Taiwan sovereign AI programme
Taiwan had two systems of 1,760 and 144 accelerators in operation.
AI New Ten Major Construction, 2025–2029; the record also covers NCHC Sovereign Compute
Systems
Two hardware records. Each is run by NCHC.
Funding
| June 2025 draft: proposed NT$90 billion expansion (TechSoda report)Government |
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Money on record
The government’s budget documents state an allocation of 31.1 billion TWD, 2026.
Chips and rules
- Accelerators
- NVIDIA’s accelerators are in both of its systems.Chip makers’ product pages
- Fabrication
- TSMC fabricates the Hopper and Blackwell parts that two of its systems name.Chip makers’ product pages
- US export rules
- Taiwan is in Country Group A:6, outside the groups where exporting advanced AI chips needs a licence from the US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 29 Oct 2026
- Scrutica’s rating
- Scrutica rates the programme’s dependence on NVIDIA hardware and on US technology high, on a scale of none, low, medium and high.A qualitative assessment of the programme’s chips, partners and supplier relationships, as none, low, medium or high
Partners
12
6 partners by procurement stage and 6 more named in the programme’s sources.
- In service, 1
- NVIDIA
- Selected, 5
- Hon Hai, WiAdvance, Ubilink, Advanced Micro Devices, Central Weather Administration
- Named in sources
- NCHC, NSTC, NDC, AMD, Hon Hai (Foxconn), Visionbay.ai
Related pages
Sources
15 sources
- NCHC Nano4 specification: 220 eight-H200 nodes and two 72-Blackwell-GPU GB200 NVL72 systems: https://www.nchc.org.tw/Page?itemid=58&mid=109
- NCHC, 1 June 2026: Nano4 service begins, June trial period and July charging schedule: https://www.nchc.org.tw/Message/MessageView/4996?mid=46&page=1
- NVIDIA, 18 May 2025: planned H200, GB200 NVL72 and HGX B300 systems; announcement is not evidence of commissioning: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/taiwan-research-supercomputer/
- NSTC, 15 April 2024: TAIDE-LX-7B model released for download: https://digi.nstc.gov.tw/Page/1538F8CF7474AB4E/c89fbd7b-3f29-4ab8-b872-231a0891acc4
- Official AI Basic Act: promulgated 14 January 2026 and effective on promulgation under Article 20: https://law.nstc.gov.tw/LawContent.aspx?id=GL000592&kw=
- Executive Yuan, 20 August 2026: central-budget review completed; aggregate cuts/freezes do not identify final programme-level AI funding: https://www.ey.gov.tw/Page/448DE008087A1971/fda028f9-dcba-47d1-8cd7-8ed29fdca91f
- Ten AI Initiatives (NDC official): https://www.ndc.gov.tw/en/Content_List.aspx?n=E738D6D7DD31163F
- Taiwan AI RAP (TAIWAN AI RAP): government-funded AI application development platform: https://www.nchc.org.tw/Active/ActiveView/774?mid=94&page=1
- Central Weather Administration, 16 May 2025: Taiwan Compute Alliance members and the agency’s weather-computing role: https://www.motc.gov.tw/ch/app/news_list/view?id=14&module=news&serno=5c8041bd-40a7-44d6-8eda-7a4b9c4194ac
- WiAdvance, 23 May 2023: company English name and cloud-services business; identity support for 緯謙科技 in the alliance roster: https://www.wiadvance.com/en/news-article/20230523-ISO-IEC-27001/
- Ubilink company About page: bilingual company name and HPC/AI services: https://www.ubilink.ai/about_us/
- DGBAS, 21 August 2025, §5(5): Cabinet-approved FY2026 draft assigns NT$31.1B to the Ten AI Initiatives, comprising NT$28B central budget and NT$3.1B business/non-business funds; submission to legislature follows: https://www.dgbas.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=3602&s=235226
- Tainan sovereign AI data center opening: https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technology/taiwan-opens-sovereign-ai-data-center-with-nvidia-powered-supercomputer
- TechSoda, 18 June 2025: draft NT$200B / US$6.2B plan and proposed NT$90B / US$2.8B expansion, pending Executive Yuan submission and approval: https://techsoda.substack.com/p/taiwan-draws-nt200-billion-plan-to
- Taiwan Compute Alliance and strategy analysis: https://bowergroupasia.com/taiwans-sovereign-ai-push-strategy-policy-programs-and-implications-for-businesses/
Data
How the figures were made
Operating compute / delivered hardware. Reported operational or delivered: 1,760 NVIDIA H200 (physical hardware); 144 NVIDIA Blackwell (GB200 NVL72) (physical hardware). The stage is assigned from reported hardware status, disbursements and commitments.
NCHC opened Nano4 for service on 1 June 2026. Its configuration includes 1,760 H200 GPUs and two GB200 NVL72 systems with 144 Blackwell GPUs between them. NVIDIA's May 2025 announcement also included an HGX B300 system; NCHC’s Nano4 specification lists H200 and GB200 NVL72 hardware, with no B300 entry. Taiwan has released TAIDE language models, beginning with TAIDE-LX-7B in April 2024. The AI Basic Act took effect on 14 January 2026. The Executive Yuan reported completion of the 2026 central-budget review in August; the statement gives no programme-specific AI appropriation.
Caveats on this record, 5
- The Nano4 counts use accelerator units: 220 nodes with eight H200 GPUs each, plus two GB200 NVL72 systems with 72 Blackwell GPUs each.
- A current installed GPU count for the HGX B300 system in NVIDIA’s May 2025 announcement has not been established; it is excluded from the hardware total.
- TechSoda reported a draft of approximately NT$200B (US$6.2B) in June 2025, including a proposed NT$90B (US$2.8B) expansion from science, construction and National Development Fund budgets. The report anticipated submission for Executive Yuan approval later that month.
- The Cabinet’s August 2025 draft for FY2026 assigned NT$31.1B to the Ten AI Initiatives: NT$28B in the central budget and NT$3.1B from business and non-business funds. It then went to the legislature. The August 2026 central-budget completion statement gives no final programme amount.
- The hardware entries cover the two named Nano4 configurations. They exclude other NCHC systems.
Identifiers
- Scrutica ID
- sovereign-tw
- Country code
- TW
- Name in the record
- Taiwan: AI New Ten Major Construction + NCHC Sovereign Compute