GMI Cloud and Magna AI announced a partnership to develop sovereign AI infrastructure for GPU cloud services, large-scale training, inference, agentic AI, security, and national AI platforms, with projects planned in Malaysia, Belgium, and Romania later in 2026.
GMI Cloud and Magna AI said they have formed a partnership to build sovereign AI infrastructure for governments and enterprises across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
In a PR Newswire announcement published by GMI Cloud, the companies said the effort will center on “sovereign AI factories” designed to support GPU cloud services, large-scale AI training, inference, agentic AI, and national AI platforms. The announcement said the infrastructure will be built around NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 systems.
The same announcement was also distributed through Zawya and appeared via TradingView, which described the plan as covering AI factories, GPU cloud services, and AI security solutions across multiple regions. CIO Influence, also carrying the PR Newswire release, reported that confirmed projects are planned to break ground in Malaysia, Belgium, and Romania later in 2026.
The companies framed the partnership around demand for sovereign AI: infrastructure intended to let countries and regulated industries run AI workloads while maintaining local control over data, computing resources, and governance requirements.
According to GMI Cloud’s PR Newswire statement, the planned facilities are intended to support both commercial GPU cloud services and country-level AI platforms. The companies also described use cases including large-scale model training, production inference, agentic AI applications, and AI security.
The announcement did not provide financial terms for the partnership, the expected capacity of each planned site, or customer names. It also did not specify delivery timelines beyond CIO Influence’s report that projects in Malaysia, Belgium, and Romania are expected to break ground later in 2026.
GMI Cloud and Magna AI said the proposed infrastructure will be based on NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72. NVIDIA has positioned its Vera Rubin generation as a future AI computing platform for large-scale training and inference, but the sources cited here do not provide detailed technical specifications for the planned deployments.
Because the announcement comes from the companies involved and has been republished by syndication outlets, the available sourcing primarily reflects the partners’ own description of the project. The sources do not independently confirm site permits, government contracts, procurement volumes, or operational launch dates.
The partnership’s geographic scope is broad. Zawya’s distributed item said the companies are targeting Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. CIO Influence’s version of the PR Newswire announcement named Malaysia, Belgium, and Romania as locations for confirmed projects expected to begin construction later in 2026.
If the companies deliver on those plans, the projects would place AI computing infrastructure in several jurisdictions rather than concentrating services in a single market. That model is consistent with the stated sovereign AI focus, where customers may require local residency, national oversight, or region-specific security controls.
For now, the announcement should be read as a partnership and project plan rather than evidence of completed deployments. The companies have outlined their intended technology base, target regions, and categories of AI services, but the public materials reviewed do not include operational benchmarks, customer commitments, or completed facility details.
The announcement said the infrastructure will be built around NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 systems.
The same announcement was also distributed through Zawya and appeared via TradingView, which described the plan as covering AI factories, GPU cloud services, and AI security solutions across multiple regions.
CIO Influence, also carrying the PR Newswire release, reported that confirmed projects are planned to break ground in Malaysia, Belgium, and Romania later in 2026.
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