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Blaize, Nokia and Datacomm to deliver hybrid AI infrastructure in Indonesia
30. 04. 2026 Thursday / By: Robert Denes / Industrial / Exact time: BST / Print this page
B laize, a US-based AI computing company, announced on Tuesday that it has formed a three-way strategic partnership with Nokia and Datacomm Diangraha to accelerate the deployment of hybrid AI inference infrastructure in Indonesia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
The three partners hope to capitalize on Indonesia’s growing AI sector, which is said to be expanding at a 31% annual growth rate (CAGR), the highest rate in Southeast Asia.
Citing the Empowering Indonesia Report 2025 by Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Twimbit, Blaize noted that sovereign AI alone could contribute up to $140 billion to Indonesia’s GDP by 2030 – equivalent to an annual economic growth rate of 6.8%.
As part of the collaboration, Datacomm will deploy a joint reference architecture developed by Blaize and Nokia, which provides a pre-integrated, validated solution framework for hybrid AI deployments across edge, cloud and data center environments in the Asia-Pacific region. The joint reference architecture was validated at Nokia’s Network Innovation Lab in Singapore and was unveiled at GITEX Asia in the Lion City three weeks ago. It is the first product of the Blaize-Nokia collaboration, which was announced in January.
"Our partnership with Nokia has been the backbone of our infrastructure capabilities for over two decades. Adding Blaize to this foundation adds something truly new: the ability to deliver AI inference to our customers at the edge – in the sectors and at the scale that Indonesia’s digital transformation truly requires. This is a strategic move and the timing is right,” said Tan Wie Tjin, president and CEO of Datacomm, in a statement.
Last week, Indonesia’s largest IT service provider signed a technology alliance with Blaize to explore the potential of AI inference solutions across Indonesia. Datacomm has reported a 50% increase in customer demand for AI inference solutions in the past six months, confirming an immediate market momentum. Blaize says its partnership with Nokia and Datacomm is based on the idea that no single computing approach can meet all of an organization’s AI needs. The most efficient enterprise AI architectures are hybrid.
With this architecture, Nokia provides the infrastructure backbone for GPU-intensive telecom RAN workloads, such as training, AI-RAN acceleration, and large-scale cloud deployment, in scenarios where GPUs are economically justified. Blaize offers a programmable AI platform specifically designed for the enterprise edge, where power budgets are limited, deployments are dispersed, and the cost of GPU infrastructure is prohibitive.
Since January, Blaize and Nokia have been developing practical and physical AI systems for the Asia-Pacific market. The Nokia Innovation Lab in Singapore serves as a neutral testing ground where solutions are developed, tested, and validated with Blaize before launch. Blaize says Indonesia will be a reference market for its broader expansion into the Asia-Pacific region. Validated deployments in the Indonesian market provide a blueprint for neighboring markets including Vietnam, the Philippines, and the broader Southeast Asian corridor, where the same combination of AI inference growth, cost sensitivity, and distributed deployment requirements apply.
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