Sri Lanka seeks Chinese support for national sovereign AI center

Sri Lanka is negotiating with China to back the creation of a National Sovereign AI Computing Centre. The country has about 5 MW of data center capacity against estimated demand of 25–50 MW. The two sides are working toward an MoU on AI cooperation.

• Sri Lanka has about 5 MW of data center capacity versus 25–50 MW needed
• Talks were held at the Ministry of Digital Economy in Colombo
• An MoU on AI cooperation is in the works
• Initial expansion target is around 25 MW