# Qatar's Ooredoo, Nvidia and Nokia Unveil Multi-Billion-Dollar AI Compute Platform Targeting Southeast Asia

> Qatar's Ooredoo Group is teaming with Nvidia and Nokia to build Zankore, a dedicated AI compute platform aimed at Southeast Asian demand, starting in Indonesia. Ooredoo, the telecom taking a 49 percent lead stake, has committed $800 million over five years, with 200 megawatts of capacity planned for the first half of 2027 and a target of 1 gigawatt within three years. The partners are projecting big numbers, around $13 billion in revenue and $9 billion in cumulative EBITDA, and say the initial 200 megawatts is already spoken for by customers. They also claim roughly 40 percent efficiency gains through orchestration. The interesting angle is who is building it. A Gulf telecom, a chipmaker and a Nordic networking firm are pooling money to serve Southeast Asia, a sign that the AI infrastructure map is being redrawn far from Silicon Valley. As demand for inference and training capacity spreads, regional players with capital and spectrum are positioning themselves as the landlords of the next compute boom.

_Section: [AI Funding Tracker](https://www.wortins.com/funding) · Source: Fortune · Published Saturday, August 8, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Qatar's Ooredoo Group is teaming with Nvidia and Nokia to build Zankore, a dedicated AI compute platform aimed at Southeast Asian demand, starting in Indonesia. Ooredoo, the telecom taking a 49 percent lead stake, has committed $800 million over five years, with 200 megawatts of capacity planned for the first half of 2027 and a target of 1 gigawatt within three years. The partners are projecting big numbers, around $13 billion in revenue and $9 billion in cumulative EBITDA, and say the initial 200 megawatts is already spoken for by customers. They also claim roughly 40 percent efficiency gains through orchestration. The interesting angle is who is building it. A Gulf telecom, a chipmaker and a Nordic networking firm are pooling money to serve Southeast Asia, a sign that the AI infrastructure map is being redrawn far from Silicon Valley. As demand for inference and training capacity spreads, regional players with capital and spectrum are positioning themselves as the landlords of the next compute boom.

## Source

[Read the full story at Fortune](https://fortune.com/2026/08/06/qatar-ooredoo-nvidia-nokia-unveil-multi-billion-dollar-ai-compute-platformand-southeast-asia-is-their-target/)

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