NTT Data AI Factory Lab is scheduled to open in September 2026. It aims to help organizations identify high-impact AI use cases, validate business outcomes and accelerate secure adoption.
NTT DATA has announced its intention to launch the NTT DATA AI Factory Lab in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The lab will bring together NTT DATA’s full stack AI solutions and services expertise from partners, including Cisco and NVIDIA.
According to NTT Data, the AI Factory Lab is scheduled to open in September 2026. The AI Lab aims to help organizations identify high-impact AI use cases, validate business outcomes and accelerate secure adoption.
“While interest in AI continues to grow, many organizations are looking for a practical path from experimentation to business outcomes,” said Hani Nofal, Executive Head of Infrastructure Solutions in Middle East and Africa, NTT DATA. “The AI Factory Lab brings together the expertise, technologies and ecosystem partnerships needed to help clients identify the right use cases, deploy AI securely and scale with confidence.”
NTT Data AI Factory Lab Highlights
NTT Data said, its AI Factory Lab will feature interactive demonstrations of real-world AI use cases across employee productivity, customer experience, intelligent operations, cybersecurity, networking, software development and industry-specific business processes. Organizations will be able to explore how agentic AI can automate workflows, improve decision-making, enhance experiences and unlock greater value from enterprise data.
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Featured experiences will include the Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA, showcasing how organizations can build, deploy, secure, govern and scale AI workloads on an enterprise-grade AI infrastructure foundation.
Cisco intends to provide the critical AI infrastructure foundation for the lab, including Cisco’s networking, security, observability and collaboration capabilities.
NVIDIA will provide the accelerated computing platform and AI software technologies powering GenAI, agentic AI, computer vision and digital twin workloads, said NTT Data.
“In the race to adopt AI, organizations need more than just technology – they need a foundation of absolute trust and control,” said Cassie Roach, VP of Partner Sales, AI Infrastructure & Connectivity at Cisco. “By integrating the Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA into their AI Factory Lab, NTT DATA provides a secure, validated sandbox where customers can test, refine and prove their AI strategies with confidence before making a full-scale commitment, turning ‘what if?’ into reality.”
“Organizations across the Middle East and Africa are moving from AI exploration to production, and NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI software provide the foundation to build, deploy and scale secure AI workloads,” said Dirk Barfuss, Director of EMEA channel at NVIDIA. “Through the NTT DATA AI Factory Lab in Riyadh, customers can experience the Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA firsthand, helping them validate high-impact use cases and move from experimentation to practical business outcomes with confidence.”
Disclaimer: This article is based on an official announcement by NTT Data. It has been edited for length and readability. Details about NTT Data’s initiatives, investments, partnerships, and programmes are provided by the company.
