AI Factories Are Reshaping Data Infrastructure for an Intelligent Future

From startups to global giants, the AI reasoning era is redefining how we build, think, and operate. Hyperscalers and innovation leaders are scaling AI factories globally, and soon every enterprise will depend on one to stay ahead. 

The Rise of AI Factories: Manufacturing Intelligence for an AI-Native Era 

The world is entering the age of AI Natives — a new generation of individuals, organizations, and economies born into environments where artificial intelligence is not just an enhancement, but a default operating layer. 

Teenagers now grow up talking to AI assistants instead of typing search queries. Companies like Amazon rely on AI to manage logistics at machine speed. Tesla collects terabytes of real-world data every day to refine its autonomous driving models. Even governments are adopting AI copilots to streamline citizen services and policymaking. 

In this new era, AI is embedded into products, into decisions, into every customer interaction. For AI-Native entities, intelligence must be continuous, generative, and scalable. To meet the demands of this fundamental shift, we need a new kind of infrastructure. This leads to the emergence of AI Factory - the next generation of data centers, designed not merely to store information but to produce intelligence at scale. 

From Data Centers to Intelligence Manufacturing Hubs 

Traditional data centers were built for general-purpose computing, capable of processing a wide range of workloads with relative flexibility. However, in today’s AI-driven economy, speed, scale, and specialization matter more than ever. Businesses and governments can no longer afford to wait months for fragmented AI initiatives to yield actionable insights. Instead, they require industrial-grade systems capable of managing the full AI lifecycle, from data ingestion to model training, fine-tuning, and high-volume inference in real-time. 

AI Factories are purpose-built to meet this demand. They transform raw data into actionable intelligence with speed, continuity, and cost efficiency. Intelligence is no longer a byproduct. It is a product. 

The key performance metric is AI token throughput, which measures how effectively an AI Factory produces reasoning and predictions to power decisions, enable automation, and unlock value. 

AI Factories: Building the Backbone of the AI Economy 

Around the world, governments and enterprises are accelerating efforts to build AI factories as strategic drivers of economic growth, innovation, and efficiency. 

In Europe, the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking has unveiled plans to develop seven AI factories in partnership with 17 EU member states, marking a significant step toward establishing AI infrastructure at scale. 

This movement is part of a broader global wave, as countries and corporations invest heavily in AI factories to transform industries and power national competitiveness: 

• India: Yotta Data Services, in collaboration with NVIDIA, has introduced the Shakti Cloud
  Platform—democratizing access to advanced GPU computing. By combining NVIDIA AI Enterprise software with open-source tools, Yotta offers a streamlined platform for AI development and deployment. 

• Japan: Top cloud providers such as GMO Internet, Highreso, KDDI, Rutilea, and SAKURA Internet are building NVIDIA-powered AI infrastructure to revolutionize sectors ranging from robotics and automotive to healthcare and telecommunications. 

• Norway: Telenor has launched an AI factory leveraging NVIDIA technologies to drive AI adoption across the Nordic region, with a strong emphasis on workforce upskilling and sustainable development. 

Together, these initiatives highlight a pivotal shift: AI factories are no longer optional; they are emerging as foundational infrastructure for the digital economy, much like telecommunications and energy grids once were. 

Inside an AI Factory: Where Intelligence Is Manufactured 

At the core of every AI factory lies a set of vital ingredients: foundation models, trustworthy customer data, and a suite of powerful AI tools. These components come together in a purpose-built environment where models are fine-tuned, prototyped, and optimized for real-world deployment. 

As these models enter production, they initiate a continuous learning cycle, drawing insights from new data, refining performance through feedback loops, and evolving with every iteration. This closed-loop system, often called a data flywheel, enables organizations to unlock ever-smarter AI, fueling enterprise growth through adaptability, precision, and scale. 

 Source: NVIDIA via blog.nvidia.com

FPT AI Factory: Vietnam’s Pioneer, Japan’s Trusted Partner 

Amid this global shift, FPT AI Factory stands at the forefront of the region’s AI transformation. It is the first of its kind in Vietnam and a trusted infrastructure partner for enterprise customers in Japan. Developed in strategic collaboration with NVIDIA, FPT AI Factory is purpose-built to accelerate the AI-native evolution of businesses and governments alike.

FPT AI Factory provides an end-to-end infrastructure stack for the entire AI product lifecycle, integrating thousands of NVIDIA H100/H200 GPUs, the latest NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, and FPT’s AI ecosystem and deployment expertise. This combination empowers businesses to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced AI solutions, streamline resource and process management, and optimize total cost of ownership while ensuring speed, scalability, and sustainability. 

FPT AI Factory enables enterprises to accelerate every stage of their AI journey through four integrated components:

• FPT AI Infrastructure: Built on NVIDIA H100/H200 GPUs, this infrastructure supports compute-intensive AI workloads with high performance and energy efficiency — ideal for training LLMs, multimodal models, and more. 

• FPT AI Studio: A complete environment for experimentation, fine-tuning, and rapid prototyping that helps teams accelerate development and reduce costs. 

• FPT AI Inference: A scalable, cost-efficient serving platform optimized for low latency and high throughput, suited for production-grade applications with demanding SLAs. 

• FPT AI Agents: A GenAI-powered platform for creating intelligent, multilingual, multi-tasking AI agents that integrate seamlessly with enterprise workflows. 

Source: FPT Smart Cloud 

Additionally, FPT AI Factory is integrated with over 20 ready-to-use generative AI products, enabling rapid AI adoption and immediate impact across customer experience, operational excellence, workforce transformation, and cost optimization.

Powering the Intelligent Enterprise Future 

AI is no longer just a tool for innovation; it’s becoming the foundation for enterprise transformation and national competitiveness. Around the world, AI Factories are emerging as strategic infrastructure that empowers organizations to develop, deploy, and scale intelligent systems at speed. More than technical assets, they are catalysts for the next wave of productivity and long-term economic resilience. 

FPT AI Factory marks Vietnam’s entry into this global movement. Designed to support enterprises across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, it offers a full-stack platform that simplifies the entire AI lifecycle. With strategic investments spanning Vietnam and Japan, FPT is helping shape a future where intelligence is not an add-on, but a core layer of every business, every industry, and every nation ready to lead in the AI era.