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Indonesia Launches First University-Based AI Center With NVIDIA, Indosat and UGM

2026-09-10 · Fuente:Nvidia Blog

Indonesia Launches First University-Based AI Center With NVIDIA, Indosat and UGM

The UGM Indosat NVIDIA AI Technology Center in Yogyakarta unites Komdigi, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, NVIDIA and Universitas Gadjah Mada as Indonesia's first university-based AI technology hub.

Indonesia has opened the country's first university-based AI technology center, following this week's launch of the UGM Indosat NVIDIA AI Technology Center (NVAITC) in Yogyakarta. The facility results from a four-way partnership between the Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi), Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat or IOH), NVIDIA and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), and was established under Indonesia's AI Center of Excellence program, according to the launch announcement.

The consortium pairs a state ministry, a major telecom operator, a leading accelerator vendor and a national university. Komdigi's involvement signals government backing at the ministry level, while Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison brings carrier-scale infrastructure and enterprise reach to the program. NVIDIA supplies its AI technology under the NVAITC banner, and Universitas Gadjah Mada anchors the initiative in Yogyakarta, positioning the campus as a national point of contact for AI research and talent development.

The stated goal of developing local AI talent sits at the heart of the announcement. By embedding an AI technology center within a university rather than a corporate or government facility, the partners are betting that academic proximity will accelerate the formation of a domestic AI workforce — a priority for a country of Indonesia's scale that wants to build capability in-house rather than import it wholesale. The university-based model also gives students and researchers a structured pathway into applied AI work alongside industry and government stakeholders.

For NVIDIA, the Yogyakarta launch extends a strategy of aligning with national AI programs through branded technology centers, tying GPU demand to government-backed skills agendas. For Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, it marks another step in telecom operators' pivot toward AI infrastructure services. The open question for the NVAITC is execution: converting a launch-stage partnership into sustained research output and a talent pipeline that measurably expands Indonesia's AI capacity.

Etiquetas: NVIDIA · Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison · Universitas Gadjah Mada · NVAITC · AI Talent Development · Yogyakarta


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