Overview
- Ooredoo announced Zankore as a carrier-built AI compute and neocloud platform developed with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Nvidia and Nokia.
- Reuters reporting cited by coverage says Ooredoo will be the lead investor with about $800 million and a 49% stake in the venture.
- The partners aim to scale Zankore to 1 gigawatt of AI capacity within three years while initially targeting roughly 200 megawatts of capacity in the first half of 2027.
- IOH’s earlier commercial deployment of AI‑RAN and Nokia’s role in modernizing 5G are intended to link local radio networks with nearby GPU farms for lower latency AI services.
- The plan signals telecoms moving into large-scale AI infrastructure to meet local demand but will require major new data-center sites, power procurement and supply-chain commitments to reach the stated goal.