Pilipinas AI goes live—PH's first sovereign AI, see its key benefits

ePLDT, the ICT arm of PLDT,  partnered with Dell Technologies and Katonic AI to power Pilipinas AI, the country's first sovereign AI solutions stack.

Pilipinas AI logo

What is Pilipinas AI?

According to the group, this is a landmark step in shaping the AI-driven future of Philippine enterprises. The launch builds upon the earlier introduction of ePLDT's GPU-as-a-Service, which opened access to high-performance computing through NVIDIA-powered GPU servers.

Now, it is Pilipinas AI's turn to integrate a complete GPU management platform with an AI orchestration layer.

With Pilipinas AI, organizations can tap into AI's full potential without the burden of building or managing their own infrastructure. The solution helps enterprises overcome common barriers to adoption, including complex htegtalon requirements and a shortage of AI expertise, allowing them to move faster, smarter, and more efficiently.

Is Pilipinas AI secured?

Pilipinas AI Data Hall

What makes Pilipinas AI distinct is its local foundation–hosted at VITRO Sta. Rosa, the country's first Al-ready hyperscale data center.

A world-class server rack

According to the company, it ensures data and workloads remain within Philippine borders. This means enterprises and government agencies benefit from lower latency, enhanced performance, and a stronger layer of security, all while meeting local data privacy regulations and reinforcing national digital sovereignty.

The facility also has an advanced cooling system using Magnetic Chillers with a 23-25 degrees Celsius temperature. For sustainability, its renewable energy capabilities are at 35 percent. The target is to raise it to 65 percent in 2 to 3 years.

Some of the sample use cases ePLDT showed us

Smart's Cindy, the Intelligent Virtual Collections Assistant

• Engages users with a hyper-realistic Taglish voice
• Simulates human-like conversations to address real concerns
• Collects relevant data to support resolution and follow-up

AI-Driven CX Performance and Quality Management

• Analyzes key customer experience metrics in real time
• Delivers unbiased insights for faster issue resolution
• Enhances service consistency based on actual customer feedback

Smart City Applications

• Monitors and manages road and infrastructure repairs
• Improves public safety through predictive analytics
• Supports efficient urban planning and operations

Disaster Response and Agriculture

• Uses predictive models to strengthen disaster preparedness
• Monitors agricultural supply chains to boost yields
• Optimizes resource management and secures food distribution

ePLDT also expects that Pilipinas Al is poised to make a significant impact on key industries, including banking and finance, business process outsourcing, healthcare, public services, and academia.

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Its capabilities can enable fraud detection, AI-driven weather forecasting, customer experience enhancements, and AI-assisted medical diagnostics systems for those organizations.

Basically, Pilipinas AI helps AI to integrate more easily into industries. They are designed to make operations more efficient, speed up tasks with AI and automation, and create data analysis tailored to the consumer.

Possible benefits are increased security, increased revenue, more reliable service, more efficient response to problems, and many more.

By working with trusted, world-class tech partners, we are putting the right foundation in place for Philippine enterprises to embrace AI with confidence. Pilipinas Al gives them access to computing power and advanced tools that help accelerate adoption, streamline operations, and drive innovation at scale, said Victor S. Genuino, President & CEO of ePLDT and VITRO Inc.

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