Blaize, Nokia, and Indonesian IT services firm PT Datacomm Diangraha have announced a three-way strategic collaboration to deploy hybrid AI inference infrastructure across Indonesia and Southeast Asia, combining telco-grade networking, energy-efficient edge compute, and three decades of in-market expertise.

What the alliance covers

The partnership builds on Nokia and Blaize’s existing strategic agreement announced in January 2026, and a memorandum of understanding signed between Blaize and Datacomm at GITEX AI Asia 2026. The three companies have developed a pre-validated reference architecture through Nokia’s Network Innovation Lab in Singapore, integrating AI compute, networking, security, and lifecycle automation into a single production-ready stack.

The collaboration divides workloads along compute lines: Nokia handles GPU-intensive telco RAN tasks including training and large-scale cloud inference, while Blaize’s programmable inference platform targets enterprise edge deployments where power budgets are constrained and GPU infrastructure is cost-prohibitive at distributed scale.

“The combination of Nokia’s validated networking infrastructure and Blaize’s energy-efficient inference compute is uniquely positioned for the enterprise edge. GPU economics simply do not scale to thousands of distributed sites — but Blaize does. This is not about replacing GPUs; it is about deploying the right compute where it delivers the most value.” — Dinakar Munagala, CEO, Blaize

Indonesia as the reference market

The three companies are targeting Indonesia’s public sector, geospatial, and enterprise verticals first, with the country described as a reference market for broader APAC expansion into Vietnam, the Philippines, and the wider Southeast Asian corridor. Datacomm, which serves enterprise, telecommunications, government, and military customers, has reported a 50%-plus surge in customer AI inference demand over the past six months.

Indonesia’s AI sector is expanding at a 31% compound annual growth rate — the highest in Southeast Asia — according to Marketing-Interactive. Sovereign AI is projected to contribute up to USD $140 billion to the country’s GDP by 2030, equivalent to annual economic growth of up to 6.8%, based on the Empowering Indonesia Report 2025 by Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and Twimbit. Separately, 89% of enterprises rank digital sovereignty as a key factor in technology decisions, according to EY’s Reimagining Industry Futures Study 2026.

“This three-way collaboration represents exactly the kind of outcome-driven partnership the market needs right now. With Blaize on compute and Datacomm on the ground in Indonesia, we have the complete picture.” — Dion Leung, Head of AI and Cloud, Asia Pacific, Nokia

Datacomm’s role

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in South Jakarta, Datacomm has more than 450 employees and offers cloud services, data centre solutions, cybersecurity, DevOps, and network infrastructure. The company’s longstanding Nokia partnership — spanning more than two decades — provides the go-to-market foundation the alliance requires to operate effectively in the Indonesian market.

“Adding Blaize to that foundation gives us something genuinely new: the ability to take AI inference to our customers at the edge — in the sectors and at the scale that Indonesia’s digital transformation actually requires.” — Tan Wie Tjin, President Director, PT Datacomm Diangraha

Blaize is listed on the Nasdaq under the tickers BZAI and BZAIW. The three partners have indicated they intend to move quickly from the MoU framework to deployed, revenue-generating infrastructure.