Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te has launched a new data center in Tainan, a city in the south of the country.

Calling the data center the "National Grid Cloud Computing Center," the facility has 15MW of IT capacity, and is home to Taiwan's Nano 4 AI supercomputer, as reported by Reuters.

Further details about the data center have not been provided.

The Nano 4 AI supercomputer is comprised of 1,760 Nvidia H200 GPUs and 144 Blackwell chips in the GB200 NVL72 configuration, and is part of the Crystal26 supercomputer. Crystal26 was ranked 29th on the Top500 list.

According to Taiwan's National Institute of Applied Research, Nano4 alone has a power consumption of 2.214MW.

The Taiwanese government is hoping that the data center will be able to increase the country's ability to offer AI innovation and development, high-performance computing, telecommunications, and cloud computing services.

The facility is part of Taiwan's "Ten New AI Infrastructure Projects" initiative, which includes the development of data centers, talent cultivation, and power equipment.

While Taiwan has long been known for its AI chip-making prowess, with TSMC being the world's largest contract chipmaker, it is aiming to grow its abilities beyond providing chips to other companies and nations.

"This proves to the world that Taiwan not only has advanced chip manufacturing, but also possesses world-class strength in system integration and high-performance computing," President Lai said.

The facility is located in the Tainan Science Park. In 1993, an "economic stimulation package" was provided for the development of the park, with approval for the site provided in 1995.

In total, the park spans 1,043 hectares and is home to TSMC foundries, among other industries.

The vast majority of Taiwan's data centers are located in and around Taipei in the north of the island. Tainan, towards the south, has few data centers, with Chunghwa Telecom the only operator listed by DataCenterMap.

In November 2025, GMI Cloud said it was planning to develop a $500 million data center in Taiwan, that would house around 7,000 Nvidia GB300s across 96 racks.