Mayor touts AI project with NvidiaGOVERNANCE PLAN: The Kaohsiung City Government is exploring ways to integrate telecom services with an Nvidia model to address challenges, Chen Chi-mai saidStaff writer, with CNAKaohsiung’s Smart Lighthouse Project has great potential to facilitate artificial intelligence (AI) partnerships with international tech firms, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) told reporters on the sidelines of the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, California, on Monday. The project would apply a “sovereign AI” approach to city governance as demand for computing power surges amid a shift toward generative AI inference and “AI factory” development, Chen said. Sovereign AI refers to a government’s ability to develop AI using its own resourcesKaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi- mai, right, and Foxconn chairman Young Liu speak at the Nvidia GTC conference in San Jose, California, on Monday. Photo: CNAKaohsiung plans to work with Nvidia and Foxconn to establish centers using Nvidia’s Compute Unified Device Architecture to supply computing power and software development, Chen said. Nvidia chief executive officer Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) gave the keynote speech at the event.

Source: Taipei Times March 17, 2026 17:11 UTC