# NVIDIA — Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indosat and NVIDIA Open Indonesia’s First University AI Center to Develop Local AI Talent

- Company: NVIDIA (nvidia.com)
- Announced: 2026-08-14T17:13:05+00:00
- Subject: AI platform
- Models affected: NVIDIA Nemotron open models, NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
- Source: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/ugm-indosat-nvidia-ai-technology-center/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/4155-universitas-gadjah-mada-indosat-and-nvidia-open-indonesia-s-first-university

Indonesia launched its first university-based AI center, UGM Indosat NVIDIA AI Technology Center, powered by NVIDIA's full-stack AI platform and Indosat's GPU Merdeka, to develop local AI talent and address national priorities in healthcare, agriculture, and disaster response.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/ugm-indosat-nvidia-ai-technology-center/:

> Powered by NVIDIA’s full-stack AI platform and GPU Merdeka — Indosat’s sovereign GPU-as-a-service platform — UGM Indosat NVAITC gives UGM’s researchers and students access to enterprise-grade accelerated computing, AI software, open source, pretrained models, development frameworks and technical mentorship.

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