GMI Cloud Invests $500 Million in Taiwan’s Flagship AI Data Center, Deploying 7,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs
State-of-the-art facility set for March 2026 launch will deliver record AI compute, accelerate local innovation, and position Taiwan as a pivotal hub in the global “AI factory” ecosystem.
U.S.-based cloud services provider GMI Cloud revealed plans to build a $500 million AI data center in Taiwan, leveraging the latest NVIDIA Blackwell GB300 chips for unprecedented compute power. This state-of-the-art facility, expected to go live in March 2026, will house around 7,000 GPUs across 96 high-density racks and deliver nearly 2 million tokens per second, all while drawing approximately 16 megawatts of power.
GMI Cloud’s Founder and CEO, Alex Yeh, underscored Taiwan’s unique position as an emerging AI hub, calling such data centers “strategic assets” vital to advancing the island’s digital future. Yeh added that despite energy concerns, strong demand and nearly full GPU utilization make Taiwan a compelling choice for expansion. “You have to build the data centre first, you have to build the AI cluster first—this is how you grow local ecosystems,” he said.
The collaboration is part of a major push by technology giants to invest in global AI infrastructure, with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang dubbing these hubs as tomorrow’s “AI factories.” NVIDIA, which will also be an initial customer, is joined by Trend Micro, Wistron, Chunghwa System Integration, VAST Data, and TECO as early adopters of the “Taiwan AI factory.”
Besides its Taiwan project, GMI Cloud intends to open a new 50-megawatt data center in the U.S. and is considering an IPO within the next two to three years. The Taiwanese facility is projected to generate $1 billion in total contract value once fully operational, setting a new benchmark for the region’s AI capabilities.
