Da Nang (VNS/VNA) –The Da Nang International Data Centre JSC has officially launched the largest hub of its kind at the city’s Hi-tech Park, offering a smooth operation of a 1,000-racks system.

That includes ten racks for cloud computing services, AI applications, cyber security, with a total investment in the first phase of 800 billion VND (32 million USD).

It’s one of a series of remarkable projects in the city, and a keystone of the Da Nang’s ambitious goal of being a global semiconductor and AI manufacture centre by 2030.

The Da Nang Hi-Tech Park and Industrial Zones Authority (HPIZA) said the project, invested by by IDC Joint-Stock Company, commenced the building just three months after getting the investment certificate.

The data centre, which covers 2ha, will be designed with the globally-adopted TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centres, with liquid cooling and a fanwall, as well as power usage effectiveness.

The data centre project should be operational between 2026 and 2027, IDC Joint-Stock Company said, adding that it plans to invest 1.2 trillion VND (48 million USD) in the second phase.

A series of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on cooperations in training programmes on conductors and AI and five other investment certificates worth nearly 300 million USD, were signed by the city and partners and investors at the City Partnership Forum-Da Nang in January.

Da Nang has attracted more than a thousand projects with a total investment of 4.35 billion USD, of 3.55 billion USD contributed by six industrial parks, the Hi-Tech Park and the IT Park.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the city’s Reunification Day, the Da Nang Semiconductor & AI Research and Training and Centre (DSAC), in cooperation with partners Synopsys, Gasa Holdings, TreSemi and Intel Vietnam, opened a training course for the top 80 trainees in the sector.

DSAC also reported that more than 400 students have been enrolled for human resources training programmes in Da Nang since last year, while the other 100 final-year students have been receiving up-skilling courses to increase in manpower in the city.

The first training courses for 22 trainers in microchip design, and 17 other trainees in Assembling, Testing and Packaging (ATP) by Arizona State University have already begun in the city.

Six universities in Da Nang have inked MoUs on hi-quality human resources with DSAC, and the first global standard lab was built at DSAC with funding and assistance from Synopsys, Intel, Sovico and Tresemi.

A report from DSAC unveiled that Grovf Inc, a Datacentre Fabric Company from Armenia, has registered a research project on the development of Data Processing Unit (DPU) chip at the Da Nang Software Park No 2 (SP2).

It said the company, which has created solutions for 400/800Gbps network scale-out and scale-up for Amazon, Google, Facebook, would introduce the first chip designed by Vietnamese engineer in providing service for data centres in 2025-27.

Last month, SkyeChip, a chip design from Malaysia, was granted an investment certificate at the Da Nang SP2.

To date, 14 key businesses operating chip design and semiconductor including Synopsys, Uniquify, Renesas, Synapse (now is Quest Global), Sannei Hytechs, Mixel Vietnam, Marvell Vietnam, Sibridges Vietnam from the US, Ideas2Silion Vietnam, Korea, FPT Semiconductor, Viettel Hi-Tech và Acronics have established operation in the city.

Partners from Vietnam and Korea have also agreed five deals on cooperation and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology in medical, healthcare in Da Nang.

The Republic Korea’s LG Electronics plans to introduce its R&D centre to the city, while Samsung has established a Samsung Innovation Campus (SIC) at Da Nang-Duy Tan University.

⛄ The Vietnam-Korea Information Technology and Communications University has been seeking cooperation with LG Electronics R&D Vietnam, and the University of Northhampton, in the UK, in digital human resources and application research in hi-tech industries./.