HIVE Digital Technologies has activated its BUZZ AI Cloud GPU cluster in Asunción, Paraguay, hosting live large language model training workloads operated remotely by a Columbia University research team.
The deployment uses HIVE’ s 300MW renewable hydroelectric power base, alongside a further 100MW under development, and a Tier III hosted data centre to create a low-latency AI cloud compute platform between New York and Asunción.
The Nasdaq-listed company said the platform forms part of a strategic joint venture with Paraguay’ s largest telecommunications operator and represents one of the country’ s first purpose-built AI cloud platforms.
Hosted within a Tier III facility in Asunción, the infrastructure is designed to support high-performance computing and AI workloads for academic institutions, enterprises, financial services organisations and healthcare providers across Paraguay and wider South America.
HIVE said the deployment will initially provide enterprise-grade GPU clusters capable of supporting AI training, inference and data-intensive workloads, with expansion planned through 2027, subject to customer demand and capital availability.
The company added that Paraguay’ s renewable energy resources, stable government, supportive investment policies and national fibre connectivity create favourable conditions for long-term digital infrastructure development.
Executive Chairman Frank Holmes said Paraguay’ s energy-led infrastructure strategy mirrors the development path seen in Texas, where Tier I data centres evolved into advanced AI-ready Tier III facilities supporting enterprise and hyperscale workloads.
Chief Executive Officer Aydin Kilic said the project would provide local access to accelerated computing capacity while strengthening Paraguay’ s position within South America’ s AI and high-performance computing ecosystem.
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Uruguay and Microsoft have launched the AI for Good Lab, a new Artificial Intelligence innovation centre designed to accelerate the development of advanced AI solutions across Latin America. Located within LATU’ s Innovation Park in Montevideo, the laboratory will focus on building, prototyping and scaling AI technologies targeting healthcare, education, sustainability, government efficiency and social development applications.
The initiative represents a new phase in Uruguay’ s growing AI ecosystem and expands on the success of the Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Lab, which has already supported more than 200 organisations across multiple industries and countries. The earlier programme helped accelerate AI adoption, strengthen technical expertise and improve the transition of AI prototypes into production environments at rates above international benchmarks.
The AI for Good Lab will combine Microsoft’ s cloud, AI and high-performance computing capabilities with Uruguay’ s technology infrastructure and innovation network. Officials said the project will support the development of advanced AI models, automation tools and data-driven systems capable of addressing large-scale public and enterprise challenges.
Uruguay’ s government highlighted the country’ s strong digital infrastructure, including extensive connectivity, submarine cable access and an electricity network powered almost entirely by renewable energy, as critical advantages for attracting AI investment and supporting compute-intensive workloads.
The government also stressed that AI deployment must be supported by governance frameworks, workforce training and skills development to ensure long-term sustainability and responsible adoption.
The laboratory is expected to boost local AI capabilities, encourage technology transfer and create opportunities for start-ups, SMEs and researchers developing next-generation AI applications.
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