# Qatar's Ooredoo, Nvidia, and Nokia unveil multi-billion-dollar AI compute platform in Indonesia

> Qatar's Ooredoo Group is leading a multi-billion-dollar push to build Zankore, a dedicated AI compute and neocloud platform in Indonesia, alongside Nvidia and Nokia. Ooredoo holds a 49% stake and is committing $800 million over five years, with the venture aiming for 1 gigawatt of capacity within three years and 200 megawatts already contracted for the first half of 2027. The bet tracks a much broader shift. Southeast Asia's data center power demand is projected to quadruple from 2.6 gigawatts in 2025 to more than 10 gigawatts by 2035, and the region's telecom operators want to own that infrastructure rather than rent it from American hyperscalers. For Ooredoo's local unit the early numbers look promising, with $33 million in neocloud revenue in the first half of 2026 already topping its full 2025 total. It is a reminder that the AI buildout is going global, and that Gulf capital and Asian carriers, not just Silicon Valley, are shaping where the compute actually lives.

_Section: [Daily AI Updates](https://www.wortins.com/daily-ai) · Source: Fortune · Published Friday, August 7, 2026_

## Wortins' read

Qatar's Ooredoo Group is leading a multi-billion-dollar push to build Zankore, a dedicated AI compute and neocloud platform in Indonesia, alongside Nvidia and Nokia. Ooredoo holds a 49% stake and is committing $800 million over five years, with the venture aiming for 1 gigawatt of capacity within three years and 200 megawatts already contracted for the first half of 2027. The bet tracks a much broader shift. Southeast Asia's data center power demand is projected to quadruple from 2.6 gigawatts in 2025 to more than 10 gigawatts by 2035, and the region's telecom operators want to own that infrastructure rather than rent it from American hyperscalers. For Ooredoo's local unit the early numbers look promising, with $33 million in neocloud revenue in the first half of 2026 already topping its full 2025 total. It is a reminder that the AI buildout is going global, and that Gulf capital and Asian carriers, not just Silicon Valley, are shaping where the compute actually lives.

## 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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