qatar", "iso": "QA", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Qatar has an older national AI strategy and a new USD 20 billion state-backed AI infrastructure venture with Brookfield.", "summary": "Qai, a subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority, and Brookfield announced on 9 December 2025 a USD 20 billion joint venture to invest in AI infrastructure in Qatar and selected overseas markets, including an Integrated Compute centre to widen regional access to high-performance compute, with government support for skills and supply chain. The National AI Strategy for Qatar dates from 2019 and sets out six pillars. No AI law or data centre rule was read. For someone seeking compute, the venture is an announcement; we found no source showing capacity is live.", "ai_state": "The 2019 strategy is organised around six pillars aligned with Qatar National Vision 2030. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology also runs a GovAI programme and an AI Committee, per its site listings (not read in detail).", "instruments": [ { "title": "National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Qatar 2019", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2019-01-01", "primary_url": "https://www.mcit.gov.qa/-/media/mcit/documents/strategies/national_artificial_intelligence_strategy_for_qatar_2019_en.pdf", "note": "Primary. Executive summary read; the day and month of adoption are not confirmed, and the effective_on value is the year only." }, { "title": "Brookfield and Qai USD 20 billion AI infrastructure partnership", "kind": "programme", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": "2025-12-09", "primary_url": "https://www.qia.qa/en/Newsroom/Pages/Brookfield-and-Qai-Form-$20-Billion-Strategic-Investment-Partnership-for-AI-Infrastructure.aspx", "note": "Primary, QIA newsroom. Announced 9 December 2025; Brookfield would invest through its AI Infrastructure Fund. Announcement, not a facility." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Integrated Compute centre (Brookfield and Qai venture)", "operator": "Brookfield and Qai (QIA)", "place": "Qatar (site not stated)", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary. QIA release refers to fully integrated AI facilities and an Integrated Compute centre; no capacity in MW or timeline was given on the page read.", "source_url": "https://www.qia.qa/en/Newsroom/Pages/Brookfield-and-Qai-Form-$20-Billion-Strategic-Investment-Partnership-for-AI-Infrastructure.aspx" } ], "grid_note": "No Qatar-specific grid constraint was found in the sources read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/qatar", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0048" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0049", "slug": "israel", "name": "Israel", "iso": "IL", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Israel approved a national AI programme in June 2026, then froze new data centre grid connections for 140 days after requests reached 27,000MW.", "summary": "An Electricity Authority decision dated 15 July 2026, taking effect on publication on the Authority's site, pauses examination of connection requests from data centres (server farms) of 8MW or more for 140 days, until 7 December 2026. The decision says about 19,000MW of requests arrived in roughly two months on top of an 8,000MW backlog. Calcalist reports this is roughly three times average national consumption of about 9,000MW (peak about 17,000MW in August 2025). The decision refers to the national AI programme approved by the government in June 2026. Calcalist reports that the Authority, the Energy Ministry and the system operator Noga are reviewing how to allocate scarce power. For someone seeking compute, new large Israeli capacity cannot get new grid commitments before December 2026 at the earliest. The freeze and the June 2026 approval are confirmed from the Authority's decision; other Israeli facts here are Reported.", "ai_state": "An Electricity Authority decision confirms the government approved a national AI programme in June 2026; Calcalist reports it aims to attract advanced computing investment. Globes reports the National Economic Council chair is promoting legislation to define server farms as national infrastructure. A trade site reports a government resolution and a National AI Directorate; we could not confirm these from a better source.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Electricity Authority freeze on data centre grid connection applications", "kind": "grid", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-07-20", "primary_url": "https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/policy/74506/he/74506.pdf", "note": "Primary. Electricity Authority decision 74506 (meeting 745, dated 15 July 2026), a temporary order pausing examination of connection requests from data centres of 8MW or more for 140 days, until 7 December 2026. It takes effect on publication on the Authority's site; the public comment period runs to 19 August 2026, 30 days from publication, so the date shown is the publication date derived from that. It says about 19,000MW of requests arrived in roughly two months on top of an 8,000MW backlog and that commitments given by the system operator so far total about 1.5GW. Projects that already hold signed commitments and are in technical coordination may proceed on their existing terms." }, { "title": "National AI plan approved by the government", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/policy/74506/he/74506.pdf", "note": "Primary, indirect. The Electricity Authority decision of 15 July 2026 refers to the national AI programme as approved by the government in June 2026 and cites government decisions 3586 and 3907. The plan's own text and exact approval date were not read." }, { "title": "Proposed legislation to define server farms as national infrastructure", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-1001549860", "note": "Reported. Globes (20 July 2026) says the National Economic Council chair is promoting it; Globes doubts the grid can cope." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "National AI supercomputer (first phase, about 1,000 Nvidia B200 GPUs)", "operator": "Israel Innovation Authority programme", "place": "Israel (site not stated)", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported, weak. Startup Fortune (23 July 2026) says discounted access is open, with 70 percent for companies and 30 percent for academic research. The Innovation Authority page (innovationisrael.org.il) returned a block page, and TechRepublic and DCD also could not be fetched, so the figures are unconfirmed.", "source_url": "https://startupfortune.com/israel-wants-to-become-an-ai-superpower-but-its-power-grid-may-have-other-ideas/" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. Calcalist: pending connection requests total about 27,000MW (about 19,000MW arrived in two months on top of an 8,000MW backlog), against average consumption of about 9,000MW and a peak of about 17,000MW in August 2025. An industry official is quoted saying there is no scenario to catch up with the demand.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/israel", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0049" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0050", "slug": "kazakhstan", "name": "Kazakhstan", "iso": "KZ", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Kazakhstan has an AI law and a Digital Code, a national H200 supercomputer in the world top 100 and a planned 125MW Data Center Valley project in Ekibastuz.", "summary": "Kazakhstan declared 2026 the Year of Digitalization and AI and created a Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development. The government says it was the first country in Central Asia to adopt an AI law, and the Digital Code was signed on 9 January 2026. The national supercomputer Alem.Cloud, based on NVIDIA H200 chips, ranked 86th on the TOP500 list in November 2025. Kazakhstan's AI ministry describes Data Center Valley in Ekibastuz as a planned 125MW project being developed by Firebird and project operator JSC Kazakhtelecom. For someone seeking compute, Alem.Cloud accepts applications from companies; the Ekibastuz project remains a plan with no public-access claim.", "ai_state": "The Law on AI uses minimum, medium and high risk categories with risk management, documentation and labelling duties on owners and users, per a law-firm digest. A unified strategy, Digital Qazaqstan, was being drafted as of February 2026.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law on Artificial Intelligence (No. 230-VIII)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://primeminister.kz/en/news/reviews/poruceniia-prezidenta-po-cifrovizacii-osnovoi-razvitiia-strany-stanovitsia-ii-dannye-i-texnologiceskie-reseniia-31263", "note": "Primary for the claim that the law has been adopted. Details from a Mondaq law-firm digest (February 2026), which gives entry into force as 18 January with the year printed as 2025; the year looks like a typo and is unconfirmed, so effective_on is null." }, { "title": "Digital Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-07-11", "primary_url": "https://primeminister.kz/en/news/reviews/poruceniia-prezidenta-po-cifrovizacii-osnovoi-razvitiia-strany-stanovitsia-ii-dannye-i-texnologiceskie-reseniia-31263", "note": "Primary for the 9 January 2026 signature. The 11 July 2026 start date comes from the Mondaq digest (https://www.mondaq.com/new-technology/1747002/the-year-of-digitalisation-and-ai-in-kazakhstan-new-regulations)." }, { "title": "Year of Digitalization and AI decree", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-01-06", "primary_url": "https://www.mondaq.com/new-technology/1747002/the-year-of-digitalisation-and-ai-in-kazakhstan-new-regulations", "note": "Reported. Law-firm digest: President signed a decree on 6 January 2026." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Alem.Cloud national supercomputer", "operator": "National Information Technologies (NIT), Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development", "place": "Kazakhstan (site not stated on the pages read)", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. Prime Minister's office: NVIDIA H200 based, TOP500 rank 86. Kapital.kz (18 November 2025) quotes the ministry on the HPL benchmark. An academic cluster, Al-Farabium, is also operating.", "source_url": "https://primeminister.kz/en/news/reviews/poruceniia-prezidenta-po-cifrovizacii-osnovoi-razvitiia-strany-stanovitsia-ii-dannye-i-texnologiceskie-reseniia-31263" }, { "name": "Data Center Valley", "operator": "JSC Kazakhtelecom (government-described project operator)", "place": "Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary, attributed. Kazakhstan's AI ministry says Firebird and project operator JSC Kazakhtelecom are developing a 125MW project. Development and approvals do not establish construction, grid connection, commissioning, operation, customer access or available compute.", "source_url": "https://www.gov.kz/org/maidd/press/news/details/1271030" } ], "grid_note": "The government describes electricity in Pavlodar as affordable, with no capacity, connection or reliability figures given in the sources read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/kazakhstan", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0050" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0051", "slug": "new-zealand", "name": "New Zealand", "iso": "NZ", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "research_access_links": [ { "id": "reannz-hpc-information", "label": "REANNZ HPC: official information and access instructions", "url": "https://www.reannz.co.nz/products-and-services/high-performance-computing-and-data-analytics", "evidence_url": "https://www.reannz.co.nz/products-and-services/high-performance-computing-and-data-analytics/apply-for-access-to-hpc", "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "review_by": "2026-10-23", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed institutional links only; no source content reproduced. Check the official access instructions for the appropriate institutional route. Eligibility, charges, funding, hardware, deadlines and current availability are not verified by this listing; it is not a free or funded programme listing. No endorsement or open source-content licence is implied." } ], "direction": "opening", "headline": "New Zealand takes a light-touch approach to AI regulation and has a 280MW AI data centre approved in Southland.", "summary": "The July 2025 AI strategy from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment focuses on private-sector uptake rather than building foundation models, and commits to a light-touch, principles-based approach using existing privacy, consumer and human rights law. Datagrid New Zealand has received resource consent for a NZ$3.5 billion, 280MW data centre at Makarewa near Invercargill, which would be the second-largest electricity user after the Tiwai Point smelter, per RNZ. Microsoft opened an Auckland data centre in 2024, and AWS is building a cluster there. For someone seeking compute, Auckland has hyperscale cloud and Southland is a pipeline project.", "ai_state": "The strategy says it will update law as new risks arise and has no AI-specific statute. It adopts the OECD AI Principles.", "instruments": [ { "title": "New Zealand's Strategy for Artificial Intelligence: Investing with confidence", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-07-01", "primary_url": "https://www.mbie.govt.nz/assets/new-zealands-strategy-for-artificial-intelligence.pdf", "note": "Primary. Published July 2025 (day not confirmed). States a light-touch approach with no extra regulatory overlay for the OECD principles." }, { "title": "Privacy Act 2020", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2020-12-01", "primary_url": "https://www.privacy.org.nz/privacy-act-2020/", "note": "Primary, Privacy Commissioner site: in force from 1 December 2020; Principle 12 covers disclosure of personal information outside New Zealand." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Datagrid New Zealand AI factory", "operator": "Datagrid New Zealand (Mercury has taken a stake, reported)", "place": "Makarewa, Invercargill", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. RNZ via the Otago Daily Times (14 March 2026, updated 16 July 2026): resource consent received, 78,000 square metres, dedicated substation, 280MW. A w.media report mentions a 360MVA substation equipment deal. Construction start not confirmed.", "source_url": "https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/who-gains-southlands-massive-new-ai-data-centre" }, { "name": "Microsoft Auckland data centre", "operator": "Microsoft", "place": "Auckland", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. RNZ says Microsoft opened a data centre in Auckland in 2024; no capacity figure.", "source_url": "https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/who-gains-southlands-massive-new-ai-data-centre" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. RNZ says Datagrid's 280MW would be about 6 percent of annual national electricity demand. No Transpower or regulator document was read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/new-zealand", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0051" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0052", "slug": "bahrain", "name": "Bahrain", "iso": "BH", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Bahrain has a general data protection law with an adequacy-list transfer regime, a July 2025 national AI policy, and has hosted a hyperscaler region since 2019.", "summary": "Bahrain's Personal Data Protection Law has applied since 1 August 2019 and allows transfers to countries on a regulator-published adequacy list, with case-by-case approval elsewhere (Reported). The Information & eGovernment Authority launched a National AI Policy on 27 July 2025 built on four pillars and adopted the GCC guiding manual on AI ethics (Primary). AWS opened a three-zone region in Bahrain in 2019 (Reported), and Beyon Solutions and Oracle signed a deal in February 2025 for a sovereign Oracle dedicated region (Reported). No capacity figures were found for any facility.", "ai_state": "The National AI Policy is a framework document covering legal compliance, adoption, public awareness and cooperation. The page read does not set binding rules or compute targets.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 30 of 2018) and 2022 ministerial resolutions", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2019-08-01", "primary_url": "https://www.clydeco.com/en/insights/2022/04/bahrain-issues-new-privacy-guidelines", "note": "Reported. Clyde & Co digest: law in force 1 August 2019, regulator is the Personal Data Protection Authority, transfers to countries on its adequacy list need no authorisation and others need case-by-case approval, and ten ministerial resolutions took effect on 18 March 2022. We did not read the law text itself." }, { "title": "National AI Policy", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-07-27", "primary_url": "https://www.iga.gov.bh/en/article/bahrain-launches-national-ai-policy-and-adopts-gcc-ethics-manual", "note": "Primary. Information & eGovernment Authority news item dated 27 July 2025: four pillars (legal compliance, AI use and adoption, public education and awareness, local and international cooperation) and adoption of the GCC Guiding Manual on the Ethics of AI Use." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "AWS Middle East (Bahrain) Region, me-south-1", "operator": "Amazon Web Services", "place": "Bahrain (site not stated on the page read)", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. InfoQ (August 2019) reports the region launched in July 2019 with three Availability Zones. We did not read the current AWS regions page (the fetch was not permitted), so present status is not confirmed from the provider.", "source_url": "https://www.infoq.com/news/2019/08/aws-region-middle-east-bahrain/" }, { "name": "Beyon Solutions and Oracle sovereign cloud (OCI Dedicated Region)", "operator": "Beyon Solutions (Beyon Group) with Oracle", "place": "Bahrain, hosted in Beyon Solutions data centres", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. DatacenterDynamics: agreement signed 6 February 2025 for a sovereign region keeping data within Bahrain. No launch date given in the article.", "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/beyon-solutions-and-oracle-to-develop-sovereign-cloud-in-bahrain" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. AGBI (October 2025) cites roughly 66MW of IT capacity additions over 2024 to 2029, a 0.4 percent renewable share and a 20 percent renewable target for 2035, and quotes an Economic Development Board official on land competition between solar and data centres. We did not read a grid operator or regulator document, and the 66MW figure is a forecast of unstated origin in the article.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/bahrain", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0052" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0053", "slug": "oman", "name": "Oman", "iso": "OM", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Oman has had a personal data law in force since February 2023, a national AI programme to 2026, and sovereign-style Oracle cloud regions on government and operator sites.", "summary": "Royal Decree 6 of 2022 on personal data protection entered into force on 13 February 2023 (Reported). The ministry publishes Executive Regulation 34/2024, including cross-border transfer controls; the older digest's statement that regulations had not been issued is superseded. Read the applicable transfer rules before choosing where to host personal data. A National Programme for AI and Advanced Digital Technologies was announced in September 2024 and runs through 2026 (Reported). Oracle regions operate with OICT Group and ITHCA Group, and Omantel opened a data centre at Salalah in 2024 (all Reported). No capacity figures or grid documents were found in that earlier pass.", "ai_state": "The national programme sets an AI readiness ranking target and lists projects such as a national AI research centre and a local language model. The report read names no compute or data centre targets.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Personal Data Protection Law (Royal Decree 6 of 2022)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2023-02-13", "primary_url": "https://www.tamimi.com/news/new-omani-personal-data-protection-law-comes-into-force/", "note": "Reported. The Al Tamimi digest supplies the law's 13 February 2023 commencement date. Its older statement that executive regulations had not been issued is superseded by the official 34/2024 regulation linked below. This is not a complete current-law or workload-compliance assessment." }, { "title": "Personal Data Protection Law Executive Regulation (Ministerial Decision 34/2024)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.ita.gov.om/itaportal/Data/English/DocLibrary/2024115131527120/Issuing%20the%20Executive%20Regulation%20of%20the%20Personal%20Data%20Protection%20Law.pdf", "note": "Primary, official English text checked 11 November 2026. Chapter Eight, Articles 37 to 40, covers cross-border consent and its exceptions, national-security limits, protection by the external processor and the controller's protection-and-risk assessment. Check the applicable law, exceptions, later amendments and sector rules for your workload; a host's location alone is not legal clearance. No exact commencement date is assigned here." }, { "title": "National Programme for AI and Advanced Digital Technologies", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-09-23", "primary_url": "https://telecomreview.com/articles/reports-and-coverage/8411-oman-launches-national-ai-and-advanced-digital-technologies-program", "note": "Reported. Telecom Review: announced 23 September 2024, runs through 2026 under Oman Vision 2040, replaces the 2022 executive programme, and lists a national AI research centre and Oman GPT. The report names no compute specifics. The date is the announcement date." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region at Oman Data Park", "operator": "OICT Group, Oman Data Park, Oracle", "place": "Oman (site not stated on the page read)", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. Oman Observer, 17 December 2021: first Oracle Cloud Infrastructure region in the country, run from a Tier III certified data centre. No capacity stated.", "source_url": "https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1111252/business/oict-group-launches-hyper-scale-cloud-infrastructure-data-centre" }, { "name": "ITHCA Group second Oracle Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer", "operator": "ITHCA Group with Oracle", "place": "ITHCA Group data centre, Oman", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. Oman Observer on an agreement of 18 October 2022 for a second dedicated region alongside one already in production, for government systems with hardware kept under local control. Completion is not dated in the article, and we did not confirm it was delivered.", "source_url": "https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1126976/business/economy/pact-to-establish-omans-first-hyperscale-cloud-region" }, { "name": "Salalah Al Khadra Digital", "operator": "Yamna (developer)", "place": "Salalah, Oman (exact facility location not verified)", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary, developer account checked 11 November 2026. Yamna's 9 November announcement, with a 5 November dateline, reports an IFC advisory agreement for this project. It covers sustainability and financing preparedness, including an indicative EDGE certification pathway and preliminary environmental, social and climate risk screening. Advisory work is not evidence of committed financing, achieved certification or available compute. Before planning a deployment, ask Yamna to confirm the hosting location, power, delivery milestones and service availability. Other country-wide claims retain their own dates.", "source_url": "https://www.yamna-co.com/yamna-and-ifc-sign-advisory-agreement-for-oman-data-centre/" }, { "name": "Omantel Salalah data centre", "operator": "Omantel", "place": "Salalah, Dhofar", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. Telecom Review: launch announced 22 August 2024, described as Omantel's second-largest data centre with links to more than 10 submarine cables. No capacity disclosed.", "source_url": "https://telecomreview.com/editorial-topics/wholesale-and-capacity/8337-omantel-launches-new-data-center-in-salalah-dhofar-region/" } ], "grid_note": "No power, grid or renewable document for Oman was read in this pass, so none is stated.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/oman", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0053" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0054", "slug": "kuwait", "name": "Kuwait", "iso": "KW", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Kuwait's cloud rules require sensitive data classes to be hosted in-country, and both Google and Microsoft have announced an intent to open regions there.", "summary": "The regulator CITRA issued a cloud computing framework and a four-level data classification in 2021; it licenses cloud providers hosting level 3 and 4 data only if hosted in Kuwait, and requires prior authorisation to move subscriber data abroad (Reported). Google Cloud announced in January 2023 its intent to open a Kuwait region, and Microsoft announced in March 2025 an intent to establish an Azure region in Kuwait City (both Primary, provider pages). Neither page gives a launch date and we did not confirm either region is live. A national AI strategy is described by a law-firm digest as forthcoming (Reported).", "ai_state": "A Legal 500 contribution says a forthcoming strategy would create a steering committee across CAIT, CITRA, the National Cybersecurity Center and others, and that CAIT and CITRA are running a Microsoft programme including AI-enabled data centres. We did not find the strategy itself.", "instruments": [ { "title": "CITRA cloud computing regulatory framework and data classification (Resolution 95 of 2021)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2021-09-21", "primary_url": "https://www.tamimi.com/law-update/october-2021/articles/cloud-computing-data-classification-in-the-state-of-kuwait/", "note": "Reported. Al Tamimi digest: four classification levels, in-country hosting for levels 3 and 4 as a licensing condition, prior authorisation for transfer of subscriber data abroad, and registration of PaaS and SaaS providers before contracting with the public sector. The date is the issue date given by the digest. We did not read the resolution." }, { "title": "National AI strategy (forthcoming)", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.legal500.com/developments/?p=53064", "note": "Reported. Legal 500 contribution describes a forthcoming strategy with a High-Level Steering Committee. We found no adopted text or date." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Google Cloud region in Kuwait", "operator": "Google Cloud", "place": "Kuwait (site not stated)", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary. Google Cloud press release of 5 January 2023: intends to set up a local office and invest in opening a cloud region in Kuwait as part of an alliance with the Government of Kuwait. No launch date given. We did not confirm it is live.", "source_url": "https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2023-01-05-The-Government-of-Kuwait-Selects-Google-Cloud-to-Commence-Nationwide-Digital-Transformation-Roadmap" }, { "name": "Microsoft Azure region in Kuwait", "operator": "Microsoft", "place": "Kuwait City", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary. Microsoft news release of 6 March 2025: intent to establish an AI-powered Azure region, with CAIT and CITRA as government partners. No launch date or capacity given. We did not confirm it is live.", "source_url": "https://news.microsoft.com/en-xm/2025/03/06/microsoft-strengthens-partnership-with-kuwait-government-announces-intent-to-establish-ai-powered-azure-region-to-accelerate-ai-transformation-and-drive-economic-growth/" } ], "grid_note": "No power, grid or renewable document for Kuwait was read in this pass, so none is stated.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/kuwait", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0054" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0055", "slug": "mongolia", "name": "Mongolia", "iso": "MN", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Mongolia is drafting a 2026 to 2030 big data and AI strategy that targets investor-friendly data centre rules, and signed a green AI data centre MOU in August 2026.", "summary": "A government news item of 24 September 2025 describes a National Strategy for Big Data and AI with 66 measures over two phases (2026 to 2030), including an investor-friendly legal environment for international data centres (Primary). A UNDP blog of June 2025 says the strategy was finalised and ready for Parliament, and that high-performance computing capacity is a gap (Primary). The Personal Data Protection Law has applied since 1 May 2022 (Reported). A state-owned National Data Center runs government cloud and hosting, and NOVVA Group signed an MOU with the digital ministry on 25 August 2026 on green AI data centres and renewables (Reported).", "ai_state": "Strategy stage: a draft or finalised document was described but we found no confirmation that Parliament adopted it. UNDP scored national AI readiness at 3.0 out of 5.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National Strategy for Big Data and AI (2026 to 2030) and Digital First policy", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://cabinet.gov.mn/en/10843.html", "note": "Primary. Cabinet news item dated 24 September 2025: 66 measures over two phases, aim of an investor-friendly legal and regulatory environment for international data centres. UNDP (https://www.undp.org/mongolia/blog/ai-and-mongolia-chance-close-gaps-not-widen-them, 8 June 2025) says the strategy was ready for Parliamentary discussion. Adoption not confirmed." }, { "title": "Law on Personal Data Protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2022-05-01", "primary_url": "https://www.pwc.com/mn/en/tax_alerts/tax_alert_02_2022.html", "note": "Reported. PwC Mongolia alert: passed 17 December 2021, effective 1 May 2022, alongside the 2021 Cybersecurity Law. The page does not state the transfer rules or the regulator, so we make no localisation claim." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "National Data Center", "operator": "National Data Center State-Owned Enterprise", "place": "Mongolia (site not stated)", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. Operator page: runs government information systems and offers virtual servers, rack rental and hosting. No capacity or tier stated.", "source_url": "https://datacenter.gov.mn/en/static/about" }, { "name": "Sovereign by Design green AI data centre initiative", "operator": "NOVVA Group with the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Communications", "place": "Mongolia (site not stated)", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. Company release via Kyodo News PR Wire: MOU signed 25 August 2026 covering data centres, solar, wind and storage, site readiness and policy consultation. No megawatt figure for Mongolia is stated.", "source_url": "https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/release/202608264773" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. The NOVVA release frames the plan around solar PV, wind and battery storage, with no figures for Mongolia. No grid operator or regulator document was read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/mongolia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0055" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0056", "slug": "sri-lanka", "name": "Sri Lanka", "iso": "LK", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Sri Lanka has a data protection act with a data-localisation default for public bodies, and is seeking hyperscaler and AI data centres for a sovereign government cloud.", "summary": "The Personal Data Protection Act No. 9 of 2022 has a staggered commencement, and a February 2025 Cabinet decision moved one enforcement date by six months to 18 September 2025 (Reported). The Ministry of Digital Economy and GovTech issued a GovCloud 3.0 request for information on a sovereign hyperscaler and AI cloud using two to three in-country Tier III+ data centres (Primary). A Sunday Times report of 24 May 2026 says the Board of Investment is assessing over 20 responses and that a power cost subsidy budget exists (Reported).", "ai_state": "Policy is investment-led: attract hyperscale and AI data centres, backed by a sovereign government cloud. A January 2026 civil-society policy note warns of water, electricity and land constraints. We found no adopted national AI law.", "instruments": [ { "title": "GovCloud 3.0 request for information: sovereign hyperscaler and AI cloud platform", "kind": "programme", "status": "consultation", "effective_on": "2026-05-08", "primary_url": "https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2026/05/08/sri-lanka-rfi-sovereign-hyperscaler-and-ai-cloud-platform", "note": "Primary. World Bank event page listing the Ministry of Digital Economy and GovTech Sri Lanka RFI: 2 to 3 in-country Tier III+ data centres with multiple hyperscale providers deploying modular cloud and AI stacks. The date is the listed event date. We could not read the RFI PDF." }, { "title": "Data centre electricity subsidy budget", "kind": "tax_incentive", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.sundaytimes.lk/260524/business-times/electricity-subsidy-budget-for-data-centres-642422.html", "note": "Reported. Sunday Times, 24 May 2026, quoting the Deputy Minister of Digital Economy: a budget is allocated to subsidise electricity to a benchmark cost level if needed, with the Board of Investment assessing over 20 RFI responses. No scheme text found." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No named facility was found in a source read, so data_centres is empty. Reported: the Centre for a Smart Future policy note of 14 January 2026 (https://www.csf-asia.org/resource-reality-check-for-sri-lankas-ai-data-centre-ambition/) argues AI data centres must be weighed against water, electricity and land constraints, but the page read gives no grid figures. No Ceylon Electricity Board document was read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/sri-lanka", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0056" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0057", "slug": "philippines", "name": "Philippines", "iso": "PH", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "The Philippines has an AI roadmap and investment incentives for data centres, while the energy department is drafting power rules for very large loads.", "summary": "Data protection rests on the Data Privacy Act (Republic Act 10173), with a 2024 National Privacy Commission advisory on model clauses for cross-border transfers; the advisory is voluntary. A first phase of a Laguna data centre was reported as approved under the CREATE incentive programme. The Department of Energy is monitoring data centre demand and, as reported, drafting a circular on generation for a proposed Clark technology hub. We found no national public compute programme.", "ai_state": "We found no binding AI law or compute programme in the pages read. A national AI strategy roadmap exists but its source page could not be re-confirmed on 3 October 2026, so it is not cited.", "instruments": [ { "title": "NPC Advisory No. 2024-01, contractual clauses for cross-border transfers", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-05-30", "primary_url": "https://privacy.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Published-NPC-Advisory-No.-2024-01-Contractual-Clauses-for-Cross-Border-Transfers_30May24.pdf", "note": "Primary. National Privacy Commission advisory issued under the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (Republic Act 10173) on model contractual clauses. It states it is for voluntary adoption and adds no obligations. We did not read the Act itself, so no data localisation rule is claimed either way." }, { "title": "DOE draft circular on generation capacity for the Pax Silica hub, Clark", "kind": "grid", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://letsdatascience.com/news/doe-drafts-pax-silica-power-guidelines-2d17fb28", "note": "Reported. Dated 28 July 2026: the circular is being drafted, not issued. The report says the hub could eventually need about 3 GW, with early phases of 100 to 200 MW possibly served from the existing grid. We did not find the DOE original." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "ML1", "operator": "FLOW Digital Infrastructure and AyalaLand Logistics Holdings (joint venture)", "place": "Biñan, Laguna", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. Phase 1 launched 28 November 2025 at 6 MW initial IT load, designed to scale to 36 MW at full build; these are different stages and are not added. Board of Investments approval under the CREATE Act incentive programme was reported for 18 November 2025.", "source_url": "https://context.ph/2025/12/04/ayala-backed-data-center-opens-in-binan/" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. A DOE undersecretary, quoted on 3 October 2025, put current data centre demand at about 120 MW with about 500 MW projected, and said the department is coordinating with the Data Center Association of the Philippines and expects an industry roadmap. The same report cites over 1,300 renewable energy service contracts. A proposed 3 GW Clark hub is described by the Energy Secretary as a grid stability risk if lost suddenly (28 July 2026 report above). Sources: https://powerphilippines.com/doe-eyes-data-center-growth-amid-energy-supply-balance/ and the Pax Silica report above.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/philippines", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0057" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0058", "slug": "pakistan", "name": "Pakistan", "iso": "PK", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Pakistan approved a National AI Policy in 2025, allocated surplus grid power to data centres and crypto mining, and is building a cloud accreditation regime tied to sensitive-data localisation.", "summary": "The Federal Cabinet approved a National AI Policy on 30 July 2025, and the Ministry of IT and Telecommunication describes an infrastructure pillar with a national compute grid, shared datasets, AI hubs and cloud resources. The Finance Ministry announced on 31 May 2025 a first-phase allocation of 2,000 MW of surplus grid power to bitcoin mining and AI data centres. A cloud provider accreditation scheme was reported on 26 May 2026, requiring sensitive data to be stored on servers in the country. The Personal Data Protection Bill remains unenacted as far as a 2026 law-firm guide states. We could not name specific data centre facilities with capacity.", "ai_state": "The AI policy has six pillars and sets up a National AI Innovation Fund and an AI Council. Compute is stated as an aim in the policy summary on the ministry page, not as a funded programme with figures.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2025", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-07-30", "primary_url": "https://www.moitt.gov.pk/SliderDetail/NWIyMzEwYzktYTIwYy00ZTk0LWI5ODUtYjg5NjZmYTYyMTg2", "note": "Primary for the content (MoITT page: six pillars, infrastructure pillar with a national compute grid, centralised datasets, AI hubs and cloud resources, a National AI Innovation Fund). The page gives no date. The cabinet approval date of 30 July 2025 is Reported by Express Tribune (https://tribune.com.pk/story/2558712/cabinet-approves-hajj-2026-national-ai-policies), which also reports an AI Council and an Action Plan." }, { "title": "Allocation of 2,000 MW of surplus grid power to bitcoin mining and AI data centres", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-05-31", "primary_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/pakistan-redirects-2gw-to-bitcoin-mining-and-ai-data-centers/", "note": "Reported. DCD, 31 May 2025: announced by the Finance Ministry as a first phase, led by the Pakistan Crypto Council, drawn from grid surplus. We did not find the ministry original or any report of power actually delivered." }, { "title": "Cloud service provider accreditation under MoITT", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/26/pakistan-launches-cloud-provider-accreditation-under-new-data-localization-push", "note": "Reported. Profit (Pakistan Today), 26 May 2026: MoITT launched accreditation; six applications received; third-party security audits required; sensitive data to be stored on servers physically in the country. The legal instrument and its status were not seen." }, { "title": "Personal Data Protection Bill (draft 2023)", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/data-protection-privacy-2026/pakistan", "note": "Reported. Chambers Data Protection and Privacy 2026: the draft completed consultation but had not passed both houses. As drafted it would bar transfer of critical personal data abroad and set conditions for other transfers. Existing sector laws include PECA 2016." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No named data centre site was sourced; DCD (31 May 2025) reports only that Pakistan has 22 data centres across Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad, without capacity. The 2,000 MW figure above is an announced allocation of surplus grid power, not built or contracted data centre load. No primary grid operator page was read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/pakistan", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0058" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0059", "slug": "bangladesh", "name": "Bangladesh", "iso": "BD", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Bangladesh has a state-run Tier IV national data centre and a new data protection ordinance, but a draft AI policy and a reported electricity shortfall.", "summary": "The Bangladesh Data Center Company Limited runs the National Data Centre at Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park, Gazipur, and describes it as Uptime Institute Tier IV certified. A Personal Data Protection Ordinance 2025 was announced in October 2025 with an 18-month rollout, as reported. A National AI Policy is still being drafted, according to July 2026 reporting. The Power Division forecast in April 2026 a shortage of about 3,000 MW against about 17,000 MW of demand. No data localisation rule or national compute programme was found.", "ai_state": "A national AI policy was in draft as of July 2026 reporting, centred on ethics, public-sector guidance, data protection and regional AI centres of excellence. No compute or data centre provisions were disclosed in the report read.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Personal Data Protection Ordinance 2025", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade/data-protection-entities-to-face-strict-accountability", "note": "Reported. Financial Express: announced 13 October 2025, gazette publication then pending, 18-month rollout, creates a Data Protection Authority. A digest (https://dig.watch/countries/Bangladesh) describes it as enacted alongside National Data Management and Cyber Protection Ordinances. Effective date and any localisation or transfer rule unconfirmed." }, { "title": "National Artificial Intelligence Policy (draft)", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade/govt-drafting-bangladeshs-ai-governance-framework", "note": "Reported. Financial Express: announced as being drafted at the World AI Conference 2026 in Shanghai (17 to 20 July). No completion date or infrastructure detail given. dig.watch also lists draft national cloud and blockchain policies, date not stated." }, { "title": "Power Division demand and supply forecast, April 2026", "kind": "grid", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/power-energy/408516/power-division-loadshedding-on-course-to-hit", "note": "Reported. Dhaka Tribune, 23 April 2026, quoting a Power Division official: demand about 17,000 MW, expected generation about 14,000 MW, shortage about 3,000 MW, with plant outages and coal supply constraints cited." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "National Data Centre", "operator": "Bangladesh Data Center Company Limited (BDCCL)", "place": "Kaliakoir Hi-Tech Park, Gazipur", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. Operator page: Tier IV certified by Uptime Institute, 4 halls, 604 racks, 744 physical servers, 8 backup generators of 2.5 MVA each, 40 Gbps connectivity. Cabinet approved the company in December 2019 and it was registered in September 2020. No MW figure given. Offers cloud and colocation. The Tier claim is the operator's own.", "source_url": "https://bdccl.portal.gov.bd/site/page/67840a7f-f0b4-49e3-be1c-5c9c6e7e5e4e/-" }, { "name": "Meghna Cloud", "operator": "BDCCL with GenNext Technologies", "place": "Bangladesh (site not stated in the page read)", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. Daily Star lists it as launched in 2023 and the country's first cloud data centre. Capacity not stated.", "source_url": "https://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/news/investment-pouring-data-centres-3467271" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. The Power Division forecast of about 3,000 MW shortage (April 2026, Dhaka Tribune above) is a system-wide figure, not data centre load. Expected relief of about 1,982 MW once repairs complete and coal arrives was also reported. No data centre power rules were found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/bangladesh", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0059" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0088", "slug": "albania", "name": "Albania", "iso": "AL", "region": "Europe", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Albania has a GDPR-aligned data protection law in force since January 2025 and an EU NIS2-aligned cyber security law, with no compute or data centre programme found.", "summary": "Law No. 124/2024 on the Protection of Personal Data, described as harmonised with the GDPR, replaced the 2008 law and took effect on 31 January 2025. Law No. 25/2024 on Cyber Security is described as aligned with NIS2 and covers essential and important entities. A National Strategy for Digital Agenda 2022 to 2026 and a National Cyber-Security Strategy 2025 to 2030 are listed by the same source. We found no data centre power rules, compute programme or named facility.", "ai_state": "The law-firm guide we read lists no dedicated AI law. AI use is described as falling under existing data protection, consumer and competition laws. We did not read the laws themselves.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law No. 124/2024 on the Protection of Personal Data", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-01-31", "primary_url": "https://cms.law/en/int/expert-guides/ai-regulation-scanner/albania", "note": "Reported. CMS regulation scanner. It says the law replaces Law 9887/2008, is harmonised with the GDPR and Directive 2016/680, requires impact assessments for high-risk automated processing, and strengthens the Data Protection Commissioner's enforcement powers. We did not read the law text or its transfer rules." }, { "title": "Law No. 25/2024 on Cyber Security", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://cms.law/en/int/expert-guides/ai-regulation-scanner/albania", "note": "Reported. Same CMS guide. It describes alignment with NIS2, covering essential and important entities, incident reporting and risk management, with the National Cyber Security Authority (AKCESK) as regulator. No effective date was given in the page, so it is left null." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for Albania in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/albania", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0088" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0089", "slug": "algeria", "name": "Algeria", "iso": "DZ", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Algeria regulates personal data under Law 18-07 as amended in July 2025, with prior authorisation needed for transfers abroad.", "summary": "Law No. 18-07 of 10 June 2018 on personal data was amended by Law No. 25-11 of 24 July 2025. The national authority (ANPDP) has been fully operational since August 2023. Transfers of personal data abroad are subject to ANPDP prior authorisation, with exceptions set in the law. The law does not expressly require localisation, but it applies to operators using automated means located in Algeria. We found no compute programme or named data centre.", "ai_state": "No AI law or national compute programme was found in the pages read.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law No. 18-07 on the protection of personal data", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2018-06-10", "primary_url": "https://www.gide.com/en/news-insights/protection-of-personal-data-focus-on-algerian-regulations/", "note": "Reported. Gide analysis. The date shown is the adoption date given by the source, not necessarily the commencement of each provision. It says transfers abroad need ANPDP prior authorisation save for exceptions in the law, and that breaches carry criminal penalties of up to five years' imprisonment. We did not read the law text." }, { "title": "Law No. 25-11 amending Law 18-07", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-07-24", "primary_url": "https://www.gide.com/en/news-insights/protection-of-personal-data-focus-on-algerian-regulations/", "note": "Reported. Same Gide analysis. It introduces biometric data, profiling, pseudonymisation and breach concepts, adds controller duties such as processing registers, and strengthens ANPDP supervisory powers with regional divisions. The date is the amendment date given by the source." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre or grid information for Algeria was found in the pages read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/algeria", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0089" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0090", "slug": "andorra", "name": "Andorra", "iso": "AD", "region": "Europe", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Andorra's data protection rules rest on Law 29/2021, with two 2022 decrees setting the agency regulation and the implementing regulation, including transfer safeguards.", "summary": "Decree 391/2022 of 28 September 2022 approves the regulation implementing the qualified Law 29/2021 on personal data protection. It sets a framework for international transfers: a binding legal instrument for transfers to EU or EEA states, adequate countries or Convention 108+ parties, and adequate safeguards plus an impact analysis elsewhere. Decree 368/2022 of 14 September 2022 approves the regulation of the Andorran Data Protection Agency (APDA). We found no compute programme or data centre.", "ai_state": "No AI law or compute programme was found in the pages read.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Decree 391/2022, regulation implementing Law 29/2021 on personal data protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.apda.ad/assets/pdf/agency/Decret_391-2022,_del_28-9-2022,_d_aprovacio_del_Reglament_d_aplicacio_de_la_Llei_29-2021,_del_28_d_octubre,_qualificada_de_proteccio_de_dades_personals.pdf", "note": "Primary. APDA-hosted decree dated 28 September 2022, published in the Official Bulletin on 5 October 2022 and in force the day after publication. It replaces an earlier version (Decree 367/2022) that contained errors. Article 11 covers international transfers and requires consulting the agency if risks remain after supplementary measures. The date is left null because we state the rule rather than compute a date. We did not read Law 29/2021 itself." }, { "title": "Decree 368/2022, regulation of the Andorran Data Protection Agency", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.apda.ad/assets/pdf/agency/Decret_368-2022_del_14-9-2022_d_aprovacio_del_Reglament_de_l_Agencia_Andorrana_de_Proteccio_de_Dades.pdf", "note": "Primary. Dated 14 September 2022 and published 21 September 2022, in force 15 days after publication. It sets out the agency as an independent public institution with a director and inspectors appointed by the General Council, covering inspection, complaints and sanctioning procedures, and repeals the 2010 regulation." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre or grid information for Andorra was found in the pages read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/andorra", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0090" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0091", "slug": "bahamas", "name": "The Bahamas", "iso": "BS", "region": "Americas", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "The Bahamas is drafting AI legislation and a minister has said it will consider large AI data centres case by case rather than court hyperscale sites.", "summary": "Data protection rests on the Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act 2003, with a Data Protection Commissioner who can restrict transfers to places without adequate protection. Press reports describe dedicated AI legislation being advanced and, in August 2026, a broader digital infrastructure strategy being developed. A report of 13 August 2026 quotes the Minister of Innovation and National Development describing a sovereignty-focused approach, with hyperscale centres on New Providence restricted unless developers supply their own power. We found no named data centre.", "ai_state": "No AI law is in force in the sources read. Reported statements say AI legislation is being advanced; no text was found.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act 2003", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://uwi.edu/data-protection/pg-external_bahamas.php", "note": "Reported. University of the West Indies data protection page names the Act and its year and says the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner enforces it and that data cannot go to places lacking sufficient protection. DLA Piper (https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?c=BS&t=law) describes section 17 as letting the Commissioner restrict transfers and notes a stated government intention from October 2023 to enact new legislation, with no timeline. We did not read the Act." }, { "title": "Proposed AI legislation and governance structures", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://ewnews.com/government-advances-digital-economy-push-with-national-id-ai-law-and-skills-drive/", "note": "Reported. EWNews says the government is advancing dedicated AI legislation with governance structures. The article gives no dates and names no oversight body." }, { "title": "Ministerial approach to AI data centres", "kind": "policy", "status": "stated", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.tribune242.com/comments/cr/124/195268/", "note": "Reported. Tribune report dated 13 August 2026 of statements by the Minister of Innovation and National Development: proposals considered individually on merit, environmental impact and infrastructure capacity; hyperscale centres on New Providence restricted unless developers build their own power stations; adequate power and water required; legislative frameworks being developed. This is a stated position, not a published rule." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "Reported. The 13 August 2026 Tribune report says approval of major projects would need adequate power and water, and that hyperscale centres on New Providence would be restricted unless developers build their own power stations. No named facility or capacity figure was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/bahamas", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0091" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0092", "slug": "barbados", "name": "Barbados", "iso": "BB", "region": "Americas", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Barbados has a data protection act in force since 2021 and a government digital economy plan that includes a planned national data centre for AI compute, with the government owning the first stage.", "summary": "The Data Protection Act 2019 came into force in March 2021, though some provisions were reported as not yet proclaimed, and a Data Protection Commissioner was appointed in July 2021. Barbados Today reported on 11 March 2026 a government digital plan that includes a data centre in Greenland, St Andrew, starting at 100 kW and scaling to 15 MW. A January 2026 report describes a partnership with an African AI firm to build high-performance computing and local AI models. We read no primary government document for either.", "ai_state": "No AI law was found. The government plan mentions new laws on telecommunications, blockchain and electronic transactions, per the press report.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Data Protection Act 2019", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?c=BB&t=law", "note": "Reported. DLA Piper summary: in force from March 2021 with some provisions yet to be proclaimed; Commissioner appointed 15 July 2021; transfers abroad require an adequate level of protection with appropriate safeguards. No localisation rule was mentioned. We did not read the Act." }, { "title": "Government digital economy plan, including a national data centre", "kind": "programme", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://barbadostoday.bb/2026/03/11/minister-unveils-188m-plan-to-build-world-class-digital-economy-by-2030/", "note": "Reported. Barbados Today article dated 11 March 2026. It describes a four-year plan with milestones to 2030, a data centre supporting AI compute, cloud services and green electricity, and planned legislation on telecommunications, blockchain and electronic transactions. We did not find the government's own document." }, { "title": "Government and Amini AI partnership", "kind": "programme", "status": "planned", "effective_on": "2026-01-12", "primary_url": "https://barbadostoday.bb/2026/01/12/govt-deepens-digital-sovereignty-drive-with-ai-partnership/", "note": "Reported. Barbados Today, 12 January 2026. The Ministry of Industry, Innovation, Science and Technology and the African AI firm Amini announced a fellowship, locally relevant AI models and development of high-performance computers, data centres and cloud infrastructure. The date shown is the report date. No capacity was stated." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Greenland national data centre (planned)", "operator": "Government of Barbados (first 5 MW), with the remainder reported as open to private investors", "place": "Greenland, St Andrew", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. The article says the facility would start at 100 kW and scale to 15 MW, with the government owning the first 5 MW and 10 MW left for private investors. These are different stages and are not added. No construction start or energy source was confirmed.", "source_url": "https://barbadostoday.bb/2026/03/11/minister-unveils-188m-plan-to-build-world-class-digital-economy-by-2030/" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. The only grid-related statement found is that the planned data centre would support green electricity; no interconnection or utility document was read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/barbados", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0092" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0093", "slug": "belarus", "name": "Belarus", "iso": "BY", "region": "Europe", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Belarus has a personal data law in force since November 2021 that limits transfers abroad, and a 2017 decree that sets the High-Tech Park regime for digital businesses.", "summary": "Decree No. 8 'On Digital Economy Development', adopted on 21 December 2017 and in force from 28 March 2018, gives High-Tech Park residents the right to carry out mining activities, according to the park's own FAQ. Law No. 99-Z of 7 May 2021 on personal data protection took effect on 15 November 2021, with a National Personal Data Protection Centre as regulator and transfers abroad allowed to countries with an appropriate level of protection or by consent or permit. We found no named data centre or compute programme. This entry states only what the cited pages say.", "ai_state": "DLA Piper reports that draft amendments covering video surveillance, artificial intelligence and outsourcing of data processing were anticipated for submission in August 2026. We did not confirm that.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Decree No. 8 on Digital Economy Development", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2018-03-28", "primary_url": "https://park.by/en/press/news/faq/?fromlang=Y", "note": "Primary. High-Tech Park FAQ page. It states the decree was adopted on 21 December 2017 and entered into force on 28 March 2018, allows registered High-Tech Park residents to engage in mining activities, keeps 'exterritoriality' so companies need not be physically in the park, and says mining is not a licensable activity beyond residency. We did not read the decree text." }, { "title": "Law No. 99-Z on Personal Data Protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2021-11-15", "primary_url": "https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?c=BY", "note": "Reported. DLA Piper summary: law of 7 May 2021, regulator is the National Personal Data Protection Centre, transfers abroad are generally prohibited unless the destination offers an appropriate level of protection (with exceptions for informed consent or an individual permit), no mandatory localisation is stated, and security measures for information systems need attestation through the Operational and Analytical Centre. A second summary at https://bnt.eu/?p=56752 confirms the 15 November 2021 date. We did not read the law." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre or grid information for Belarus was found in the pages read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/belarus", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0093" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0094", "slug": "benin", "name": "Benin", "iso": "BJ", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Benin has a digital code covering data protection and a national AI and big data strategy for 2023 to 2027, coordinated by the digital ministry.", "summary": "Law No. 2017-20 (Code du numerique) contains Book 5 on personal data protection, supervised by the APDP. The National Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Strategy 2023 to 2027 was adopted in January 2023 and is coordinated by the Ministry of Digitalisation, with programmes on AI solutions, capacity building, research and governance. A trade report on the 2023 agenda gives the strategy a three-year implementation budget. We found no named compute programme or data centre in these pages.", "ai_state": "A national AI strategy exists for 2023 to 2027; no binding AI law was found in the pages read.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law No. 2017-20, Code du numerique, Book 5 on personal data", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.mofo.com/privacy-library/benin", "note": "Reported. Morrison Foerster privacy library entry names the law and the Autorite de Protection des Donnees a Caractere Personnel (APDP) as the supervisor. The official law text on sgg.gouv.bj could not be read because the download exceeded the fetch size limit. Enactment and commencement dates were not read, so they are left null." }, { "title": "National Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Strategy 2023 to 2027", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://oecd.ai/en/dashboards/policy-initiatives/national-artificial-intelligence-and-big-data-strategy-2023-2027", "note": "Reported. OECD.AI policy navigator entry says the strategy was adopted in January 2023, runs five years, is coordinated by the Ministry of Digitalisation, has four programmes (AI solutions, capacity building, research and innovation, governance), targets sectors such as education, health and agriculture, and has annual evaluations planned but not yet public. A CIO Mag report (https://cio-mag.com/benin-lagenda-2023-du-secteur-du-numerique/) described a three-year implementation budget. We did not find the strategy document." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre or grid information for Benin was found in the pages read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/benin", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0094" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0095", "slug": "bhutan", "name": "Bhutan", "iso": "BT", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Bhutan has a 2025 national data governance framework and a reported letter of intent for a hydropower-fed AI data centre in Gelephu Mindfulness City.", "summary": "The National Data Governance Framework 2025, issued by the National Statistics Bureau and effective 11 July 2025, sets government data exchange and governance rules and asks the GovTech Agency to develop a National Cloud Strategy. It has no explicit data localisation or cross-border transfer provisions. In July 2026 the Canadian company Sato was reported to have signed a letter of intent with Gelephu Mindfulness City for an AI data centre powered by hydropower. A separate press article of 28 June 2025 describes a government feasibility study for a larger national data centre.", "ai_state": "The data governance framework requires AI systems to align with legal and user safety standards in their data use. No AI law or national compute programme was found.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National Data Governance Framework 2025", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-07-11", "primary_url": "https://nsb.gov.bt/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/National-Data-Governance-Framework_2025-BHUTAN.pdf", "note": "Primary. National Statistics Bureau PDF. It routes government data exchange through a National Data Exchange Platform, sets a National Data Governance Committee chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, and tasks the GovTech Agency with a National Cloud Strategy. It says nothing explicit on localisation or cross-border transfers. The effective date is as stated in the document." }, { "title": "Government and DHI feasibility study for a national data centre", "kind": "planning", "status": "exploratory", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://thebhutanese.bt/?p=39560", "note": "Reported. The Bhutanese article (28 June 2025) says GovTech Agency and DHI are running a feasibility study, seek strategic partners, and describe 40 to 50 MW initially with possible expansion to 50 to 100 MW, construction to start in 2027 over three years, at Gelephu Mindfulness City or elsewhere. The figures are plans, not approvals. We did not find an official source." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Sato AI data centre, Gelephu (letter of intent)", "operator": "Sato (former cryptominer) with Gelephu Mindfulness City", "place": "Gelephu Mindfulness City", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. DCD report of 7 July 2026 on a letter of intent (the letter's own date is not given): 5 MW for the first phase, with an expansion pathway of up to 500 MW. These are different stages and are not added. The agreement is preliminary and the power source is described as Bhutan's hydroelectric resources.", "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/former-cryptominer-sato-inks-preliminary-agreement-to-develop-ai-data-center-in-bhutan/" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. The Bhutanese article cites hydroelectric capacity of about 2,326 MW (2023) and says seasonal fluctuations mean winter imports from India may be needed. We did not find a grid operator or ministry page.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/bhutan", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0095" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0096", "slug": "bolivia", "name": "Bolivia", "iso": "BO", "region": "Americas", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Bolivia's Senate approved an AI promotion and use bill in late 2025, and the digital agency AGETIC has reported draft data protection and cybersecurity laws.", "summary": "Project Law 178/2024-2025 on the promotion, management and use of artificial intelligence was reported as approved by the Senate in late October 2025 and sent to the Chamber of Deputies. It would make AGETIC the oversight body and require a National AI Strategy within 180 days of approval. AGETIC's 2024 public accountability document lists a draft personal data protection law, a draft cybersecurity law and a proposed National Data Strategy as in review. We found no data centre or compute programme.", "ai_state": "No AI law is in force in the sources read. The bill is a proposal that has passed the Senate according to a press report, and we did not confirm its later status.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Project Law 178/2024-2025 on the promotion, management and use of artificial intelligence", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://dplnews.com/?p=293932", "note": "Reported. DPL News says the 31-article bill covers transparency, data protection and technological sovereignty, bans practices such as subliminal manipulation and mass facial recognition without court authorisation, and gives AGETIC oversight. The report gives no later status than referral to the Chamber of Deputies." }, { "title": "AGETIC draft personal data protection and cybersecurity laws", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.agetic.gob.bo/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/presentacion-RPDCI2024.pdf", "note": "Primary. AGETIC public accountability presentation for 2024. It says a draft personal data protection law is under review, a National Data Strategy is proposed, and a draft cybersecurity law would set an institutional framework. It mentions no data centres or cloud services and gives no approval dates." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre or grid information for Bolivia was found in the pages read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/bolivia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0096" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0097", "slug": "botswana", "name": "Botswana", "iso": "BW", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Botswana opened a state-owned national data centre in late 2025, and its minister has said he wants the Data Protection Act amended to require in-country storage.", "summary": "The Data Protection Act 2024, enacted on 29 October 2024, repealed an earlier 2018 Act that never took effect, and the Information and Data Protection Commission is the regulator. Foreign controllers processing Botswana residents' data must appoint a representative in the country. The Digital Delta Data Centre in Gaborone, operated by BoFiNet, was reported as launched in late 2025. On 25 November 2025 a minister said he wanted the Act amended to make businesses store data in Botswana; this was a stated intention, not a law.", "ai_state": "No AI law or national compute programme was found in the pages read.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Data Protection Act 2024", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://cipit.strathmore.edu/understanding-botswanas-2018-and-2024-data-protection-acts/", "note": "Reported. CIPIT (Strathmore University) says the Act was enacted on 29 October 2024 and repeals the 2018 Act, creates data protection and access to information divisions in the Commission, requires impact assessments for high-risk processing and 72-hour breach notification, and requires foreign controllers to appoint a local representative. Your Botswana (below) gives an effective date of January 2025; we did not confirm it from the Act, so it is left null." }, { "title": "Proposed amendment to require in-country data storage", "kind": "policy", "status": "stated", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://yourbotswana.com/govt-moves-to-in-house-local-data/", "note": "Reported. Dated 25 November 2025: the minister said he wants the Act to compel businesses operating in Botswana to store data there. The report says the current Act permits international transfers with a copy kept in country and that government services are to move to the new data centre. No bill was seen." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Digital Delta Data Centre", "operator": "BoFiNet (government-owned)", "place": "Gaborone", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. DCD describes a Tier III facility of 1,000 square metres with 400 racks, launched on 3 December 2025; Ecofin reports an inauguration on 25 November 2025. The two sources differ on the date. No power capacity in MW was stated.", "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/botswana-launches-first-national-data-center/" } ], "grid_note": "No grid or power capacity information for the Gaborone data centre was found in the pages read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/botswana", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0097" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0098", "slug": "brunei", "name": "Brunei", "iso": "BN", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Brunei enacted a Personal Data Protection Order in January 2025, with its main obligations starting on 1 January 2026, and has a Digital Economy Masterplan 2025.", "summary": "The Personal Data Protection Order 2025 was enacted on 8 January 2025 and its substantive provisions commence on 1 January 2026. It applies to private sector organisations, and transfers abroad need a standard of protection comparable to the Order. AITI is expected to act as the responsible authority. The Order is described by Asia News Network as a core pillar of the Digital Economy Masterplan 2025. We found no data centre or compute programme.", "ai_state": "No AI law was found. The pages read give no specifics on AI policy.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Personal Data Protection Order 2025", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-01-01", "primary_url": "https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/index.html?c=BN&t=law", "note": "Reported. DLA Piper summary: enacted 8 January 2025, substantive provisions from 1 January 2026, applies to the private sector and excludes government agencies, with a transfer rule requiring a comparable standard of protection. It describes AITI as anticipated to be designated the responsible authority. We did not read the Order." }, { "title": "Digital Economy Masterplan 2025", "kind": "policy", "status": "stated", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://asianews.network/brunei-enters-transformative-era-for-its-digital-landscape/", "note": "Reported. Asia News Network names the Masterplan as the framework for which the Order is a core pillar and describes AITI training programmes and a January 2026 data protection conference. The article does not discuss data centres or AI policy. We did not find the Masterplan document." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre or grid information for Brunei was found in the pages read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/brunei", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0098" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0099", "slug": "cambodia", "name": "Cambodia", "iso": "KH", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Cambodia's telecoms ministry has a National AI Strategy 2025 to 2030 in draft or early implementation, with data and infrastructure as one of six priorities.", "summary": "The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications (MPTC) issued Announcement No. 1497PT on 11 June 2025 on the draft National Artificial Intelligence Strategy and opened public consultation to 20 June 2025. The OECD.AI entry, last updated 9 June 2026, lists a 2025 to 2030 strategy with six priorities and 41 measures reported by the law firm, one of which is data, infrastructure and key technologies. Neither page gives detail on data centres or compute. We found no data centre or grid information.", "ai_state": "A national AI strategy is at draft or early stage, with annual action plans and monitoring described. No binding AI law was found.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025 to 2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://oecd.ai/en/dashboards/policy-initiatives/national-artificial-intelligence-strategy-2025-2030", "note": "Reported. OECD.AI policy navigator entry marks it as proposed or under development, led by MPTC with the Digital Government Committee and an inter-ministerial AI working group, with six priorities including data, infrastructure and key technologies, and reporting planned for 2026 and 2028. It says the strategy gives no separate compute or data centre initiative. We did not find the final strategy." }, { "title": "MPTC Announcement No. 1497PT on the draft National AI Strategy and public consultation", "kind": "policy", "status": "consultation", "effective_on": "2025-06-11", "primary_url": "https://www.rajahtannasia.com/viewpoints/announcement-on-the-progress-of-draft-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy-and-the-opening-of-public-consultation/", "note": "Reported. Rajah and Tann summary of the announcement of 11 June 2025: consultation open to 20 June 2025 after an April working group workshop and May stakeholder consultations, six priorities and 41 measures, and a finalisation workshop scheduled for early July 2025. We did not read the ministry's original." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre or grid information for Cambodia was found in the pages read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/cambodia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0099" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0100", "slug": "cameroon", "name": "Cameroon", "iso": "CM", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Cameroon adopted a personal data protection law in December 2024, alongside its 2010 cybersecurity law, and no compute programme or data centre was found.", "summary": "Law No. 2024/017 of 23 December 2024 is described as the main personal data framework, with an independent authority and prior authorisation for transfers abroad. Law No. 2010/012 of 21 December 2010 on cybersecurity and cybercriminality is overseen by the national ICT agency ANTIC and requires operators to keep connection data for ten years. The DLA Piper summary says an implementing decree for the 2024 law was still pending and that no data localisation rule is stated. We found no data centre or grid information.", "ai_state": "The pages read mention no specific AI rules.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law No. 2024/017 of 23 December 2024 on personal data protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?c=CM&t=law", "note": "Reported. DLA Piper guide. It lists the law as the primary personal data framework, says an independent Personal Data Protection Authority handles authorisations and complaints, and says transfers need prior authorisation with an adequacy check. It says the implementing decree was pending and states no explicit localisation rule. We did not read the law text." }, { "title": "Law No. 2010/012 of 21 December 2010 on cybersecurity and cybercriminality", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2010-12-21", "primary_url": "https://dig.watch/resource/the-law-no-2010-012-of-21-december-2010-on-cybersecurity-and-cybercriminality-in-cameroon", "note": "Reported. Digital Watch resource page. It describes a framework for securing electronic communications and punishing cybercrime, a ten-year connection data retention requirement, and ANTIC as regulator and root certification authority. The date shown is the date of the law; commencement was not separately confirmed." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for Cameroon in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/cameroon", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0100" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0101", "slug": "central-african-republic", "name": "Central African Republic", "iso": "CF", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "The Central African Republic has a 2024 personal data protection law and a January 2024 cybersecurity law, with no data centre found.", "summary": "Law No. 24-001 on the protection of personal data takes effect from promulgation and gave the responsible ministry twelve months to set up a protection agency, with the ministry acting in the interim. Transfers to states outside the CEMAC and ECCAS groupings require prior notification to the agency. A separate cybersecurity and anti-cybercrime law, reported as adopted by the National Assembly on 25 January 2024 and then awaiting promulgation, would create a national cybersecurity agency. We found no data centre, compute or grid information.", "ai_state": "The pages read mention no AI rules.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law No. 24-001 on the protection of personal data", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://arcep.cf/documents/textes/lois/Loi_24_001_portant_protection_des_donnes_a_caractere_personnel.PDF", "note": "Primary. Text hosted by the telecoms regulator ARCEP-CF. It permits transfers only where the destination offers similar protection, with listed exceptions, and requires prior notification for non-CEMAC and non-ECCAS destinations. It takes effect from promulgation; the promulgation date was not clear in the extract, so the date is left null. MoFo's privacy library lists the same law and notes the agency under the postal and telecommunications ministry." }, { "title": "Cybersecurity and anti-cybercrime law (National Assembly vote of 25 January 2024)", "kind": "law", "status": "unclear", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.osiris.sn/les-elus-de-la-centrafrique-adoptent-une-loi-determinante-contre-la.html", "note": "Reported. Osiris news item. It says the Assembly approved the law unanimously, that it creates the Central African National Cybersecurity Agency (Ancy) under the public security and digital economy ministries, and that it sets prison terms for listed offences. The article says the law would soon be promulgated by the President. We did not find the law text, its number or its promulgation date, so the status and effective date are unconfirmed." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for the Central African Republic in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/central-african-republic", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0101" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0102", "slug": "chad", "name": "Chad", "iso": "TD", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Chad has had a personal data protection act since 2015, and a 2026 reform widened its cybersecurity agency's remit to cover AI oversight.", "summary": "Act No. 007/PR/2015 of 10 February 2015 on personal data protection is enforced by the national agency ANSICE, with implementing regulations in a 2019 decree. Transfers outside CEMAC and ECCAS states need sufficient protection and prior approval from ANSICE. Ecofin reports that a presidential ordinance, ratified by both chambers in March 2026, expands ANSICE's responsibilities to data protection, cybercrime prevention, AI oversight, video surveillance and drones. We found no data centre or grid information.", "ai_state": "Per Ecofin, AI oversight was added to the cybersecurity agency's remit in 2026. No standalone AI law was found.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Act No. 007/PR/2015 on personal data protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2015-02-10", "primary_url": "https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/index.html?c=TD&t=law", "note": "Reported. DLA Piper guide. It lists the Act with Decree No. 075/PR/2019, names ANSICE as enforcer with sanction powers, and describes prior ANSICE approval for transfers to non-CEMAC and non-ECCAS countries. It notes no mandatory breach notification. The date shown is the date of the Act." }, { "title": "Reform of the National Agency for Information Security and Electronic Certification (ANSICE)", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-digital/1603-53795-chad-approves-reform-strengthening-national-cybersecurity-agency", "note": "Reported. Ecofin Agency. A presidential ordinance was ratified by the National Assembly and the Senate (Senate date given as 13 March 2026), widening the agency's role to data protection, cybercrime prevention, AI oversight, video surveillance and drone supervision. We did not find the ordinance text, so the commencement date is left null." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for Chad in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/chad", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0102" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0103", "slug": "congo", "name": "Congo", "iso": "CG", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "The Republic of the Congo has a 2019 personal data law, has ratified the African Union data convention, and runs a regulator-operated government data centre in Pointe-Noire.", "summary": "Law No. 29-2019 of 10 October 2019 sets up a Commission for Personal Data Protection and requires prior information of the Commission for transfers abroad. Law No. 43-2020 of 20 August 2020 authorised ratification of the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection, and a decree of the same date ratified it. DCD reports that the telecoms regulator ARPCE commissioned a government data centre in Pointe-Noire in February 2024, the second after one in Brazzaville in 2021, linked to the 2Africa cable.", "ai_state": "The pages read mention no AI rules.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law No. 29-2019 of 10 October 2019 on personal data protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.sgg.cg/JO/2019/congo-jo-2019-45.pdf", "note": "Primary. Official Journal of the Republic of Congo, 2019 no. 45. It establishes a Commission for Personal Data Protection with investigation and sanction powers and requires the Commission to be informed beforehand of transfers to third countries, with authorisation possible where safeguards are given. The date shown is the law's date; commencement was not confirmed." }, { "title": "Law No. 43-2020 of 20 August 2020 authorising ratification of the African Union Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2020-08-20", "primary_url": "https://www.sgg.cg/JO/2020/congo-jo-2020-34.pdf", "note": "Primary. Official Journal 2020 no. 34. It publishes the ratification law, Decree No. 2020-286 of the same date, and the text of the Malabo Convention of 27 June 2014, which asks states to create independent data protection authorities and legislate on cybersecurity." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "ARPCE data centre, Pointe-Noire", "operator": "Postal and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency (ARPCE)", "place": "Pointe-Noire", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. DCD says it was commissioned on 28 February 2024, covers 156 square metres with room for up to 54 racks, and connects to the 2Africa subsea cable. It is described as the second government data centre after Brazzaville in 2021. No power capacity was given.", "source_url": "https://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/republic-of-congo-launches-data-center-in-pointe-noire-for-2africa-cable" } ], "grid_note": "No grid or power rule for large loads was found. The Pointe-Noire article gives no power figure.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/congo", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0103" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0104", "slug": "democratic-republic-of-the-congo", "name": "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "iso": "CD", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "The DRC's 2023 Digital Code underpins a February 2026 order requiring authorisation for data centres, cloud services and other digital activities by 30 June 2026.", "summary": "Ordinance-Law No. 23/010 of 13 March 2023 is the Digital Code. A ministerial order of the Ministry of Digital Economy, reported as published on 11 February 2026, sets the conditions and procedure for authorising digital activities, including data centres, cloud services, qualified trust services and dominant platforms, with a compliance deadline of 30 June 2026, after which the source says unauthorised activity is unlawful. The source says the regulator examines applications and is to define which digital services count as essential. No named data centre or grid information was found.", "ai_state": "The pages read mention no AI rules.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Ordinance-Law No. 23/010 of 13 March 2023 (Digital Code)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2023-03-13", "primary_url": "https://www.mofo.com/privacy-library/congo-democratic-republic-of", "note": "Reported. MoFo privacy library lists the Digital Code as the national digital and privacy law and gives its date. The page does not describe its provisions or regulator. The date shown is the date of the ordinance-law." }, { "title": "Ministerial order CAB/MIN/ECONUM/AKIM/MLNS/ALM/04/2026 on authorisation of digital activities and services", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://droitmediasfinance.com/index.php/actualites/droit-tech-fintech/1216-rdc-un-arrete-de-fevrier-2026-vient-fixer-les-conditions-et-modalites-des-autorisations-pour-les-activites-et-services-numeriques-avec-delai-de-conformite-au-30-juin-2026", "note": "Reported. Law-and-finance news site summary. It gives 11 February 2026 as the publication date, lists data centres and cloud services among the activities needing authorisation, a 30-day examination period for complete applications, 15 working days for the ministerial decision after the regulator's opinion, and a compliance deadline of 30 June 2026. We did not read the order itself, so its commencement date is left null." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for the DRC in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/democratic-republic-of-the-congo", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0104" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0105", "slug": "cuba", "name": "Cuba", "iso": "CU", "region": "Americas", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Cuba's 2018 Decree-Law 370 regulates informatisation and hosting, and a 2026 to 2030 sector programme lists AI among cybersecurity research areas.", "summary": "Decree-Law 370 of 17 December 2018, as published on the Ministry of Communications site, regulates the informatisation of society, restricts disclosure of personal data held electronically, provides for cybersecurity programmes led by the Ministry of Communications with other ministries, and says websites should not be hosted on foreign servers other than as mirrors of nationally hosted primary sites. The ministry's 2026 to 2030 cybersecurity sector programme sheet lists research on cryptography, critical infrastructure and personal data privacy, and applying AI and large-scale data analysis to cybersecurity. No data centre or grid information was found.", "ai_state": "The cybersecurity programme sheet names the application of AI and big data analysis to cybersecurity as a research area. No AI law was found.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Decree-Law 370 of 2018 on the informatisation of society", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2018-12-17", "primary_url": "https://www.mincom.gob.cu/sites/default/files/marcoregulatorio/dl_370-18_informatizacion_sociedad.pdf", "note": "Primary. Ministry of Communications regulatory framework page. Article 33 limits disclosure of electronic personal data to third parties with legitimate interest or owner authorisation. Article 68 provides that websites are not hosted on foreign servers except as mirrors of nationally based primary sites. The date shown is the date of issue; commencement was not separately confirmed." }, { "title": "Sector science and technology programme on cybersecurity, 2026 to 2030 (programme sheet)", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.mincom.gob.cu/sites/default/files/ficha_del_programa_del_pscti_de_ciberseguridad_mincom_2026-2030_v2.0_1.pdf", "note": "Primary. Ministry of Communications programme sheet, code PS161LH006, for 2026 to 2030. Objectives include protecting critical infrastructure and personal data privacy, cryptography, and applying AI and large-scale data analysis to cybersecurity. It says infrastructure conditions exist but need strengthening. The sheet also states a budget, which we do not reproduce." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for Cuba in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/cuba", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0105" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0106", "slug": "djibouti", "name": "Djibouti", "iso": "DJ", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Djibouti adopted a Digital Code in June 2025 covering data protection and cybersecurity, and a national cybersecurity authority bill was before parliament in November 2025.", "summary": "Ecofin reports that the Digital Code, adopted on 30 June 2025, runs to eight volumes and nearly 800 articles, covers data protection, cybersecurity, e-commerce and cryptology, and supports the Vision 2035 aim of a regional digital hub. TechHive describes a data protection part with a National Commission for the Protection of Personal Data and adequacy-based transfer rules. A bill to create an independent National Cybersecurity Authority was presented to a National Assembly committee on 10 November 2025. We found no data centre or grid information.", "ai_state": "The pages read mention no AI rules.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Digital Code of Djibouti", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-digital/0107-47508-djibouti-introduces-digital-code-to-structure-its-digital-ecosystem", "note": "Reported. Ecofin Agency says it was adopted on 30 June 2025 and that implementation needs competent authorities and decrees. TechHive Advisory's review (https://www.techhiveadvisory.africa/insights/review-of-djiboutis-data-protection-law) describes the data protection part, a National Commission for the Protection of Personal Data and restrictions on transfers to non-adequate jurisdictions. We did not read the Code, and commencement is not confirmed." }, { "title": "Bill establishing the National Cybersecurity Authority (ANC)", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-digital/1211-50395-djibouti-advances-bill-to-create-national-cybersecurity-authority", "note": "Reported. Ecofin Agency. Presented on 10 November 2025 to a parliamentary committee. The proposed authority would set standards for critical sectors and run a national incident response centre. We did not find the bill text or its later status." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for Djibouti in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/djibouti", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0106" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0107", "slug": "eswatini", "name": "Eswatini", "iso": "SZ", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Eswatini has a Computer Crime and Cybercrime Act published in the Gazette in March 2022 and a Data Protection Act of 2022, with no data centre found.", "summary": "The Computer Crime and Cybercrime Act, 2022 (Act No. 6 of 2022) appears in a Gazette dated 4 March 2022 and says it commences on publication in the Gazette. It creates offences, procedural powers and a National Cybersecurity Advisory Council, and names the Eswatini Communications Commission among the enforcing bodies. The Data Protection Act of 2022, which establishes a Commission to administer it, is described by dataprotection.africa. We found no data centre, compute or grid information.", "ai_state": "The pages read mention no AI rules.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Computer Crime and Cybercrime Act, 2022 (Act No. 6 of 2022)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2022-03-04", "primary_url": "https://www.esccom.org.sz/legislation/COMPUTER CRIME & CYBERCRIME ACT.pdf", "note": "Primary. Act text on the Eswatini Communications Commission site, in a Gazette dated 4 March 2022; the assent date is left blank in the copy read. The Act says it comes into operation on publication in the Gazette, so the date shown is the Gazette date. Offence sections run from section 3 to section 30, and the Act covers extra-territorial jurisdiction, investigation powers, service provider liability including hosting, and a National Cybersecurity Advisory Council the Prime Minister may establish." }, { "title": "Data Protection Act, 2022", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://dataprotection.africa/?p=19758", "note": "Reported. dataprotection.africa. It says the Act establishes a Commission to administer it with power to impose administrative fines. The page cites the Act as number 41 of 2022 and gives a commencement date we could not confirm from a primary text, so we leave the date null. The regulator's own copy of the Act returned a 404 and was not read." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for Eswatini in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/eswatini", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0107" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0108", "slug": "gabon", "name": "Gabon", "iso": "GA", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Gabon amended its data protection law in 2023 to cover AI and automated decisions, and a Tier III data centre near Libreville is reported open in July 2026.", "summary": "Law No. 025/2023 of 12 July 2023 amends the 2011 data protection law, adds definitions covering AI and machine learning, restricts automated decisions and sets up the APDPVP authority. The national digital agency ANINF lists related laws on cybersecurity (Law 27/2023) and electronic transactions (Law 25/2021) and describes a national data centre project for digital sovereignty. W.Media reports that ST Digital opened a Tier III facility in the Nkok special economic zone on 3 July 2026, with 1 MW of electrical power in its first phase.", "ai_state": "Law 025/2023 adds AI and machine learning to its definitions and restricts automated decision-making. No standalone AI law was found.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law No. 025/2023 of 12 July 2023 amending Law No. 001/2011 on personal data protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2023-07-12", "primary_url": "https://www.afapdp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Gabon-Loi-025-2023-du-12-juillet-2023-portant-modification-de-la-loi-001-2011-du-25-septembre-relative-a-la-protection-des-donnees-a-caractere-personnel.pdf", "note": "Primary. Text hosted by the francophone data protection authorities association. It creates the APDPVP, requires declarations to state any transfers to states outside the sub-regional and regional organisations that do not ensure sufficient protection, and requires non-resident processors using means in Gabon to appoint a representative there. No explicit data residency rule is stated. The date shown is the date of the law, and commencement was not separately confirmed." }, { "title": "National data centre project and digital laws (ANINF)", "kind": "programme", "status": "planned", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://aninf.ga/en/projet/national-data-center-guaranteeing-data-sovereignty/", "note": "Primary. ANINF project page describes a national data centre for secured hosting of critical data for public bodies, businesses and citizens, with cloud services. It gives no site, timeline or capacity. A separate ANINF page (https://aninf.ga/en/2024/09/25/) lists Law 25/2023, Law 27/2023 on cybersecurity and cybercrime and Law 25/2021 on electronic transactions; we did not read those texts." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "ST Digital Gabon Tier III data centre", "operator": "ST Digital", "place": "Nkok Special Economic Zone, near Libreville", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. W.Media says it opened on 3 July 2026, is Tier III, offers 1 MW of electrical power and up to 3,000 servers in a modular design, with 65 square metres of colocation space in the first phase, 22 per cent of energy from a photovoltaic plant, and connections to the ACE and SAT-3/WASC cables. These are first-phase figures as reported and are not totals. We did not confirm that it is the same project as the ANINF national data centre.", "source_url": "https://w.media/st-digital-opens-gabons-first-sovereign-tier-iii-data-center/" } ], "grid_note": "No grid or power rule for large loads was found. W.Media reports the Nkok facility draws part of its energy from a photovoltaic plant.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/gabon", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0108" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0109", "slug": "gambia", "name": "Gambia", "iso": "GM", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "The Gambia enacted a Personal Data Protection and Privacy Act in 2025, with the Information Commission as regulator, and no data centre was found.", "summary": "TechHive Advisory reports the Personal Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2025, with the Information Commission set up under the Access to Information Act 2021 as regulator and adequacy or safeguard-based transfer rules. The National Assembly site hosts the earlier Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2024, which would add a data protection commissioner to the Commission and let it prohibit or suspend transfers. The Act's assent date and the relationship between bill and Act text were not confirmed. We found no data centre or grid information.", "ai_state": "The pages read mention no AI rules.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Personal Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2025", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.techhiveadvisory.africa/insights/review-of-gambias-personal-data-protection-and-privacy-act-2025", "note": "Reported. TechHive Advisory review. It names the Information Commission as regulator with investigation powers, describes transfers to jurisdictions with adequate protection or with safeguards, and states no explicit localisation requirement. The exact assent date was not given, and we did not read the Act text." }, { "title": "Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2024", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://assembly.gm/documents/364/download", "note": "Primary. Bill text on the National Assembly site, presented by the Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services. It would give the Information Commission data protection powers and require a commissioner specialised in personal data. The document itself shows no assent, and we have not confirmed that the 2025 Act follows this text." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for the Gambia in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/gambia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0109" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0110", "slug": "georgia", "name": "Georgia", "iso": "GE", "region": "Europe", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Georgia has a 2023 personal data protection law with adequacy-based transfer rules and a 2012 information security law for critical systems, and no data centre was found.", "summary": "The Law of Georgia on Personal Data Protection was adopted by Parliament on 14 June 2023, and the official legislative site shows consolidated versions up to June 2026. Per that page, the State Audit Office is the supervisory body and cross-border transfers need adequate safeguards, with an official list of adequate states. The Law on Information Security, adopted on 5 June 2012 and in force from 1 July 2012, applies to critical information system subjects and assigns roles to the Data Exchange Agency and the Cyber Security Bureau. We found no data centre or grid information.", "ai_state": "The pages read mention no AI rules.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law of Georgia on Personal Data Protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/5827307", "note": "Primary. Legislative Herald of Georgia (matsne.gov.ge). Adopted 14 June 2023 and published 3 July 2023. Article 22 covers appeals to the State Audit Office, and Article 37 permits transfers where safeguards exist, by treaty or agreement, or with consent. Article 38 has the Office set the list of adequate states by normative act and review it at least every three years. The entry-into-force date was not shown in the extract, so it is left null." }, { "title": "Law of Georgia on Information Security", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2012-07-01", "primary_url": "https://matsne.gov.ge/en/document/view/1679424", "note": "Primary. Legislative Herald of Georgia. Adopted 5 June 2012. It covers state bodies and legal entities on the government's list of critical information system subjects and requires internal security rules, an information security manager, asset inventories and minimum security standards. The Data Exchange Agency sets the minimum requirements, CERT.GOV.GE handles computer incidents and enforcement, and the Cyber Security Bureau handles defence-sector systems." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for Georgia in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/georgia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0110" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0111", "slug": "guatemala", "name": "Guatemala", "iso": "GT", "region": "Americas", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Guatemala's Congress approved a cybercrime law in August 2022 whose later status we could not confirm, and a personal data protection bill (Initiative 6464) was still in committee in July 2026.", "summary": "Dplnews reports that Congress approved the Law for Prevention and Protection against Cybercrime on 8 August 2022 with 100 votes in favour. It defines offences, sets procedural rules for digital evidence and would create a technical response centre for cybersecurity incidents. Whether it was later sanctioned and remains in force was not confirmed from the pages read. Emisoras Unidas reports that Initiative 6464 on personal data protection and digital rights, presented on 29 October 2024, was under analysis by Congress's national security commission on 16 July 2026, and would create a digital protection directorate. We found no data centre or grid information.", "ai_state": "The pages read mention no AI rules.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law for Prevention and Protection against Cybercrime", "kind": "law", "status": "unclear", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://dplnews.com/?p=161526", "note": "Reported. Dplnews, 8 August 2022. It reports approval by Congress with 100 votes. It typifies cybercrimes, sets rules for obtaining digital evidence and creates a technical incident response centre. The article reports the vote only; we did not confirm sanction, publication, the decree number or commencement, so the status is unclear." }, { "title": "Initiative 6464, personal data protection and digital rights law", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://emisorasunidas.com/nacional/2026/07/16/comision-de-asuntos-de-seguridad-analiza-iniciativa-de-ley-de-proteccion-de-datos-personales/", "note": "Reported. Emisoras Unidas, 16 July 2026. The initiative was presented on 29 October 2024 and was at technical analysis in the national security commission, with discussion of its processing framework in Article 18 and its sanctions chapter. It proposes criminal penalties and a digital protection directorate under cybersecurity oversight. The text has not been passed." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre was found for Guatemala in the pages read, and no grid or power rule for large loads was found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/guatemala", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0111" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0060", "slug": "south-africa", "name": "South Africa", "iso": "ZA", "region": "Africa", "direction": "mixed", "research_access_links": [ { "id": "ilifu-institutional-information", "page_only": true, "label": "ilifu: institutional access information", "url": "https://www.ilifu.ac.za/accessing-the-facility/", "evidence_url": "https://www.ilifu.ac.za/about/", "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "review_by": "2026-10-24", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed institutional information links only; no source content reproduced. Read the institution's current conditions directly. Eligibility, charges, deadlines, allocation and available compute are not verified here. This is not a free or funded programme listing or an endorsement." }, { "id": "uct-hpc-account-information", "page_only": true, "label": "UCT HPC: account information", "url": "https://ucthpc.uct.ac.za/index.php/account/", "evidence_url": "https://ucthpc.uct.ac.za/", "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "review_by": "2026-10-24", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed institutional information links only; no source content reproduced. Read UCT's current conditions directly. Current eligibility and third-party access are not verified here. Charges, deadlines, allocation and available compute are not verified here. This is not a free or funded programme listing or an endorsement." } ], "headline": "Africa's largest data centre market has no national AI policy after the draft was withdrawn, and power access is the stated limit on growth.", "summary": "South Africa hosts most of the continent's data centre capacity and all three big cloud providers have a presence. The draft National AI Policy was published on 10 April 2026 and withdrawn on 26 April 2026 over fabricated citations in its reference list, so there is no settled AI policy. The 2026 Budget statement treated data infrastructure as critical as electricity, ports and transport, but data centres are not yet classed as critical infrastructure and tax and grid incentives are only under consideration. For someone seeking compute, the practical options are Johannesburg and Cape Town colocation and cloud, a GPU-as-a-service factory that began deploying in March 2026, and a national supercomputer that is being replaced.", "ai_state": "The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies draft National AI Policy (Government Gazette Notice 3880) proposed an AI commission, ethics board, regulator and safety institute, plus sandboxes and accelerators, but was withdrawn by the Minister on 26 April 2026. A reported ministerial council was still deliberating a replacement in early 2026.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Draft National AI Policy 2026", "kind": "policy", "status": "ended", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft_South_Africa_National_Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)_Policy_2026", "note": "Secondary summary. Published 10 April 2026, withdrawn 26 April 2026. It contains no specific compute or data centre proposals." }, { "title": "2026 Budget: data infrastructure and possible data centre incentives", "kind": "tax_incentive", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/02/25/south-africa-eyes-data-centre-boom/", "note": "Trade press report. Treasury is reported to be considering lower tax rates, accelerated depreciation, VAT relief on imported servers and power equipment, and faster grid connections. None confirmed as enacted." }, { "title": "CHPC Lengau replacement (national supercomputer)", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://w.media/crypto-mining-attack-hits-lengau-supercomputer-as-south-africa-readies-upgrade/", "note": "Trade press, 25 August 2026. ZAR 292 million allocated for 2026/27 for a roughly 4 petaflop replacement, phase 1 due end of November 2026 and completion around March 2027." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Teraco Isando campus", "operator": "Teraco (owned by Digital Realty)", "place": "Johannesburg", "status": "operating", "note": "Described as Africa's largest data centre complex at about 70 MW IT load. Teraco is also reported to be building a 120 MW solar farm in the Free State and about 900 million dollars of new facilities.", "source_url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/02/25/south-africa-eyes-data-centre-boom/" }, { "name": "Waterfall campus", "operator": "Vantage Data Centers", "place": "Midrand", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported investment of about 1 billion dollars.", "source_url": "https://techcabal.com/2026/02/25/south-africa-eyes-data-centre-boom/" }, { "name": "Cassava AI Factory", "operator": "Cassava Technologies, with Nvidia", "place": "South Africa", "status": "operating", "note": "Deployment began March 2026. Cassava's founder says it has acquired 12,000 Nvidia GPUs. Expansion to Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt and Morocco is planned.", "source_url": "https://www.connectingafrica.com/ai/cassava-deploys-ai-factory-in-sa-more-countries-in-the-pipeline" }, { "name": "Lengau", "operator": "Centre for High Performance Computing, CSIR", "place": "Cape Town", "status": "operating", "note": "1 petaflop system from 2016, hit by a crypto-mining intrusion in May to June 2026 and being replaced.", "source_url": "https://w.media/crypto-mining-attack-hits-lengau-supercomputer-as-south-africa-readies-upgrade/", "related_sources": [ { "label": "2016 government CHPC announcement", "url": "https://www.gov.za/speeches/minister-pandor-congratulates-csirs-chpc-unveiling-fastest-computing-system-africa-7-jun", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed link only; no content reproduction. The historical announcement does not verify current facility status or access.", "checked_on": "2026-10-14" }, { "label": "CHPC official user portal", "url": "https://users.chpc.ac.za/", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed link only; no source content reproduced. Check current requirements with the institution; no guarantee of eligibility, allocation or availability.", "checked_on": "2026-10-15" }, { "label": "CSIR official campus maps", "url": "https://www.csir.co.za/connect-and-visit/csir-campus-maps", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed link only; no source content reproduced. Check current requirements with the institution; no guarantee of eligibility, allocation or availability. No map is copied and no precise facility location is assigned here.", "checked_on": "2026-10-15" } ] } ], "grid_note": "Engineering News (22 July 2026) reports 50 or more data centres totalling about 350 MW and quotes Eskom saying there is no pressure on the grid. Treasury commentary names electricity access as the limiting factor for growth, and reliability is reported to have improved markedly since 2024 when daily power cuts occurred. Data centres are not yet classified under the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/south-africa", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0060" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0061", "slug": "kenya", "name": "Kenya", "iso": "KE", "region": "Africa", "direction": "mixed", "research_access_links": [ { "id": "kenet-chui-official-access", "label": "KENET CHUI HPC: official access information", "url": "https://hpc.kenet.or.ke/public/index.html", "evidence_url": "https://www.kenet.or.ke/kenet-chui-hpc-cluster", "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "review_by": "2026-10-22", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed institutional links only; no source content reproduced. Confirm institutional eligibility, charges, funding and current availability with KENET. None is verified here; this is not a free or funded programme listing. No endorsement or open source-content licence is implied." } ], "headline": "Kenya has an AI strategy and localisation rules for strategic data, but its flagship 1 GW geothermal data centre is stalled over power.", "summary": "The 2025-2030 AI Strategy puts digital infrastructure and data ecosystems at its core. Data protection rules require some strategic processing to stay in Kenya, and a December 2024 Cloud Policy encourages local hosting of sensitive government and critical-infrastructure data. The Microsoft and G42 geothermal data centre at Olkaria was announced in May 2024 but reports in May 2026 describe it as suspended or stalled after the President said its roughly 1 GW demand was a disproportionate share of national supply. For someone seeking compute, Kenya is a smaller colocation and cloud-adjacent market for now.", "ai_state": "The Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy published the Kenya AI Strategy 2025-2030, built on digital infrastructure, data ecosystems and AI research, and coordinated with AU, East African Community and Smart Africa work. A reported technical committee aimed to finalise a national AI policy by June 2026. A draft AI Code of Practice (April 2024) and a Robotics and AI Society Bill (November 2023) are reported but no primary AI law exists.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Kenya AI Strategy 2025-2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://oecd.ai/en/dashboards/policy-initiatives/kenya-artificial-intelligence-strategy-2025-2030", "note": "OECD.AI record linking the strategy PDF. Names infrastructure, data and research as pillars with nine priority sectors." }, { "title": "Data Protection (General) Regulations, 2021", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2022-02-14", "primary_url": "https://digitalpolicyalert.org/event/28107-adopted-data-protection-general-regulations-including-data-localisation-requirement", "note": "Adopted 7 December 2021. Classified as containing a data localisation requirement; the exact scope was not visible on the page read, and a law-firm digest says it covers strategic data processing." }, { "title": "Cloud Policy", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-12-01", "primary_url": "https://digitalpolicyalert.org/digest/dpa-digital-digest-kenya", "note": "Law-firm style digest says the December 2024 policy encourages localisation of sensitive government and critical-infrastructure data. Day of month not confirmed." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Olkaria geothermal AI data centre", "operator": "Microsoft with G42", "place": "Olkaria, Rift Valley", "status": "suspended", "note": "Announced May 2024 at about 1 billion dollars, with a 100 MW first phase and 1 GW long term. President Ruto said it would take roughly a third of national capacity. One report says suspended on 8 May 2026, another says negotiations continue after Kenya rejected capacity payment guarantees. Treat as not proceeding for now.", "source_url": "https://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/kenya-suspends-plans-for-microsofts-geothermal-powered-data-centre/" } ], "grid_note": "Reports give national capacity of 3,000 to 3,200 MW against a peak demand of 2,444 MW, which is why a 1 GW load was judged too large. Critical-infrastructure regulations (February 2024) require 24-hour breach reporting. Kenya is also reported to have about 19 data centres.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/kenya", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0061" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0062", "slug": "nigeria", "name": "Nigeria", "iso": "NG", "region": "Africa", "direction": "mixed", "headline": "Looking for hosting in Nigeria? Compare named facilities, their locations and enquiry routes before committing to a deployment.", "summary": "For colocation, use the separately checked facility records below and ask operators about the exact site, racks, power, network and intended start date. A data centre listing is not a GPU-rental offer. Kasi still labels LOS Campus in Lekki and DNEK Campus in Eket as Coming Soon on the operator page checked 12 November 2026; that wording does not establish a completion date or prove that no service is available. Earlier trade reporting on market capacity, GPU shipments and launch targets is not current availability evidence. The legal and grid information below retains its earlier check date; verify the requirements for your workload before choosing a host.", "latest_observation": { "title": "Hosting guidance separates project claims from available compute", "summary": "Kasi's own page still labels its two campuses Coming Soon. Older launch and GPU-shipment reporting is not treated as proof of a ready deployment.", "source_url": "https://www.kasicloud.com/", "checked_on": "2026-11-12", "review_by": "2026-12-12", "scope": "Only Kasi's displayed campus labels and this facility guidance were checked. Current Nxtra operation and capacity were not independently verified; its earlier report remains linked. Other legal, policy and grid evidence keeps its 2 October 2026 date." }, "ai_state": "No standalone AI law has been enacted. The Nigerian AI Bill 2025 (HB 2567) and National AI Commission Bill 2025 (SB 731) remain under deliberation. NITDA's February 2025 clearance guidelines require its approval for AI-enabled federal IT projects worth NGN 10 million or more.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Strategy 2025-2029", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-09-01", "primary_url": "https://digitalpolicyalert.org/digest/nigeria-ai-governance-approach", "note": "Digest page. Published September 2025; day of month not confirmed." }, { "title": "Senate Bill 722 (data localisation)", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://digitalpolicyalert.org/digest/nigeria-ai-governance-approach", "note": "Introduced February 2025. Would require storage of Nigerian user data domestically and local offices for foreign data companies. Not enacted as of the digest." }, { "title": "Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2023-06-01", "primary_url": "https://digitalpolicyalert.org/digest/nigeria-ai-governance-approach", "note": "In force June 2023 per the digest. Includes a right to contest solely automated decisions." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Kasi Cloud LOS Campus", "operator": "Kasi Cloud", "place": "Lekki, Lagos", "status": "planned", "note": "Operator page checked 12 November 2026: LOS Campus in Lekki is labelled Coming Soon. The older April 2026 launch expectation is not a confirmed opening, delivered capacity or availability check. Ask Kasi to confirm the campus location, current stage, service timing and whether it can meet your requirements. DNEK Campus in Eket is a separate planned campus, not another Lekki building.", "source_url": "https://www.kasicloud.com/", "related_sources": [ { "url": "https://techpoint.africa/guide/ai-infrastructure-in-nigeria-gpu-gap/", "label": "Read the earlier trade guide", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "source_use": "Historical source for the older launch and capacity reporting, not present availability or a newly verified technical specification." } ] }, { "name": "Nxtra by Airtel Eko Atlantic", "operator": "Nxtra by Airtel", "place": "Lagos", "status": "unknown", "note": "Earlier trade reporting described an AI-oriented facility and GPU shipments. Current operating stage, the power metric, completed fit-out, installed GPUs and rentable compute have not been independently verified here. Do not plan a deployment from a shipment report alone; confirm the named site, service specification and ready date with the operator. This is a qualification of the retained report, not a finding that the facility is closed or unavailable.", "source_url": "https://techpoint.africa/guide/ai-infrastructure-in-nigeria-gpu-gap/" }, { "name": "LG3", "operator": "Equinix (formerly MainOne)", "place": "Lagos", "status": "unknown", "note": "A trade guide reported a Q1 2026 opening target for LG3, which has now passed. Ask Equinix directly whether LG3 is open and what space, power and delivery date it can quote for your deployment.", "source_url": "https://techpoint.africa/guide/ai-infrastructure-in-nigeria-gpu-gap/" } ], "grid_note": "The grid is reported to deliver 5,000 to 6,000 MW against 13,000 MW installed, so operators self-generate at roughly 0.28 to 0.33 dollars per kWh. Figures come from a single trade guide and should be treated as indicative.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/nigeria", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0062" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0063", "slug": "egypt", "name": "Egypt", "iso": "EG", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Egypt is licensing data centres on 15-year terms and plans a national GPU data centre, while personal data rules tighten from November 2026.", "summary": "The second National AI Strategy (2025-2030) was launched in January 2025 and includes a national data centre with GPU resources. The telecoms regulator offers 15-year licences to public data centre providers, with direct submarine cable access. The Personal Data Protection Law restricts cross-border transfers and requires licences, with enforcement due from 1 November 2026. For someone seeking compute, Egypt is a connectivity-rich hub, with Africa Data Centres, Gulf Data Hub and Khazna expanding.", "ai_state": "The National Council for AI, Quantum Computing and Emerging Technologies was restructured by Prime Ministerial Decree 207 of 2026. The 2025-2030 strategy has six pillars including AI infrastructure, a national Arabic language model and an AI law.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Strategy 2025-2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-01-01", "primary_url": "https://www.legal500.com/guides/chapter/egypt-artificial-intelligence/", "note": "Law-firm guide. Launched January 2025; day of month not confirmed." }, { "title": "Personal Data Protection Law (Law 151 of 2020)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-11-01", "primary_url": "https://www.legal500.com/guides/chapter/egypt-artificial-intelligence/", "note": "Executive Regulations are MCIT Decree 816 of 2025. Guide says enforcement follows a one-year grace period to 1 November 2026. Cross-border transfers need country-specific licences." }, { "title": "NTRA public data centre provider licensing", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/egypt-data-centers", "note": "US Commercial Service page. 15-year licences for public data centre providers, with a parallel registration for cloud providers." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Egypt public data centre market", "operator": "Africa Data Centres, Gulf Data Hub, Khazna Data Centers", "place": "Egypt", "status": "operating", "note": "Named as new entrants. Site-level capacity not found in the source read. Market sized at 278 million dollars in 2024 rising to 694 million by 2030, with 15 subsea cables as of mid-2025.", "source_url": "https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/egypt-data-centers" } ], "grid_note": "No Egypt-specific grid constraint was found in the sources read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/egypt", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0063" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0064", "slug": "morocco", "name": "Morocco", "iso": "MA", "region": "Africa", "research_access_links": [ { "id": "marwan-official-information", "label": "CNRST HPC-MARWAN: official information (French)", "url": "https://hpc-wiki.marwan.ma/fr/latest/", "evidence_url": "https://hpc-wiki.marwan.ma/fr/latest/source/faq.html", "checked_on": "2026-10-16", "review_by": "2026-10-23", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed institutional links only; no source content reproduced. Eligibility, charges, funding, hardware, deadlines and current availability are not verified here; this is not a free or funded programme listing. This information route is separate from the Toubkal reference below. No endorsement or open source-content licence is implied." } ], "direction": "opening", "headline": "Morocco is positioning as a sovereign African data centre hub, with Africa's best-documented university supercomputer and a 500 MW Dakhla project announced.", "summary": "Digital Morocco 2030 was launched on 25 September 2024, with 11 billion dirhams allocated for 2024 to 2026. Casablanca has over 25 data centres and Oracle announced 140 million dollars for cloud regions. A 500 MW hyperscale site at Dakhla was announced in 2025, but only one trade report was read and it is not yet built. Law 09-08 governs personal data and some sectors face localisation rules. Rising land and energy costs may slow growth.", "ai_state": "A National AI Roadmap, Morocco AI 2030, was reported as due to be unveiled in February 2026; its publication was not confirmed. The UM6P Toubkal system gives researchers access to high performance computing.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Digital Morocco 2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-09-25", "primary_url": "https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/morocco-digital-economy", "note": "US Commercial Service guide. Names cloud, AI, connectivity and talent as enablers." }, { "title": "Law 09-08 on personal data", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides/morocco-digital-economy", "note": "Supervised by the CNDP. The guide says some sectors face data localisation limits; which sectors was not specified." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Toubkal (African Supercomputing Center)", "operator": "Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), with OCP Group", "place": "Benguerir", "status": "operating", "note": "3.15 petaflops, over 69,000 CPU cores, 5 MW IT load, Tier IV design. Online 2020, launched February 2021. CPU-based, not a GPU AI system.", "source_url": "https://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/university-morocco-africa-supercomputer-toubkal" }, { "name": "Dakhla hyperscale data centre", "operator": "Consortium reported to include Naver, Nvidia and Lloyds Capital", "place": "Dakhla", "status": "planned", "note": "500 MW announced around June 2025. Single trade report; consortium and timeline unverified.", "source_url": "https://northafricapost.com/88750-hyperscale-data-center-at-heart-of-moroccos-digital-sovereignty.html" } ], "grid_note": "The US guide says growth in Casablanca may slow because of rising land and energy costs. No grid capacity figures were found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/morocco", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0064" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0065", "slug": "rwanda", "name": "Rwanda", "iso": "RW", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Rwanda defaults to keeping personal data in the country and has just approved a national AI agency with a national data centre.", "summary": "Law 058/2021 requires personal data to be stored in Rwanda unless the regulator issues a certificate, with standard contractual clauses issued in February 2024 for transfers. The National AI Policy dates from April 2023, and on 18 June 2026 Cabinet approved a National AI Agency to be supported by a national data centre and a governed data sandbox. For someone seeking compute, in-country hosting is the safe default, and capacity is small.", "ai_state": "The 2023 policy created a Responsible AI Office under MINICT. The Rwanda AI Scaling Hub is reported to have about 17.8 million dollars of Gates Foundation support.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Personal Data Protection Law (Law 058/2021)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2021-10-01", "primary_url": "https://digitalpolicyalert.org/digest/dpa-digital-digest-rwanda", "note": "Digest page. Local storage unless a certificate is obtained; transfers by authorisation, consent or listed exceptions. Day of month not confirmed." }, { "title": "National AI Policy", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2023-04-01", "primary_url": "https://digitalpolicyalert.org/digest/dpa-digital-digest-rwanda", "note": "Released April 2023." }, { "title": "National AI Agency approval", "kind": "programme", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://cioafrica.co/rwanda-approves-national-ai-agency/", "note": "Cabinet decision of 18 June 2026. Agency to be backed by a national data centre and data sandbox; no capacity figures given." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Africa Data Centres Kigali", "operator": "Africa Data Centres (Cassava Technologies)", "place": "Kigali", "status": "planned", "note": "2 MW facility announced November 2022 with groundbreaking planned for Q1 2023. Current status not confirmed by the sources read.", "source_url": "https://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/africa-data-centres-to-build-first-data-center-in-kigali-rwanda" } ], "grid_note": "No Rwanda-specific grid constraint was found in the sources read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/rwanda", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0065" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0066", "slug": "ghana", "name": "Ghana", "iso": "GH", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "research_access_links": [ { "id": "nita-government-infrastructure-information", "page_only": true, "label": "NITA Ghana: government infrastructure information", "url": "https://nita.gov.gh/services", "evidence_url": "https://nita.gov.gh/", "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "review_by": "2026-10-23", "source_publication_on": null, "source_updated_on": null, "source_observed_not_after": "2026-10-17T18:35:20Z", "independently_reviewed_at": "2026-10-17T18:36:44Z", "source_use": "NITA's undated services catalogue describes Ghana National Data Centre computing, storage, hosting and networking services for Ghana's digital government ecosystem. The same catalogue describes G-Cloud resources as dedicated to public-sector agencies. Read the institutional catalogue for current information. This is government institutional information, not a research allocation, free or funded programme. Publication and update dates are unknown; this description was observed by 17 October 2026 and independently reviewed on 17 October 2026. Current service delivery, eligibility, fees, available compute and physical facility identity are not verified. The institution's contact address is not a data-centre location, and these service descriptions are not an ACR2 identity or phase association. Minimal original basic-fact account and ordinary unframed links only. Copyright remains with NITA; no open licence, endorsement or recurring-monitoring grant is implied. No source narrative, media, contact details, service guarantees or dataset extraction is reproduced or adapted." } ], "headline": "Explore Ghana's recorded compute infrastructure and official information routes. Check each source's date and limits.", "summary": "The older strategy digest reports the National AI Strategy 2023-2033 and Cabinet approval with a presidential launch pending in February 2026; that status is not refreshed here. Before choosing where to host personal data, check the official Act and the separate draft bill linked below. A facility listing or a draft proposal is not permission to process or transfer data. Confirm the requirements for your workload with the Data Protection Commission and qualified advice.", "ai_state": "No AI-specific legislation existed as of early 2025. An Ethical AI Readiness Assessment began in September 2024. The strategy recommends a Responsible AI Office.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Strategy 2023-2033", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2023-10-01", "primary_url": "https://digitalpolicyalert.org/digest/dpa-digital-digest-ghana", "note": "Eight pillars including digital infrastructure and data governance. Day of month not confirmed." }, { "title": "Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843)", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://dpc.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/data-protection-act-2012-act-843.pdf", "note": "Official text checked 11 November 2026. Section 27 requires data-controller registration. Section 47 includes transfer-destination countries in registration particulars. Section 30 covers processor security duties and written processing contracts; subsection (4) requires the controller to ensure that a data processor not domiciled in Ghana complies with relevant Ghanaian laws. This is not a complete transfer or sector-specific localisation assessment. Confirm applicable requirements before deploying personal-data workloads." }, { "title": "Data Protection Bill, 2025 (DPC draft)", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://dpc.gov.gh/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/DATA_PROTECTION_BILL1_DRAFT-1.pdf", "note": "The Commission hosts this document as a draft bill. Its published draft contains cross-border transfer and localisation proposals in clauses 96 and 97. Checked 11 November 2026; this draft publication is not proof of enactment or commencement. Read the document and check current status with the Commission before relying on it." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Onix Accra", "operator": "Onix Data Centres", "place": "Amrahia-Katamanso, Accra", "status": "unknown", "note": "Operator contact page checked 11 November 2026: Amrahia-Katamanso towards Dodowa, Accra. Use it to enquire about colocation, deployment dates and current availability. This is a directional locality, not a verified street address or entrance. Current operating stage, ownership, certification and rack capacity are not verified. The previous row used a March 2021 trade report; its historical rack count and expansion plan are not current inventory. This check does not refresh Ghana's other country fields.", "source_url": "https://onixdatacentres.com/contact-us/", "related_sources": [ { "label": "Historical March 2021 trade report, not current inventory", "url": "https://datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/old-mutual-macquarie-backed-aiim-fund-acquires-ghanas-only-tier-iv-facility-promises-expansion/", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "source_use": "Retained historical source link only; no current ownership, certification, stage or capacity claim inferred." } ] } ], "grid_note": "No Ghana-specific grid constraint was found in the sources read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/ghana", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0066" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0067", "slug": "ethiopia", "latest_observation": { "title": "Raxio ET1 locality and enquiry checked", "summary": "For colocation, Raxio identifies ET1 in ICT Park, Addis Ababa, and provides facility enquiry routes. This is not a GPU rental or confirmation of available space.", "source_url": "https://www.raxiogroup.com/data-centres/ethiopia/", "checked_on": "2026-11-12", "review_by": "2026-12-12", "scope": "Only the Raxio identity, locality and enquiry guidance were checked. Other policy, legal, provider and grid information below retains its 2 October 2026 evidence date; no current tariff or country-wide operating-status review is implied." }, "name": "Ethiopia", "iso": "ET", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Looking for colocation in Addis Ababa? Raxio ET1 in ICT Park has an operator enquiry route; other providers are listed below.", "summary": "For colocation of your own equipment, contact operators directly and ask what each facility can support. Raxio identifies ET1 in ICT Park, Addis Ababa; its facility page offers Get in touch and Schedule a tour routes. Specify ET1, your equipment, rack space, power, network and intended start date, then confirm current services, available space and a quotation. A data centre enquiry is not a GPU rental or a reservation. The older sources below discuss licensing, mining, other providers and the electricity system; they do not establish a current tariff, a suitable hosting contract or available compute for your workload.", "ai_state": "No national AI strategy was evidenced in the sources read.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Data centre licensing moved to the Communications Authority", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://shega.co/news/data-center-oversight-mandate-shifts-to-ethiopias-communication-authority", "note": "Undated trade article. Also reports the Personal Data Protection bill ratified in April 2024, overseen by the ECA." }, { "title": "80 MW power purchase agreement with Phoenix Group", "kind": "grid", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://shega.co/news/data-center-oversight-mandate-shifts-to-ethiopias-communication-authority", "note": "Reported PPA for cryptocurrency operations. Date not given." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Raxio Ethiopia ET1", "operator": "Raxio Group", "place": "ICT Park, Addis Ababa", "status": "unknown", "note": "Identity, locality and enquiry checked against the operator's facility page on 12 November 2026. Current stage, capacity, certification, street address and available space are unverified. For colocation of your own equipment, use Get in touch or Schedule a tour and specify ET1; confirm services and deployment timing directly. This is not a GPU rental or confirmed compute offer.", "source_url": "https://www.raxiogroup.com/data-centres/ethiopia/", "related_sources": [ { "url": "https://www.connectingafrica.com/data-centers/raxio-raises-more-capital-as-africa-data-center-demand-surges", "label": "Read the previously cited group-level report", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "source_use": "Earlier secondary group-level reporting, not independent verification of ET1 certification, current stage or available space." } ] }, { "name": "Wingu Africa and Redfox", "operator": "Wingu Africa; Redfox", "place": "Addis Ababa", "status": "operating", "note": "Named as providers that have begun operations. Capacity not given.", "source_url": "https://shega.co/news/data-center-oversight-mandate-shifts-to-ethiopias-communication-authority" } ], "grid_note": "Installed generation is about 5,200 MW, around 90 percent hydropower, with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam adding 5,150 MW. About 40 percent of the 120 million population lacks electricity access.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/ethiopia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0067" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0068", "slug": "tanzania", "name": "Tanzania", "iso": "TZ", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Tanzania's first carrier-neutral Tier III data centre is due in 2026, and all data controllers had to register by 8 April 2026.", "summary": "Raxio's TZ1 near Dar es Salaam is planned at 6 MW and 800 racks. The Minister directed all data controllers and processors to register with the data protection authority by 8 April 2026, with compliance audits to follow. An EAC regional AI strategy was in stakeholder consultation in early 2026. No national AI strategy was evidenced.", "ai_state": "No national AI strategy was found in the sources read; Tanzania is taking part in the East African Community regional strategy consultations.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Data controller registration directive", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-04-08", "primary_url": "https://www.techhiveadvisory.africa/insights/bimonthly-update-on-privacy-in-africa-january-february-2026", "note": "Advisory firm digest of January to February 2026 describing a ministerial directive with an 8 April 2026 deadline." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Raxio TZ1", "operator": "Raxio Group", "place": "Dar es Salaam outskirts", "status": "planned", "note": "Tier III, carrier-neutral, 800 racks, 6 MW IT. Planned for 2026; opening not confirmed.", "source_url": "https://w.media/raxios-tz1-to-add-6-mw-and-800-racks-to-tanzanias-data-center-market/" } ], "grid_note": "No Tanzania-specific grid constraint was found in the sources read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/tanzania", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0068" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0069", "slug": "cote-d-ivoire", "name": "Côte d'Ivoire", "iso": "CI", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Côte d'Ivoire named data centres and sovereign cloud as priorities in its March 2025 AI strategy, and Raxio already operates there.", "summary": "The AI and data governance strategy was announced on 13 March 2025 with a five-year implementation plan, a national AI committee and an AI hub. It prioritises building data centres and sovereign cloud to host national data locally and creates a Safe IA label. Raxio reports operating Tier III capacity in the country.", "ai_state": "Strategy has three pillars: skills and infrastructure, regional and social inclusion, and legal and ethical governance. The data protection law was not covered by the source read.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI and data governance strategy", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-03-13", "primary_url": "https://www.osiris.sn/la-cote-d-ivoire-devoile-sa-strategie-de-l-ia-et-de-la-gouvernance-des-donnees.html", "note": "Trade article in French. Date is the announcement date." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Raxio Côte d'Ivoire", "operator": "Raxio Group", "place": "Côte d'Ivoire", "status": "operating", "note": "Listed among Raxio's six operating countries as of July 2026. Site and capacity not given.", "source_url": "https://www.connectingafrica.com/data-centers/raxio-raises-more-capital-as-africa-data-center-demand-surges" } ], "grid_note": "No Côte d'Ivoire grid constraint was found in the sources read.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/cote-d-ivoire", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0069" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0070", "slug": "mauritius", "name": "Mauritius", "iso": "MU", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Mauritius adopted a National AI Strategy by February 2026 and is amending its Data Protection Act to align with the EU.", "summary": "A National AI Unit was launched in December 2025 and the National AI Strategy and a National Data Strategy 2025-2029 followed. The 2026 budget reportedly allocated Rs 70 million for a Tier IV data centre, though actual allocation is uncertain. Data Protection Act 2017 amendments began in January 2026 and critical infrastructure regulations came into force in May 2026.", "ai_state": "National AI Unit (December 2025), National AI Strategy with FAIR guidelines, an AI start-up programme and a Rs 150,000 SME AI tax deduction whose practical availability is questioned.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Strategy", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202606010526.html", "note": "Adopted by February 2026 per the ministry progress report and an advisory digest." }, { "title": "Data Protection Act 2017 amendment", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.techhiveadvisory.africa/insights/bimonthly-update-on-privacy-in-africa-january-february-2026", "note": "Cabinet initiated amendments in January to February 2026, aimed at EU alignment." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No Mauritius grid constraint was found in the sources read. No named operating data centre was evidenced.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-02", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/mauritius", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0070" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0071", "slug": "tunisia", "name": "Tunisia", "iso": "TN", "region": "Africa", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Tunisia has a 2004 data protection law that requires regulator authorisation for transfers abroad, and a Chinese-donated academic supercomputer entered testing in July 2026.", "summary": "Tunisia's personal data law dates from 2004 and is described as outdated in local press. International transfers need authorisation from the data protection authority. A national AI strategy has been announced repeatedly but local reporting says it has not been officially published. Compute is mostly academic and operator-led: the El Khawarizmi Computing Centre at Manouba University began a test phase for a supercomputer on 23 July 2026, and Orange Tunisie opened a Tier III data centre in Sousse in May 2025. Grid context is a gas-dependent system with a renewables target.", "ai_state": "A National AI Strategy 2021 to 2025 is listed by a regulation tracker as superseded, and an interministerial memorandum was signed on 19 February 2022. Reported by La Presse on 30 August 2026: authorities announced a national AI strategy in late 2023 but it has not been officially published. We found no primary strategy text.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Organic Law No. 2004-63 on the protection of personal data", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2004-07-27", "primary_url": "https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?t=law&c=TN", "note": "Reported. Law-firm digest. The INPDP authorises international transfers and the destination must offer adequate protection. It does not mandate data localisation as such. A later decree-law (2023-17, March 2023) is reported to add cybersecurity audit duties and cloud provider classifications." }, { "title": "National AI Strategy 2021 to 2025", "kind": "policy", "status": "ended", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://regulations.ai/regulations/RAI-TN-NA-NASR2XX-2021", "note": "Reported. Tracker page marks it superseded as of 10 September 2026 and lists cloud and high-performance computing as a pillar. La Presse (30 August 2026) says a national strategy has not been officially published, so the status is unclear." }, { "title": "El Khawarizmi Computing Centre supercomputer", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2026-07-23", "primary_url": "https://www.lapresse.tn/2026/07/23/centre-de-calcul-el-khawarizmi-lancement-de-la-phase-dessai-du-3%E1%B5%89-supercalculateur-le-plus-puissant-dafrique/", "note": "Reported. Test phase began 23 July 2026 and is to last more than three months. Described as a Chinese donation worth 10.6 million dollars, free for academic researchers. The article gives no FLOPS figure; the claim of third most powerful in Africa is unverified." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Orange Tunisie Sousse data centre", "operator": "Orange Tunisie", "place": "Kalaa Kebira, Sousse", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. Tier III standard, 1,000 square metres, inaugurated 7 May 2025. No power capacity published in the source.", "source_url": "https://managers.tn/2025/05/07/orange-tunisie-inaugure-un-nouveau-data-center-a-sousse-pour-repondre-aux-enjeux-numeriques-de-demain" }, { "name": "Carthage Data Center and EO Data Center (Enfidha)", "operator": "Tunisie Telecom", "place": "Tunisia", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. Named in La Presse, 30 August 2026, as existing data centres. No capacity given.", "source_url": "https://www.lapresse.tn/2026/08/30/lintelligence-artificielle-en-tunisie-du-potentiel-a-la-maitrise-le-defi-du-passage-a-lechelle/" } ], "grid_note": "Reported (2022 to 2023 data, may be stale). About 97 per cent of electricity came from fossil fuels, mainly natural gas, with a 2030 renewables target of 35 per cent and a 1,700 MW renewables tender launched in January 2023. No data centre specific grid rules found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/tunisia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0071" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0072", "slug": "senegal", "name": "Senegal", "iso": "SN", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Senegal has a state data centre at Diamniadio built to host government data at home, and a draft update to its 2008 data protection law was unveiled in January 2026.", "summary": "Senegal's government data centre at the Diamniadio park was inaugurated in June 2021 to keep state data in the country. The national AI strategy was presented on 14 September 2023 and covers governance, ethics and data sovereignty, but the coverage read gives no compute elements. The 2008 data protection law does not require localisation, and a draft modernisation was reported in January 2026. Power context: Senelec added battery storage in 2025. No national supercomputing programme was found.", "ai_state": "A national AI strategy was presented by the communications and digital ministry on 14 September 2023, with a final version due for presidential validation. The New Deal Technologique Horizon 2034 sets digital sovereignty as a pillar. We could not confirm formal adoption of the AI strategy.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law No. 2008-12 on personal data protection", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2008-01-25", "primary_url": "https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?c=SN&t=law", "note": "Reported. Law-firm digest. The Commission de Donnees Personnelles oversees it. Transfers need prior notification and sufficient protection abroad. No mandatory data localisation." }, { "title": "Draft modernisation of the data protection framework", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.dlapiperafrica.com/fr/senegal/insights/2026/Senegal_New_Deal_Technologique", "note": "Reported. Law-firm digest says a draft was unveiled in January 2026 and further legislation on critical information infrastructure is planned. Contents not read." }, { "title": "National AI strategy", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.osiris.sn/le-gouvernement-devoile-sa-strategie-nationale-sur-l-intelligence-artificielle.html", "note": "Reported. Local news report of the 14 September 2023 presentation. Names data sovereignty as a priority. States no compute or data centre measures." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Diamniadio government data centre", "operator": "ADIE (state information agency), Huawei as technology partner", "place": "Diamniadio Digital Technology Park", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. Inaugurated 22 June 2021. An earlier report gives 500 square metres and a cost of 46 billion CFA francs, financed by a Chinese loan. No power figure published in the sources read. Intended to host all government data and applications.", "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/senegal-to-migrate-all-government-data-and-applications-to-new-government-data-center" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. Senelec commissioned 10 MW and 20 MWh of battery storage alongside an existing 16 MW solar plant (announced 7 August 2025) to reduce blackouts. No data centre specific grid terms found. No national supercomputing programme found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/senegal", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0072" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0073", "slug": "angola", "latest_observation": { "title": "Raxio AO1 identity and enquiry checked", "summary": "The operator identifies AO1 on the outskirts of Luanda and provides a facility enquiry route. An enquiry does not establish current operation or available compute.", "source_url": "https://www.raxiogroup.com/data-centres/angola/", "checked_on": "2026-11-12", "review_by": "2026-12-12", "scope": "Only the Raxio facility identity, locality and enquiry were checked. The other policy, legal and grid evidence below retains its 3 October 2026 check date." }, "name": "Angola", "iso": "AO", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Angola announced a national data centre and government cloud in April 2026; Raxio identifies AO1 on the outskirts of Luanda.", "summary": "Angola's ministry announced a national data centre and government cloud platform on 28 April 2026 to keep public data within national borders. Raxio provides a colocation enquiry route for AO1 near Luanda; current stage and available capacity are not verified here. The data protection law dates from 2011 and requires authorisation from the APD for transfers to countries without adequate protection. We found no national AI strategy text and no compute programme. Installed power is reported at 6,400 MW with expansion planned.", "ai_state": "No national AI strategy found in the sources read. A DLA Piper Africa page covering Angolan tech law does not address AI regulation.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Law No. 22/11 Personal Data Protection Law", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2011-06-17", "primary_url": "https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?c=AO&t=law", "note": "Reported. Law-firm digest, last updated 2021. The Agencia de Protecao de Dados regulates. Transfers to inadequate countries need prior APD authorisation. The page does not state any data localisation rule." }, { "title": "National data centre and government cloud platform", "kind": "programme", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.ecofinagency.com/news-digital/2904-55113-angola-launches-national-data-center-to-support-digital-strategy", "note": "Reported. Announced 28 April 2026. The article gives no location, operator or capacity, and does not say whether it is operating." }, { "title": "National Development Plan 2023 to 2027, electricity targets", "kind": "grid", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.iea.org/policies/30352-national-development-plan-2023-2027-pdn-2023-2027", "note": "Primary. IEA policy database entry. Targets raising installed capacity from 6 GW in 2022 to 10 GW by 2027 and renewables share from 64 to 73 per cent." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Raxio Angola AO1", "operator": "Raxio Group", "place": "Outskirts of Luanda", "status": "unknown", "note": "Identity, locality and enquiry checked against the operator's facility page on 12 November 2026. Current stage, capacity, certification, street address and available space are not verified. The older 2023 groundbreaking account and its expected 2024 opening are historical plans, not current-stage evidence.", "source_url": "https://www.raxiogroup.com/data-centres/angola/", "related_sources": [ { "url": "https://communicationsafrica.com/internet/raxio-group-breaks-ground-in-angola", "label": "Read the historical groundbreaking account", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "source_use": "Previously cited historical plan, not a current-stage, opening or availability check." } ] } ], "grid_note": "Reported. Installed capacity 6,400 MW against a 9,000 MW target for 2027, with the 2,172 MW Caculo Cabaca hydro project due for completion in 2027 (Ecofin). The IEA entry quotes a different 10 GW plan target; the two are not reconciled. No national supercomputing programme found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/angola", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0073" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0074", "slug": "zambia", "name": "Zambia", "iso": "ZM", "region": "Africa", "direction": "mixed", "research_access_links": [ { "id": "zamren-official-information", "label": "ZAMREN services information", "url": "https://zamren.zm/services1/", "evidence_url": "https://zamren.zm/membership/", "checked_on": "2026-10-15", "review_by": "2026-10-22", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed institutional links only; no source content reproduced. These links do not establish a free or funded programme. Eligibility, charges, funding, hardware, deadlines and current availability are not verified here. No endorsement or open source-content licence is implied." } ], "headline": "Zambia has an adopted AI strategy and a 2021 law that requires personal data to be stored on servers inside the country, but its hydropower grid was constrained by drought in 2024.", "summary": "Zambia's National AI Strategy covers 2025 to 2027 and was launched in Lusaka on 22 November 2024. The Data Protection Act 2021 requires personal data to be processed and stored on a server or data centre in Zambia unless the Minister prescribes exceptions, with stricter treatment of sensitive data. Cabinet approved in April 2025 a bill to repeal that Act and widen coverage to non-personal data and AI. A national AI data centre MoU with Huawei was announced on 28 May 2026. Power is about 85 per cent hydro and 2024 drought cut Kariba output sharply.", "ai_state": "National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025 to 2027, led by the Ministry of Technology and Science, with a National AI Council. The strategy lists digital infrastructure and data ecosystem expansion as a pillar; coverage read names no specific compute project.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Data Protection Act No. 3 of 2021", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://zambialii.org/akn/zm/act/2021/3/eng@2021-03-24", "note": "Primary. Legislation text read on ZambiaLII. Section 70 requires processing and storage on a server or data centre in Zambia, with ministerial exceptions. Section 71 sets conditions for transfers abroad. Commencement is by ministerial statutory instrument and the page gives no date. Cabinet approved a repeal bill in April 2025 (Reported, Zambia Monitor); we found no confirmation it was enacted." }, { "title": "National AI Strategy 2025 to 2027", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-11-22", "primary_url": "https://oecd.ai/en/dashboards/policy-initiatives/national-artificial-intelligence-strategy-of-zambia-2025-2027", "note": "Reported. OECD.AI policy navigator entry, status active. Launch date from Zambia Monitor. Developed with support from Finland and the Tony Blair Institute." }, { "title": "Cabinet approval of bill to repeal the Data Protection Act", "kind": "law", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://zambiamonitor.com/cabinet-approves-repeal-of-data-protection-act-to-broaden-legal-framework-for-ai-analytics/", "note": "Reported. Approved 24 April 2025 to cover non-personal, industrial and public data and technologies such as AI. Outcome not confirmed." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "National AI Data Centre (MoU)", "operator": "SMART Zambia with Huawei", "place": "Zambia", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. MoU announced 28 May 2026 at the Zambia Mobile Congress. No site, capacity or date given. Includes a training target of 5,000 ICT professionals by 2028.", "source_url": "https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/data-centres-networks/20315-smart-zambia-and-huawei-support-ai-data-centre-development.html" }, { "name": "Liquid Intelligent Technologies data centre (MoU)", "operator": "Liquid Intelligent Technologies", "place": "Zambia", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. MoU with the government for a new data centre; article gives no date, site or capacity.", "source_url": "https://techcabal.com/?p=109617" }, { "name": "Zambia national data centre", "operator": "Huawei Technologies Zambia for the government", "place": "Lusaka, with backup sites in Roma and Kitwe", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported, from a February 2017 article that said it was ready to launch. Tier III design, 75 million dollar facility under the Smart Zambia programme. Current status not confirmed.", "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/content-tracks/colo-cloud/huaweis-75m-zambian-data-center-readies-for-launch/97755.fullarticle" } ], "grid_note": "Reported (May 2024). About 85 per cent of 3,777 MW installed capacity was hydro; drought cut Kariba output from 1,080 MW to 166 MW and load shedding rose to 12 hours a day. Current 2026 grid position not sourced. No national supercomputing programme found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/zambia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0074" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0075", "slug": "uganda", "name": "Uganda", "iso": "UG", "region": "Africa", "direction": "opening", "research_access_links": [ { "id": "ace-uganda-hpc-information", "page_only": true, "label": "ACE Uganda HPC: official account information", "url": "https://ace-bioinformatics.github.io/ace-ug-hpc-wiki/docs/getting-started/accounts/", "evidence_url": "https://www.ace.ac.ug/", "checked_on": "2026-10-17", "review_by": "2026-10-23", "source_use": "Ordinary unframed institutional links only; no source content reproduced. Read the institution's current information before acting. Eligibility, charges, funding, admission, allocation, a live application window and current availability are not verified here. This is not a free or funded programme listing. No endorsement, open source-content licence or recurring monitoring permission is implied." } ], "headline": "Uganda has no localisation rule, is drafting an emerging technologies strategy covering AI and cloud, and is studying a third national data centre.", "summary": "Uganda's Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019 permits transfers where the destination is adequate or the person consents and is reported not to require localisation. The ICT ministry announced in March 2026 that a national emerging technologies strategy covering AI and cloud is being developed. NITA-U launched a data centre market study in March 2025 that supports a third national data centre. Reported plans exist to use surplus hydropower, including a proposed 30 MW AI facility. No national supercomputing programme was found.", "ai_state": "No adopted national AI strategy found. Reported: the ICT ministry contracted a University of Nairobi academic to draft a national emerging technologies strategy on AI and cloud (March 2026), aligned with National Development Plan IV.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2019-05-03", "primary_url": "https://dlapiperdataprotection.com/?c=UG&t=law", "note": "Reported. Law-firm digest. Personal Data Protection Office under NITA-U. Regulations took effect 12 March 2021. No data localisation mandate reported." }, { "title": "National emerging technologies strategy (AI and cloud)", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://ntvkenya.co.ke/?p=84568", "note": "Reported. Announced March 2026, under development. Covers data centres and cloud as infrastructure themes." }, { "title": "NITA-U Data Center Market Study and third national data centre", "kind": "planning", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.nita.go.ug/news-updates/nita-u-launches-data-center-market-study-report-guide-expansion-national-ict", "note": "Primary. NITA-U page, study launched March 2025 under the Uganda Digital Acceleration Project. Says it supports establishing a third National Data Centre. No location or capacity given." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Raxio data centre", "operator": "Raxio", "place": "Namanve, near Kampala", "status": "operating", "note": "Reported. One of about four data centres listed in a February 2026 AllAfrica piece (with MTN, a government centre and the NITA-U National Data Centre). No capacity given.", "source_url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202602240674.html" }, { "name": "Aeonian Project", "operator": "Synectic Technologies", "place": "Uganda, drawing on Karuma hydropower", "status": "planned", "note": "Reported. Described as an off-grid green energy hyperscale facility with a plan for 30 MW AI capacity. Stage and site not confirmed.", "source_url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202602240674.html" } ], "grid_note": "Reported. The 600 MW Karuma hydro plant is cited in the same article as a power source for planned facilities. Surplus generation claims in a paywalled trade piece were not readable and are not used. No grid connection or tariff terms for data centres found.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/uganda", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0075" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0076", "slug": "slovenia", "name": "Slovenia", "iso": "SI", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Slovenia hosts the EuroHPC Vega supercomputer and a selected AI Factory that will replace Vega with an AI-optimised system near Maribor by 2027.", "summary": "Slovenia's public compute is built around Vega, a EuroHPC system hosted by IZUM in Maribor and open through EuroHPC access calls. The Slovenian AI Factory (SLAIF) will add a new AI-optimised EuroHPC supercomputer at an Arnes data centre near the Mariborski otok hydroelectric plant, which the government says will replace Vega by 2027. A National Programme for AI 2030 was put to public consultation in November 2025. For someone seeking compute, Vega is usable now through EuroHPC, and SLAIF offers onboarding hubs in Ljubljana, Maribor and Novo Mesto.", "ai_state": "The Ministry of Digital Transformation published a draft National Programme for Artificial Intelligence 2030 (NpUI 2030) on 17 November 2025, with comments due by 18 December 2025. The consultation notice stresses technological sovereignty and the Slovenian language and does not set out compute measures.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Slovenian AI Factory (SLAIF)", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories/slovenia_en", "note": "Primary. EuroHPC page: IZUM will develop and manage a new AI-optimised supercomputer with the Jozef Stefan Institute and ARNES, at a data centre near the Mariborski otok hydroelectric plant. Services include training, SME engagement and regional onboarding hubs. No service start date given." }, { "title": "National Programme for Artificial Intelligence 2030 (NpUI 2030), draft", "kind": "policy", "status": "consultation", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.gov.si/novice/2025-11-17-javna-obravnava-predloga-nacionalnega-programa-za-umetno-inteligenco-2030-npui-2030/", "note": "Primary. Government notice of 17 November 2025 opening public consultation to 18 December 2025. We did not confirm final adoption." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Vega", "operator": "IZUM", "place": "Maribor", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. EuroHPC lists 6.92 petaflops sustained and 10.05 petaflops peak, with CPU and GPU partitions (NVIDIA A100), accessible through EuroHPC access calls.", "source_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/supercomputers/our-supercomputers_en" }, { "name": "SLAIF AI-optimised supercomputer", "operator": "IZUM, with Arnes", "place": "Near Maribor (Mariborski otok hydroelectric plant)", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary. Government page says the new system will replace Vega by 2027 at an Arnes data centre near Maribor, supported by renewable energy. No performance figure published.", "source_url": "https://www.gov.si/teme/nacionalni-ekosistem-za-umetno-inteligenco/" } ], "grid_note": "We did not fetch grid operator pages for Slovenia. The only power context read is that the SLAIF system will sit next to a hydroelectric plant and is described as supported by renewable sources.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/slovenia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0076" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0077", "slug": "hungary", "name": "Hungary", "iso": "HU", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Hungary offers research compute through the Komondor supercomputer and HUN-REN Cloud, and joins the EuroHPC network through an AI Factory Antenna linked to JUPITER.", "summary": "Hungary published a national AI strategy for 2020 to 2030 that set a goal of 5 petaflops of HPC capacity by 2022. Komondor, at the University of Debrecen and operated by KIFU, has over 200 GPU cards and an AI partition. HUN-REN Cloud, a research cloud run by HUN-REN SZTAKI and HUN-REN Wigner, offers 72 GPU cards. In October 2025 EuroHPC selected HunAIFA, an AI Factory Antenna linked to the JUPITER AI Factory in Germany. For someone seeking compute, access is mainly for researchers and their partners.", "ai_state": "The National AI Strategy 2020 to 2030 was published in September 2020. Infrastructure measures reported by the European Commission's AI Watch include HPC growth, hybrid research cloud, data centres with large computing capacity and a National AI Laboratory coordinated by SZTAKI.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2020 to 2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://ai-watch.ec.europa.eu/countries/hungary/hungary-ai-strategy-report_en", "note": "Reported. European Commission AI Watch country report, not the Hungarian text. Says the strategy was published in September 2020 and aimed to raise HPC capacity to 5 petaflops by 2022." }, { "title": "HunAIFA AI Factory Antenna", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-10-13", "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-ju-selects-ai-factory-antennas-broaden-ai-factories-initiative-2025-10-13_en", "note": "Primary. EuroHPC selection release of 13 October 2025. Linked to the JUPITER AI Factory in Germany and to the local HUN-REN Cloud, for healthcare, energy, agriculture and manufacturing. The date is the selection date, not a service start." }, { "title": "Komondor and HUN-REN Cloud research access", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://hun-ren.hu/en/available-ai-technologies", "note": "Primary. HUN-REN page: HUN-REN Cloud has 72 GPU cards and has supported over 300 research projects; Komondor has over 200 GPU cards and an AI partition and has been operated by KIFU since 2023. Help with EuroHPC access is offered." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Komondor", "operator": "KIFU", "place": "University of Debrecen, Debrecen", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. University page gives 5 petaflops and free use for higher education and research institutes and their partners; HUN-REN says KIFU has operated it since 2023.", "source_url": "https://alumni.edu.unideb.hu/news/1024996" } ], "grid_note": "We did not fetch Hungarian grid operator or regulator pages, so no grid facts are recorded here.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/hungary", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0077" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0078", "slug": "slovakia", "name": "Slovakia", "iso": "SK", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Slovakia runs the Perun supercomputer at the Slovak Academy of Sciences and was selected for an AI Factory Antenna linked to Austria's AI Factory.", "summary": "Perun, operated by the Computing Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences on its Bratislava campus, is stated to deliver up to 14.5 petaflops. In October 2025 EuroHPC selected SKAIAT, a Slovak AI Factory Antenna linked to the Austrian AI Factory AI:AT. For someone seeking compute, Perun is the main national system; the antenna adds a route to Austrian AI Factory services once they start.", "ai_state": "We did not fetch a Slovak national AI strategy text. Public AI compute activity read for this page is Perun and the SKAIAT antenna.", "instruments": [ { "title": "SKAIAT AI Factory Antenna", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-10-13", "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-ju-selects-ai-factory-antennas-broaden-ai-factories-initiative-2025-10-13_en", "note": "Primary. EuroHPC selection release of 13 October 2025. Linked to AI:AT in Austria and aimed at cross-border innovation in Central Europe. The date is the selection date." }, { "title": "Perun national supercomputer", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://hpc.sav.sk/en/slovak-academy-of-sciences-officially-launches-the-perun-supercomputer-new-computational-power-for-science-research-and-innovation/", "note": "Primary. Slovak Academy of Sciences launch notice; up to 14.5 PFLOP/s, for research and industrial use. The notice does not state access rules or the launch date." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Perun", "operator": "Computing Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences", "place": "Slovak Academy of Sciences campus, Bratislava", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. Up to 14.5 PFLOP/s. No power figure published in the source.", "source_url": "https://hpc.sav.sk/en/slovak-academy-of-sciences-officially-launches-the-perun-supercomputer-new-computational-power-for-science-research-and-innovation/" } ], "grid_note": "We did not fetch Slovak grid operator or regulator pages, so no grid facts are recorded here.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/slovakia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0078" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0079", "slug": "latvia", "name": "Latvia", "iso": "LV", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Latvia set up a national AI Centre by law in 2025, with power to run regulatory sandboxes, and joins LUMI through an AI Factory Antenna led by Riga Technical University.", "summary": "The Saeima adopted the Artificial Intelligence Centre Law on 6 March 2025, creating a foundation to build the AI ecosystem, with authority to set up regulatory sandboxes. In October 2025 EuroHPC selected AIFA-LAT, an AI Factory Antenna led by Riga Technical University and linked to the LUMI AI Factory in Finland, to run from 2026 to 2028. The ministry says it will give Latvia access to European supercomputing capacity. We found no national data centre records to add.", "ai_state": "Latvia's stated AI niches are language technologies, health data analytics and cybersecurity. The AI Centre's founders include ministries, the ICT association and the universities association, with oversight by the State Digital Development Agency.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Artificial Intelligence Centre Law", "kind": "law", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://m.saeima.lv/en/news/saeima-news/34443-saeima-approves-the-creation-of-an-artificial-intelligence-technology-ecosystem-in-latvia", "note": "Primary. Saeima release: adopted 6 March 2025, in force on promulgation, centre to be set up by 31 March 2025. Allows sandboxes where some legal requirements may be waived under conditions. No compute provisions described." }, { "title": "AIFA-LAT AI Factory Antenna", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.izm.gov.lv/en/article/latvia-joins-european-artificial-intelligence-factories-network-strengthening-science-innovation-and-digital-literacy", "note": "Primary. Ministry of Education and Science, 14 October 2025: led by Riga Technical University, implementation 2026 to 2028, linked to the LUMI AI Factory, with national co-funding. Selection also confirmed in the EuroHPC release of 13 October 2025." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre records added: none of the pages read named a Latvian facility. We did not fetch grid operator pages, so no grid facts are recorded.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/latvia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0079" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0080", "slug": "croatia", "name": "Croatia", "iso": "HR", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Croatia's university computing centre runs the Supek supercomputer and Vrancic cloud for research, while a national AI development plan to 2032 is being drafted.", "summary": "SRCE, the University of Zagreb University Computing Centre, operates Supek, an HPE Cray system of 1.25 petaflops with 81 GPUs, and Vrancic, an OpenStack cloud with 16 GPUs. Both serve science and higher education institutions, and users apply through the SRCE portal. The Ministry of Justice, Public Administration and Digital Transformation started work on a National AI Development Plan to 2032 with an expert group in May 2025. For someone seeking compute, access is for the research and higher education community.", "ai_state": "The National AI Development Plan to 2032, with an action plan for 2026 to 2028, was in drafting as of May 2025. The ministry notice does not mention compute or data centres.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National AI Development Plan to 2032, in preparation", "kind": "policy", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://mpudt.gov.hr/news-25399/workshop-startai-a-step-towards-a-strategic-framework-held-in-zagreb/30131", "note": "Primary. Ministry notice of 27 May 2025 on the expert working group kick-off. We did not confirm adoption." }, { "title": "SRCE advanced computing: Supek and Vrancic", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.srce.unizg.hr/en/advanced-computing", "note": "Primary. Supek: 1.25 petaflops, 81 GPUs (NVIDIA A100), 7 day job limit. Vrancic: OpenStack cloud with 16 GPUs, 30 day job limit. Serves 89 science and higher education institutions; applications through the SRCE computing portal." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Supek", "operator": "SRCE, University of Zagreb University Computing Centre", "place": "University Campus Borongaj data centre, Zagreb", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. Described as Croatia's first petascale supercomputer, with direct liquid cooling. No power figure published in the source.", "source_url": "https://www.srce.unizg.hr/en/advanced-computing" } ], "grid_note": "We did not fetch Croatian grid operator or regulator pages, so no grid facts are recorded here.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/croatia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0080" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0081", "slug": "serbia", "name": "Serbia", "iso": "RS", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Serbia offers free GPU compute to universities and start-ups on a national AI platform at the State Data Centre in Kragujevac, with a second data centre block of up to 16 MW planned.", "summary": "The National Platform for Artificial Intelligence sits in the government data centre in Kragujevac. The Office for IT and eGovernment lists four NVIDIA DGX A100 systems, an expansion with six DGX H200 systems scheduled for 2025 and a third system for 2026. It is free for universities, scientific institutes and domestic start-ups in science and technology parks. The government said in April 2024 that projects for a second block of up to 16 MW were ready. Serbia adopted an AI strategy for 2025 to 2030 in January 2025 and was selected for an AI Factory Antenna in October 2025.", "ai_state": "Reported by Tanjug: the government adopted the Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence 2025 to 2030 on 10 January 2025 as an umbrella document for later AI legislation. We did not read the strategy text.", "instruments": [ { "title": "National Platform for Artificial Intelligence", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.ite.gov.rs/tekst/en/35/government-data-centredr-location-in-kragujevac.php", "note": "Primary. Office for IT and eGovernment page: 4 DGX A100 systems with 32 GPUs; expansion with 6 DGX H200 systems (48 GPUs) scheduled for 2025 and a third system for 2026. Free for universities, institutes and start-ups in science and technology parks. We did not confirm whether the expansion is installed." }, { "title": "Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence 2025 to 2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-01-10", "primary_url": "https://www.tanjug.rs/english/economy/133288/serbian-govt-adopts-2025-2030-ai-development-strategy/amp", "note": "Reported. News agency report of adoption on 10 January 2025; no compute measures described in the report." }, { "title": "SAIFA AI Factory Antenna", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-10-13", "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-ju-selects-ai-factory-antennas-broaden-ai-factories-initiative-2025-10-13_en", "note": "Primary. EuroHPC selection release; linked to the Pharos AI Factory (Greece) and IT4LIA (Italy). The date is the selection date." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "State Data Centre Kragujevac", "operator": "Office for IT and eGovernment", "place": "Kragujevac", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. Houses the National Platform for Artificial Intelligence. No power figure for the existing block given on the page read.", "source_url": "https://www.ite.gov.rs/tekst/en/35/government-data-centredr-location-in-kragujevac.php" }, { "name": "State Data Centre Kragujevac, block two", "operator": "Government of Serbia", "place": "Kragujevac", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary. Government news of 10 April 2024: projects ready for a second block of up to 16 MW. We did not confirm construction status.", "source_url": "https://www.srbija.gov.rs/vest/en/221329/projects-for-expansion-of-kragujevac-data-centre-ready.php" } ], "grid_note": "We did not fetch Serbian grid operator pages. The 16 MW figure is a planned block size stated by the government, not a grid connection.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/serbia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0081" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0082", "slug": "cyprus", "name": "Cyprus", "iso": "CY", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Cyprus reaches EuroHPC compute through the Pharos-CY antenna linked to Greece's AI Factory, and a draft national AI strategy was out for consultation in 2026.", "summary": "EuroHPC selected Pharos-CY in October 2025 as an AI Factory Antenna linked to the Greek Pharos AI Factory. The Cyprus Institute coordinates it with universities and centres of excellence, offering AI expertise, datasets and HPC resources via the Greek DAEDALUS system. Reported in August 2026: a draft national AI strategy with a 2032 horizon was on public consultation and proposed a sovereign AI infrastructure roadmap by 2028. We found no Cypriot data centre records to add.", "ai_state": "Reported by Cyprus Mail on 7 August 2026: the draft strategy lists sovereign capacity for sensitive workloads, national shared infrastructure, G-Cloud integration, Pharos-CY and EuroHPC access, but has no costed implementation plan.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Pharos-CY AI Factory Antenna", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-10-13", "primary_url": "https://www.kios.ucy.ac.cy/?p=11845", "note": "Primary. University of Cyprus KIOS page: coordinated by the Cyprus Institute, linked to Pharos (Greece) and the DAEDALUS HPC system, focused on health, sustainability, culture and language. Date is the EuroHPC selection date from the 13 October 2025 release." }, { "title": "Cyprus National AI Strategy, draft", "kind": "policy", "status": "consultation", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/08/07/pros-and-cons-of-cyprus-national-ai-strategy", "note": "Reported. Press analysis of 7 August 2026 says the draft is on public consultation with a 2032 horizon; we did not read the government text." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre records added: the compute route read is the Greek DAEDALUS system, not a facility in Cyprus. We did not fetch grid operator pages.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/cyprus", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0082" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0083", "slug": "moldova", "name": "Moldova", "iso": "MD", "region": "Europe", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Moldova was selected for the FAIMA AI Factory Antenna, linking it to Poland's PIAST AI Factory, under a digital transformation strategy to 2030.", "summary": "EuroHPC selected FAIMA in October 2025 as Moldova's AI Factory Antenna, linked to the PIAST AI Factory in Poland. EuroHPC describes it as a gateway for start-ups, SMEs, researchers and public institutions to design, test and scale AI solutions. The government approved a Digital Transformation Strategy for 2023 to 2030 on 6 September 2023. We found no national compute facility or data centre record to add.", "ai_state": "FAIMA is the main AI compute measure read for this page, focused on agriculture, healthcare and the public sector.", "instruments": [ { "title": "FAIMA AI Factory Antenna", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-10-13", "primary_url": "https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/eurohpc-ju-selects-ai-factory-antennas-broaden-ai-factories-initiative-2025-10-13_en", "note": "Primary. EuroHPC selection release: a gateway between Moldova and Europe, linked to PIAST (Poland), for start-ups, SMEs, researchers and public institutions." }, { "title": "Digital Transformation Strategy 2023 to 2030", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2023-09-06", "primary_url": "https://www.undp.org/ro/moldova/press-releases/un-stat-100-digital-strategia-de-transformare-digitala-republicii-moldova-pentru-anii-2023-2030-aprobata-de-executiv", "note": "Reported. UNDP release says the Cabinet approved the strategy on 6 September 2023, aiming to digitalise all public services. We did not read the government decision text and it describes no compute measures." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre records added: none of the pages read named a facility in Moldova. We did not fetch grid operator pages.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/moldova", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0083" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0084", "slug": "armenia", "name": "Armenia", "iso": "AM", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Armenia backed a private AI factory in Hrazdan with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, reported to have opened in August 2026 after a US export authorisation for the chips.", "summary": "The Ministry of High-Tech Industry describes the Firebird AI centre near Hrazdan as a public-private project, with a strategic agreement signed in Washington on 8 August 2025. The ministry's June 2026 figures for phase one were over 6,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and 18 MW. Reported: the Cabinet discussed the project in June 2025, and Armenpress said Armenia was ready to provide up to 100 MW of power for it. Reported in November 2025: Firebird had received a US export authorisation for the chips. Reported: the facility opened on 8 August 2026.", "ai_state": "Government activity read for this page centres on the Firebird project and its US export authorisation. We did not fetch a national AI strategy text.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Strategic agreement on the Hrazdan AI centre", "kind": "programme", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2025-08-08", "primary_url": "https://hightech.gov.am/en/articles/news/firebird-06-1", "note": "Primary. Ministry of High-Tech Industry news of June 2026: agreement signed in Washington on 8 August 2025; described as a public-private partnership. We did not read the agreement text." }, { "title": "Cabinet discussion of power supply for the AI project", "kind": "grid", "status": "stated", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://armenpress.am/en/article/1222052/amp", "note": "Reported. Armenpress, June 2025: at a Cabinet meeting the Prime Minister said Armenia has the capacity to provide the power supply; the report says Armenia is ready to provide up to 100 MW. The government's form of involvement was not yet decided." }, { "title": "US export authorisation for NVIDIA chips to Armenia", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://arkatelecom.am/en/news/telecom/firebird-has-received-a-us-government-license-to-import-nvidia-chips-to-armenia", "note": "Reported. Trade press of 20 November 2025. This is a US export control measure; we did not read a BIS document, so the conditions are unconfirmed." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Firebird AI factory, Hrazdan", "operator": "Firebird AI", "place": "Near Hrazdan", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary and Reported. Ministry (June 2026): phase one over 6,000 Blackwell GPUs and 18 MW, launch planned July 2026. Reported (arkatelecom, 8 August 2026): opened, with over 100 MW of infrastructure capacity at launch and a plan for 300 MW by end 2027. The figures use different bases and are not combined.", "source_url": "https://arkatelecom.am/en/news/telecom/firebird-ai-s-ai-factory-opens-in-hrazdan" } ], "grid_note": "Reported: Armenpress said in June 2025 that Armenia was ready to provide up to 100 MW of power for the project, a supply figure separate from the 18 MW phase one and the over 100 MW infrastructure figures. We did not fetch grid operator or regulator pages.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/armenia", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0084" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0085", "slug": "azerbaijan", "name": "Azerbaijan", "iso": "AZ", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Azerbaijan approved an AI strategy for 2025 to 2028 that calls for high-performance computing, and moves state systems onto a Government Cloud run from Baku and Yevlakh.", "summary": "The state digital agency reported on 19 March 2025 that the President had approved the Artificial Intelligence Strategy for 2025 to 2028, and says it provides for high-performance computing resources, open data platforms and a National Data Strategy. Since a 2019 presidential decree, state bodies have moved IT systems to a Government Cloud operated by AzInTelecom, in data centres in Baku and Yevlakh. For someone seeking compute, public capacity is aimed at government users and we found no open research compute programme.", "ai_state": "The 2025 to 2028 strategy covers HPC, open data, natural language processing and preferential loans for AI businesses, according to the Innovation and Digital Development Agency.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Artificial Intelligence Strategy 2025 to 2028", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://idda.az/en/news/artificial-intelligence-strategy-approved-what-to-expect", "note": "Primary. State agency summary published 19 March 2025: approved by the President, approval date not stated on the page; calls for setting up high-performance computing resources. No named facilities." }, { "title": "Government Cloud (G-Cloud), Presidential Decree No. 718", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2019-06-03", "primary_url": "https://ereforms.gov.az/en/1024", "note": "Primary. Government reforms portal, 16 April 2024: state systems migrate to Baku and Yevlakh data centres owned by AzInTelecom under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport, under Decree No. 718 of 3 June 2019." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "AzInTelecom Baku data centre", "operator": "AzInTelecom", "place": "Baku", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. Hosts the Government Cloud; ISO 20000, 22301 and 27001 certified. No capacity given.", "source_url": "https://ereforms.gov.az/en/1024" }, { "name": "AzInTelecom Yevlakh data centre", "operator": "AzInTelecom", "place": "Yevlakh", "status": "operating", "note": "Primary. Second Government Cloud site. No capacity given.", "source_url": "https://ereforms.gov.az/en/1024" } ], "grid_note": "We did not fetch Azerbaijani grid operator pages, so no grid facts are recorded here.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/azerbaijan", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0085" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0086", "slug": "uzbekistan", "name": "Uzbekistan", "iso": "UZ", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "opening", "headline": "Uzbekistan has an AI strategy to 2030 and has announced several AI data centre projects, including a 60 MW first phase of a modular computing centre in Karakalpakstan.", "summary": "Presidential Decree PQ-358 of 14 October 2024 approved the AI development strategy to 2030, which calls for high-capacity computing servers. On 30 November 2025 the Ministry of Digital Technologies signed an action plan with a Chinese company for a Modular Intelligent Computing Center in Karakalpakstan, with a first phase of 60 MW and a second of 240 MW. The President's office has also announced a 12 MW data centre at IT Park with DataVolt and an AI data centre at a Center for Future Technologies. For someone seeking compute, these are announced projects and their status needs checking.", "ai_state": "The 2030 targets in the strategy, as summarised by the Ministry of Digital Technologies, include raising the share of AI-powered services on the state services portal by 10 per cent and expanding to 10 scientific AI laboratories.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Strategy for the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technologies until 2030 (Decree PQ-358)", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": "2024-10-14", "primary_url": "https://gov.uz/en/digital/news/view/24510", "note": "Primary. Ministry of Digital Technologies notice of the decree; calls for technical infrastructure for data processing, including high-capacity computing servers." }, { "title": "Action plan for the Modular Intelligent Computing Center, Karakalpakstan", "kind": "planning", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": "2025-11-30", "primary_url": "https://gov.uz/en/digital/news/view/106572", "note": "Primary. Signed by the Ministry of Digital Technologies and Shanghai LinkWise Data Intelligence with the Karakalpakstan Council of Ministers. Phase one 60 MW, phase two 240 MW. No timeline stated." }, { "title": "IT Park second phase with AI centre and data centre", "kind": "programme", "status": "proposed", "effective_on": "2025-10-21", "primary_url": "https://president.uz/en/lists/view/8580", "note": "Primary. President's office, 21 October 2025: groundbreaking for IT Park phase two in Tashkent, including an AI centre and a 12 MW data centre with DataVolt, with later phases planned up to 500 MW." } ], "data_centres": [ { "name": "Modular Intelligent Computing Center", "operator": "Shanghai LinkWise Data Intelligence (with the Ministry of Digital Technologies)", "place": "Karakalpakstan", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary. Action plan signed 30 November 2025. Phase one 60 MW and phase two 240 MW, stated separately.", "source_url": "https://gov.uz/en/digital/news/view/106572" }, { "name": "IT Park data centre", "operator": "DataVolt", "place": "Mirzo-Ulugbek district, Tashkent", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary. 12 MW first stage announced 21 October 2025; future phases stated up to 500 MW. Build status not confirmed.", "source_url": "https://president.uz/en/lists/view/8580" }, { "name": "Center for Future Technologies AI data centre", "operator": null, "place": "Nurafshan, next to the Cyber University", "status": "planned", "note": "Primary. President's office, 22 July 2026: groundbreaking for a centre including an AI data centre, with 5 MW of generating capacity to be built for its supply. No data centre capacity given.", "source_url": "https://president.uz/en/lists/view/9431" } ], "grid_note": "We did not fetch Uzbek grid operator pages. The only power facts read are project sizes stated by the government and 5 MW of dedicated generation for the Center for Future Technologies.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/uzbekistan", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0086" }, { "id": "cf-ctry-0087", "slug": "jordan", "name": "Jordan", "iso": "JO", "region": "Asia-Pacific and Middle East", "direction": "conditions", "headline": "Jordan's cloud policy tells government bodies to stop building their own data centres, use the Government Cloud and keep sensitive data in the country.", "summary": "The Cloud (Platforms and Services) Policy 2020 sets a cloud-first rule for government: entities should not expand their own data centres and should use the Jordan Government Cloud run by the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship. Sensitive data must be stored and processed inside the Kingdom, and outside providers must sit in countries with compatible data protection law. The AI Strategy and Implementation Plan 2023 to 2027 builds on an AI policy approved by Cabinet in December 2022 but sets no specific compute projects. We found no data centre records to add.", "ai_state": "The AI Strategy and Implementation Plan 2023 to 2027 refers to adapting existing digital infrastructure and cloud and big data capacity for AI, and does not name GPU, HPC or data centre projects.", "instruments": [ { "title": "Cloud (Platforms and Services) Policy 2020", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.modee.gov.jo/ebv4.0/root_storage/en/eb_list_page/cloudpolicy-2020-english.pdf", "note": "Primary. Ministry policy text: four data classification levels; sensitive data kept and processed in the Kingdom; government entities to use the Government Cloud rather than expand their own data centres; the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to regulate cloud service providers. Cabinet approval date not stated in the document." }, { "title": "Artificial Intelligence Strategy and Implementation Plan 2023 to 2027", "kind": "policy", "status": "in force", "effective_on": null, "primary_url": "https://www.modee.gov.jo/ebv4.0/root_storage/en/eb_list_page/40435648.pdf", "note": "Primary. Ministry document; references Cabinet Decision No. 659 of 20 December 2022 approving the underlying AI policy. Approval date of the strategy itself not stated." } ], "data_centres": [], "grid_note": "No data centre records added: the pages read describe the Government Cloud but name no facility. We did not fetch grid operator pages.", "review_by": "2027-01-01", "checked_on": "2026-10-03", "page_url": "https://computefinder.net/countries/jordan", "permalink": "https://computefinder.net/entity/cf-ctry-0087" } ] }