Indosat incorporates Nvidia’s new Nemotron models into AI strategy

Details: John Tanner; Category: Enterprise Ecosystems; 20 March 2026; 15017 views

Indonesian telco Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison says it will utilise Nvidia’s latest Nemotron open models as part of its ambition to spread AI accessibility to all corners of the country.

Nemotron is Nvidia’s family of open AI models designed to enable customers to build specialized AI agents. Earlier this week at its NVIDIA GTC 2026 event in San Jose, California, Nvidia announced it is expanding the Nemotron family with omni-understanding models across language, vision, voice and safety – which it said extends multimodal intelligence to help developers build specialized, agentic AI with natural conversations, complex reasoning and advanced visual capabilities.

On Wednesday at the event, Indosat said it will combine Nemotron AI models with its national infrastructure and digital platforms to bring AI closer to everyday life in Indonesia, from classrooms and creative communities to businesses and public institutions.

To support that ambition, Indosat said it’s also building a distributed AI grid based on Nvidia’s AI architecture that will transform its nationwide data centre and network infrastructure into the backbone of Indonesia’s AI ecosystem.

Indosat said that distributing AI computing capabilities across multiple locations will enables faster access to AI computing power for developers, enterprises, and communities, while also expanding opportunities for innovation beyond major urban centres.

That grid will also support Sahabat-AI, the open-source large language model (LLM) launched by Indosat and Indonesian tech firm GoTo Gojek Tokopedia in November 2024 that’s specifically designed for the Indonesian language – including various regional languages and dialects – and can understand local contexts.

Sahabat-AI is powered by a distributed AI infrastructure built on Nvidia AI infrastructure, orchestrated through a centralized AI factory and supported by an AI cloud environment run by its ICT arm Lintasarta.

“Indonesia’s AI future must be inclusive. No one should be left behind,” said Indosat president director and CEO Vikram Sinha in a statement. “By combining world-class technology such as Nvidia’s Nemotron models with our national AI infrastructure and platforms like Sahabat-AI, we are ensuring that AI is not limited to a few cities or industries but becomes a tool that empowers communities across the entire archipelago.”