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March 17, 2025 | 1 year ago
Algeria: first computing centre for artificial intelligence equipped with GPUs
Sid Ali Zerrouki, Minister of Post and Telecommunications, and Noureddine Ouadah, Minister of the Knowledge Economy, Startups and Micro-enterprises, laid the foundation stone for a computing centre dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) in Oran on Sunday. The centre, located in the Akid Lotfi district, aims to provide a data infrastructure to support the development of new technologies.
Sid Ali Zerrouki described the project as "a real strategic step towards digital sovereignty", according to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's guidelines for strengthening technological innovation and encouraging startups specializing in artificial intelligence. He proposed expanding this initiative to welcome more companies in the sector and offer specialized training.
The centre will be equipped with the latest-generation GPUs, offering HPC capabilities to Algerian researchers, startups and companies. It will develop applications in fields as diverse as healthcare, industry, cybersecurity and smart cities.
The project is based on three strategic axes: setting up suitable infrastructures, strengthening training and research in collaboration with universities, and supporting startups in developing technological solutions. The aim is to reduce dependence on foreign infrastructures and create an ecosystem conducive to digital innovation.
At the CTO Forum Algeria last February, Sid Ali Zerrouki emphasized Algeria's ambition to achieve a 7% contribution of AI to GDP by 2027. He also announced the launch, by Algérie Télécom, of a 1.5 billion dinars investment fund to support AI, cybersecurity and robotics startups, to reach 20,000 startups in the short term.
On the sidelines of a visit to Oran, the ministers inaugurated the new Mobilis head office and the first Skill Centre dedicated to telecoms startups strengthening the innovative companies' ecosystem and improving service quality.
March 18, 2025 | 
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