Inaugural ASUS AI Tech Summit: ASUS Redefines Sovereign AI with Next-Gen Professional Services

ASUS (ASUSTeK Computer Inc.) announced, at the inaugural ASUS AI Tech event in Dubai, the unveiling of its Professional Services for Sovereign AI solutions.

The announcement reinforces the company’s position as a global leader in AI-driven digital transformation. In strategic collaboration with industry leaders – including NVIDIA, AMD, Micron, Weka, Foxlink, Schneider Electric, and DataDirect Networks – ASUS led the conversation on the future of sovereign AI, underscoring the critical importance of national autonomy in AI development, deployment, and governance.

A new era for AI sovereignty The ASUS commitment to sovereign AI highlights the vital role of innovation in securing data sovereignty and security.

Paul Ju, SVP, co-head, Open Platform BG

“Sovereign AI has evolved from a strategic advantage to a national imperative,” said Paul Ju, SVP, co-head, Open Platform BG. “Through deep engineering expertise and robust ecosystem partnerships, ASUS delivers future-proof AI infrastructure that meets the most stringent requirements for security, performance, and compliance – ensuring our partners lead the AI revolution.“

During the summit, ASUS demonstrated its Total Infrastructure Solutions, reaffirming its commitment to accelerating AI adoption through close collaboration with ecosystem partners. From high-performance computing and scalable storage to sustainable energy and next-gen cooling, the company provides end-to-end sovereign AI infrastructure aligned with local policies and the highest security standards.

The company’s sovereign AI expertise is proven by seven successful national-level AI project deployments, including supercomputing initiatives such as Taiwania 2 and Forerunner 1, cementing its leadership in high-performance computing and AI.

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Customer-centric professional services
ASUS Professional Services, which includes Sovereign AI Solutions, support organizations throughout the entire AI lifecycle, delivering 5 core offerings: strategic infrastructure design, seamless computing implementation, advanced performance tuning, AI platform development, and lifecycle management. Every service is meticulously engineered for security, scalability, and regulatory compliance – empowering clients to achieve operational excellence and true digital sovereignty.

In particular, the firm’s expertise in performance tuning is unmatched. The company’s infrastructure engineers custom-build GPU architectures for each project, consistently aiming not just to meet, but to exceed industry benchmarks. Each configuration undergoes a rigorous 168-hour non-stop stress test, ensuring breakthrough performance and unwavering reliability for mission-critical AI workloads. By leveraging advanced verification protocols, ASUS delivers peak performance and instills confidence that every infrastructure solution is built on a foundation of true excellence. 

The summit showcased compelling case studies from government, manufacturing, smart city, and healthcare sectors – underscoring the company’s proven expertise in delivering real-world sovereign AI solutions. For supercomputing clients, the company set a new industry benchmark in rapid data center deployment with the ASUS AIDC (ASUS Infrastructure Deployment Center) platform. Leveraging this platform, the firm successfully completed the large-scale custom installation of ASUS AI PODs, each equipped with NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems, in just 30 minutes – including OS deployment, system configuration with memory and storage, network integration, GPU/IB driver installation, and security settings for account management. This end-to-end efficiency empowers clients to accelerate their time to market and achieve operational excellence.

In healthcare, the company has partnered with national health research centers to revolutionize research and precision medicine using an advanced AI platform developed in-house by ASUS. This platform has enabled breakthrough innovations in genomic analysis, molecular simulations, and AI image annotation and language processing compared to traditional CPU-based systems.

Latest technologies from ASUS partners
During the summit, a range of industry leaders also presented their latest advancements:

• NVIDIA Corp. highlighted its latest NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 infrastructure, NVIDIA Omniverse platform, and advanced AI ecosystems, underscoring AI’s transformative impact across industries.
• AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) showcased its EPYC -powered servers, RS501A-E12-RS12U, ESC8000A-E13P, and RS720A-E13-RS8G, featuring EPYC 9005 ‘Zen5/5c’ processors with up to 192 cores, delivering exceptional localized AI acceleration for next-gen data center workloads.
• Micron Technology, Inc. showcased a world’s first PCIe Gen6 SSD – the 9650 – which also supports liquid-cooled systems and delivers unmatched performance for AI training and inference. Micron also highlighted the 6600 ION SSD, which offers up to 245TB capacity supporting massive AI data lakes, as well as the high-bandwidth MRDIMM, which is designed to power tomorrow’s AI workloads.    
• Weka.IO Ltd. showcased high-performance storage purpose-built to accelerate sovereign AI pipelines.
• Schneider Electric unveiled sustainable power and cooling innovations purpose-built for regional AI infrastructure.
• Foxlink introduced advanced robotic intelligence solutions optimized for AI, underscoring its drive for innovation. With dedicated data centers, Foxlink is rapidly accelerating robot development and paving the way toward fully automated factories.
• DataDirect Networks, Inc. (DDN) introduced Infinia, its next-gen data intelligence platform for end-to-end AI that enables enterprises to manage, accelerate, and scale AI data pipelines.

Build you AI infrastructure with ASUS
ASUS invites forward-thinking businesses and governments to embark on their next phase of AI transformation. To discover more about how its Professional Services can help design, deploy, and optimize a secure, sovereign AI infrastructure tailored to unique needs, see this webpage or schedule a consultation with one of firm‘s WW sales representatives.