Islamabad: The National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC), is set to deliver high-performance Graphics Processing Unit as a Service (GPUaaS) and Model as a Service (MaaS) across its highly secure, state-managed Data Centers. Serving as foundation of the country's e-governance infrastructure, NTC’s new sovereign Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiative is designed to fulfill the state's expanding computational demands, offering secure, high-speed, and localized alternatives to public clouds while ensuring the required safety of sensitive public sector data.

To bring this vision to life, NTC has signed a landmark three-year contract with DataVault to deploy advanced, enterprise-grade, NVIDIA-licensed GPU hardware including the industry-leading H200, A100, and B200 series. This strategic partnership establishes NTC as Pakistan’s premier local hub for sovereign AI and Machine Learning (ML) services. The high-performance hardware will power a dedicated platform tailored to host and run state-of-the-art Large Language Models (LLMs) securely within NTC's managed environment, including top-tier models such as Llama 3.1 (8B, 3.3 70B, and 4 Maverick), GPT-OSS 20B, Qwen3 32B, Kimi K2, and cutting-edge Text-to-Speech (TTS) services.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, the Managing Director of NTC Major General (R) Ali Farhan, emphasized the critical importance of localized infrastructure: “Computing power is the backbone of modern digital infrastructure. By securing high-performance NVIDIA GPUs and hosting advanced AI models locally, NTC is taking a decisive step to protect Pakistan's digital sovereignty. This self-hosted, highly secure environment minimizes exposure to public clouds while providing our designated government clients with world-class AI inference and training capabilities”.

The implementation partner, DataVault will work alongside NTC to deliver enterprise-grade performance, targeting an ambitious 99.9% monthly uptime SLA backed by 24/7/365 technical support.