Gorilla Technology Group Inc., a global specialist in security and network intelligence solutions, has signed a three-year US$ 1.4 billion contract with Singapore-based infrastructure platform Freyr to develop a network of AI-powered data centres across Southeast Asia, starting with Indonesia, Gorilla says in a statement yesterday. The initial phase valued at US$300 million will begin in Q4 2025, according to the statement.
The parties are currently finalising detailed Statements of Work (SOWs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and GPU infrastructure deployment schedules while site selection and systems integration for the initial phase are already underway, with AI services expected to go live in early 2026.
The contract leverages on Gorilla’s expertise in AI with the firm serving as lead provider of AI infrastructure, service-level operations and end-to-end data centre intelligence across three Southeast Asian markets: Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Gorilla will use local co-location facilities and deploy its proprietary AI stack, including GPU-as-a-Service infrastructure, orchestration software and real-time monitoring systems, while managing performance and uptime SLAs over an initial three-year term, with optional two-year extensions.
Freyr meanwhile will be its regional expansion partner. As a NVIDIA preferred partner, Freyr offers bare-metal leasing and turnkey GPU clusters, amongst other services.
In recent weeks, Gorilla has announced major contracts worth tens of millions of dollars with governments in Asia to provide AI-based IPDR (Internet Protocol Detail Record) analytics and enable AI-first smart policing GPU-as-a-Service for digital intelligence investigations to combat cybercrime.
“We have been building in AI for more than 17 years, and we understand this region better than most. To have secured a customer of this calibre, a multi-billion-dollar telco with unmatched scale and reputation, is a powerful validation of Gorilla’s capability. Being trusted by such an institution from the outset speaks volumes about the strength of our platform and execution model. Together with Freyr, we are deploying at scale, not talking about it. Phase One alone is US$ 300 million and it is only the start of a much larger expansion,” said Jay Chandan, Chairman & CEO of Gorilla Technology Group Inc.
Cary Liu, CEO of Freyr, commented: “This partnership is based on a simple and collective belief that Southeast Asia deserves sovereign, intelligent, and high-performance infrastructure. This is not just a US$ 1.4 billion contract; it is the beginning of a broader expansion strategy. Together, Freyr and Gorilla are already targeting new data centre opportunities worth at least US$ 2.5 billion over the next couple of years. The Southeast Asian data centre market is expected to exceed US$12 to US$15 billion; and this alliance positions us right at the centre of that growth. With Gorilla’s AI leadership and our regional execution platform, we are not just keeping pace with demand, we are shaping it.”
“Having spent decades building infrastructure strategies across global markets, I can say with confidence that this contract sets a new benchmark for how AI infrastructure should be executed. Gorilla’s advantage is clear: deep local understanding, operational speed and serious technical muscle. This is what happens when experience meets urgency. The shift from hyperscale to regionally intelligent infrastructure has begun, and Gorilla is leading that transition,” said Thomas Sennhauser, Board Member of London-based Gorilla Technology Group Inc.