TOKYO: Nvidia on Thursday announced a partnership with Japan’s Noetra Corp. to build the world’s first national artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure dedicated to physical AI, aimed at accelerating innovation in robotics, manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, and telecommunications.

Nvidia’s Vera central processing unit

The AI factory will be powered by 13,750 NVIDIA Vera CPUs and 27,500 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs, using the company’s latest AI factory architecture to support large-scale AI model training and deployment. It will serve as the computing backbone for Japan’s FRONTia Project, a government-backed initiative launched by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to develop advanced multimodal AI models for robotics and industrial applications.

Nvidia’s Rubin graphics processing unit

According to Nvidia, the facility will provide developers and businesses with access to open AI models and software tools, helping accelerate the development of AI agents, digital twins, and physical AI systems. The project is expected to strengthen Japan’s AI ecosystem by combining the country’s manufacturing expertise with advanced computing infrastructure.

The AI factory will be powered by 13,750 NVIDIA Vera CPUs and 27,500 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs, using the company’s latest AI factory architecture to support large-scale AI model training and deployment

Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang announced that the initiative marks a new phase in Japan’s AI development and will support the country’s next generation of industrial innovation. Japan aims to capture more than 30 percent of the global AI robotics market by 2040, a sector it estimates could be worth USD 133 billion.