Nvidia is building the world's first 'national AI' — Japan's FRONTia Project could be the next big step forward in global progress, but is this a step too far?
- 13,750 Vera CPUs and 27,500 Rubin GPUs will drive compute at the Nvidia Vera Rubin AI factory
- The project will be the world’s first national AI infrastructure for physical AI
- By partnering with Noetra Corp, Nvidia is providing hardware to drive Japan’s FRONTia Project
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is supporting a partnership between Noetra Corp and Nvidia to provide the foundation for the its national artificial intelligence initiative, the FRONTia Project.
Noetra Corp – which comprises NEC, Sony, Honda, SoftBank Corp, and has backing from 44 other companies and organizations – won a tender on June 30 2026 to run FRONTia until 2030, with as much as ¥1 trillion (around $6.1 billion) expected to be invested in the project over the five years.
Japan sees FRONTia as providing the heart of its sovereign AI ecosystem for industry, providing compute power for the development of...
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