Altron launches South Africa’s first operational AI Factory
November 2025
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Dr Andy Mabaso, Altron Group CTO.
Altron has announced the successful deployment of South Africa’s first operational AI Factory, powered by NVIDIA AI infrastructure including NVIDIA accelerated computing and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software. This platform delivers comprehensive AI infrastructure, tools, training and support while maintaining data sovereignty and regulatory compliance. The platform is currently live with five launch customers, which include Dataviue, Lelapa AI and MathU.
Altron Group CTO, Dr Bongani Andy Mabaso explains: “We want to be the enabler for businesses seeking to harness AI capabilities. This platform is a launchpad to support their vision and speed up AI development and the delivery of services to the market, solving challenges in ways only South African companies can.”
Altron’s AI Factory ensures sensitive information remains within South African jurisdiction, protected by local laws. This addresses critical data sovereignty concerns for enterprises navigating global AI adoption through comprehensive infrastructure and services. Pieta Heyns, MD of Dataviue, one of the AI Factory launch customers, adds: “This platform offers cutting-edge AI capabilities while ensuring our clients’ data remains protected under South African regulations, thereby eliminating compliance concerns that arise with offshore solutions.”
The platform delivers accelerated computing infrastructure alongside AI-as-a-Service offerings at competitive pricing. Altron’s approach enables businesses to scale efficiently, whether they’re building proprietary models or consuming AI services. MathU’s founder, WA Burger emphasises: “We’re accessing the same AI infrastructure that global giants use, and AI models that align with our market reality. This enables us to iterate faster and scale our personalised education platform with confidence.”
“Our AI Factory gives businesses immediate access to enterprise AI infrastructure combined with the expertise to use it effectively. Instead of months of buildout, offshore dependencies or expertise gaps, our customers get the platform, the expertise and the support to make AI actually work for their business. The foundation is ready” says Mike Wright, executive for Data and AI at Altron Digital Business.
Mabaso adds: “Working with our technology launch partners, we’ve created an ecosystem where South African businesses can build cutting-edge AI solutions and enterprises can consume world-class AI services at competitive pricing, while maintaining local control.” Altron’s AI Factory is now operational and ready to onboard additional customers. Visit https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0nyG020 to find out more.
For more information contact Altron, [email protected], www.altron.com
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