Morning Edition · Saturday, August 15, 2026Published at 2:14 AM EDT · New York
The Yogyakarta center runs on GPU Merdeka, Indosat's domestic GPU-as-a-service platform, and forms part of the government's national AI center of excellence plan.

Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, NVIDIA and Universitas Gadjah Mada opened the UGM Indosat NVIDIA AI Technology Center in Yogyakarta this week. The university-based center gives researche…
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