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Ethiopia National AI Factory

Addis Ababa, EthiopiaStatus under reviewProgram
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Oct 28, 2026

Ethiopia has launched a national AI factory initiative intended to expand domestic compute capacity and AI services. Available official reporting does not support a defensible facility megawatt total or a single physical-campus boundary. Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute is associated with the development in Addis Ababa, Program boundary, ET. The disclosed development scope includes national AI factory initiative launched; implementation partners and physical site details remain limited. Power and physical infrastructure include national AI compute and services program. Official reporting does not publish a defensible facility MW total. The available public sources do not establish a project-scoped operating or contracted capacity figure.

Capacity

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Development programAnnounced or preconstruction

Project-wide phase for Ethiopia National AI Factory; capacity class is unresolved.

Milestones (2)
Ethiopian National AI Infrastructure Program development disclosed

Jan 1, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
National program launched

Date not disclosed · Forecast / planned record

Forecast · Forecast completion

Source not linked

Participants

Other participants (1)
Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)

Site & development

Location context

Actual

National AI infrastructure program | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia

Source

Location context

Actual

National AI infrastructure program | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia

Source

Development scale

Actual

National AI factory initiative launched

Source

Development milestone

Actual

Implementation partners and physical site details remain limited.

Source

Site configuration

Actual

National AI infrastructure program | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia

Source

Technical specifications

Power arrangement

Actual

This is a program rather than one verified physical campus; no MW headline is supported.

Source

Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Proposed

Source

Lifecycle status

Actual

Proposed

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Electric grid

Planned or represented

Official reporting does not publish a defensible facility MW total.

Site facility

Planned or represented

National AI compute and services program.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.