Project ID: 95863

CIDCA provides $13 million grant for establishment of artificial intelligence platform

Commitment amount

$ 14606339.95940781

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 14606339.96

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) [Government Agency]

Recipient

Serbia

Sector

Government and civil society (Code: 150)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Implementation (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2019-11-01

Geography

Description

In November 2019, the Government of Serbia and Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the development of an artificial intelligence (AI) platform. China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) agreed to provide a $13 million (11.7 million euro) grant to support the implemnetation of the project, which includes the provision of cloud infrastructure to the Kragujevac State Data Center (with a capacity of approximately 1,200 rack rooms distributed in two facilities with a total footprint of 14,000 square meters). The AI platform is expected to enable the development of state-of-the-art e-government services. The construction of the Kragujevac State Data Center was completed in December 2020.

Number of official sources

4

Number of total sources

7

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Serbia [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. [Private Sector]