Why Nepal must build a sovereign ‘AI Factory’

Without a sovereign compute infrastructure, we will merely consume AI, remaining a digital colony.

While most of Nepal is reeling in the progress that the country has achieved in exporting its electricity to India, a silent global race is happening over the export of digital intelligence. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming the most important technological platform of the 21st century. From education and healthcare to agriculture, finance, governance, and defence, AI systems will increasingly influence how nations operate and compete. Yet behind every AI breakthrough lies one critical resource: compute infrastructure.