Data Vault Pakistan and the Centre of Excellence Artificial Intelligence Technology Center CoE AITeC at the National Centre for Physics NCP have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding MoU to accelerate Pakistan’s sovereign artificial intelligence high performance computing and advanced research capabilities. The MoU establishes a long term collaboration framework focused on indigenous AI development GPU accelerated computing cloud and edge AI services and national scale research enablement aligning Pakistan’s leading scientific institutions with locally hosted secure and enterprise grade AI infrastructure. This collaboration marks an important milestone in strengthening national AI capacity within Pakistan ensuring that advanced research sensitive datasets and mission critical workloads are processed on sovereign infrastructure while supporting the country’s broader objectives of technological self reliance digital sovereignty and innovation led economic growth.
Scope of Cooperation
Under the framework of the MoU the two institutions will cooperate in advanced artificial intelligence research and applied innovation GPU based compute access for academia and government training and capacity building on data center grade AI infrastructure cloud services and edge AI deployments joint participation in government and strategic technology initiatives joint R D programs and technology pilots facilitated access to high performance NVIDIA GPU platforms and rack co location and compute resource optimization. The agreement also enables structured collaboration on government tenders and national projects where infrastructure provisioning AI platforms and compute acceleration can be delivered through coordinated efforts.
Technology Demonstration and Facility Tour
During the MoU signing the NCP and CoE AITeC AI teams toured Data Vault Pakistan’s AI optimized data center facilities including its GPU as a Service cloud platform and Zahanat AI Pakistan’s indigenous large language model initiative. The visit provided firsthand exposure to production grade AI infrastructure high density GPU environments and locally hosted AI platforms designed for research government and enterprise workloads. The demonstration highlighted Pakistan’s growing capability to design host and operate advanced AI systems domestically reducing reliance on offshore infrastructure.
Strengthening the National AI Ecosystem
The MoU emphasizes development of indigenous expertise in artificial intelligence and advanced computing human capital growth including training of researchers students and young officers secure research environments for civil commercial and sensitive national projects and translation of research into deployable production grade AI systems. Joint working mechanisms will be established to identify priority projects form cross functional teams seek funding opportunities and oversee implementation in line with national laws and institutional policies.
Delegations Present at the MoU Signing
National Centre for Physics NCP and CoE AITeC delegation present at the signing included Dr Qaisar Ahsan Director General NCP Mr Nadeem Ahmed Director General CoE AITeC Dr Syed Khursheed Hasnain Director CoE AITeC and Dr Fayyaz Ahmed Deputy Director CoE AITeC. Data Vault Pakistan delegation included Ms Mehwish Salman Ali Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mr Syed Zeeshan Ali Co Founder and Chief Operating Officer and Mr Mujtaba Hassan Manager AI Innovations.
Long Term Strategic Framework
The MoU will remain in effect for an initial period of five years with provisions for extension by mutual consent. It provides a scalable and sustainable collaboration model between national research institutions and sovereign AI infrastructure providers reinforcing Pakistan’s ambition to emerge as a regional hub for artificial intelligence scientific computing and digital innovation.
Significance for Pakistan’s Future
The agreement was formally signed in Islamabad between Data Vault Pakistan and the National Centre for Physics marking a decisive step toward a future where Pakistan’s AI research innovation and compute power are developed hosted and scaled within the country. This initiative strengthens technological self reliance supports digital sovereignty and promotes innovation led economic growth ensuring Pakistan becomes a key player in the regional AI and high performance computing ecosystem.
