Huawei Joins Customers and Partners to Launch the Thailand AI Ecosystem Initiative, Building ASEAN's Leading AI Hub

——Huawei Thailand Digital & AI Summit 2026 Concludes Successfully

[Bangkok, Thailand, 23 July 2026] The Huawei Thailand Digital & AI Summit 2026, co-hosted by Huawei and the Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) of Thailand, wrapped up successfully in Bangkok today. Centered on the theme "Advancing All Intelligence Thailand", the summit brought together over 3,000 participants including Thai government representatives, industry clients, and telecom carriers and partners. Attendees discussed how to integrate next-generation AI infrastructure and open ecosystems, and how to address challenges via trustworthy AI, advanced connectivity and computing power. During the event, Huawei teamed up with Thai customers, local large model enterprises, AI associations, and top universities to launch the Thailand AI Ecosystem Initiative. Leveraging robust computing infrastructure and open-source ecosystems, the participants will jointly advance Thailand 's journey toward all intelligence and accelerate the upgrade of Thailand 's digital economy.

Embracing the Agentic AI Era, Huawei Supports Thailand in Building Comprehensive Intelligent Infrastructure

H.E. Mr. Chaichanok Chidchib, Minister of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) of Thailand, shared Thailand's vision for advancing AI development through three key pillars: Infrastructure, Trust, and People. He emphasized that the future of AI cannot be created by any single organization alone, but requires collective efforts from all sectors to build an inclusive and sustainable AI ecosystem. "Thailand is advancing as a real-world AI Governance Sandbox, where companies, researchers, and regulators can work together to translate global principles into practical implementation," he said.

H.E. Mr. Chaichanok Chidchib, Minister of Digital Economy and Society (MDES) of Thailand

Austin Zheng, Deputy Managing Director of Huawei Thailand, stated in his opening speech that Thailand is stepping into the Agentic AI era and evolving from a digital transformation participant into an ASEAN AI innovation hub. Meanwhile, local industries face five major bottlenecks in AI implementation, covering computing resources, data, models, security, and talent. To address these challenges, Huawei put forward the ACT framework: Assess high-value scenarios to form commercial closed loops; Calibrate AI models with high-quality vertical data to develop industry-specific models; Transform business operations with AI talent to speed up intelligent application development. This framework systematically addresses pain points in enterprise intelligent transformation. Leveraging its mature global ecosystem and rich portfolio of industry solutions, Huawei will continue to consolidate its local presence in Thailand, cultivate more local AI professionals through the ASEAN Academy, and support the development of an Intelligent Thailand with secure, trustworthy, and inclusive AI.

Austin Zheng, Deputy Managing Director of Huawei Thailand

Hong-Eng Koh, Global Chief Public Services Industry Scientist of Global Public Sector BU at Huawei, noted that AI is evolving from assistive tools into industrial agentic applications, generating massive demand for frontier models and unified computing architecture. For an Intelligent Thailand, Huawei provides the end-to-end, trustworthy, inclusive, and sustainable agentic AI solution portfolio covering model iteration, development of trusted local corpora, AI agent development, and talent training. Powered by Atlas 950 SuperPoD, Huawei enables efficient coordination of large-scale computing resources, supported by a complete toolchain for agent development and deployment. To date, Huawei's AI solutions have empowered more than 2,600 enterprises across over 30 industries worldwide, covering more than 500 business scenarios. Numerous benchmark cases have been delivered in the finance, transportation, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors, continuously lowering barriers to AI adoption and advancing large-scale industrial intelligence.

Hong-Eng Koh, Global Chief Public Services Industry Scientist of Global Public Sector BU at Huawei

Flourishing Ecosystem: Thailand AI Ecosystem Initiative Unveiled to Accelerate the Development of an AI Hub in ASEAN

The launch ceremony of the Thailand AI Ecosystem Initiative, under the theme of Co-Building a Leading AI Hub in ASEAN, was held at the summit. Jointly proposed by Huawei, the AI Association of Thailand (AIAT), local leading enterprises including telecom carriers, local large model developers, and universities, the initiative advocates building an inclusive and symbiotic local AI ecosystem that balances trustworthy governance and innovation while nurturing local digital talent, it strives to build Thailand into a core engine for AI innovation and industrial deployment across Southeast Asia.

Huawei Joins Customers and Partners to Launch the Thailand AI Ecosystem Initiative

Having operated in Thailand for 27 years, Huawei has always honored its commitment of "In Thailand, For Thailand". Going forward, Huawei will continue to collaborate with Thai customers and partners to advance AI infrastructure, industrial intelligence, and talent development, help Thailand accelerate its transition to all intelligence, and jointly build Thailand into ASEAN's leading AI hub.