Huawei has hosted its AI Data Center Innovation Summit in Egypt as part of the Huawei Intelligent Africa Congress 2026, releasing the Northern Africa AIDC Reference Design White Paper to provide design and construction guidance for AI data center facilities across the region. Themed “Advancing Industrial All Intelligence for Africa,” the summit brought together customers and partners from multiple industries to discuss opportunities, solutions and case studies in intelligent transformation. Huawei used the event to position its connectivity, computing and digital power capabilities as part of a broader push to support Africa’s transition into AI infrastructure deployment at scale. Benjamin Hou, CEO of Huawei Egypt, said AI is shifting from a peripheral support tool into the core of production. “Today, AI agents can plan, execute, and optimize complex tasks autonomously. These are the breakthroughs that change countries, industries, and individual lives forever,” he said. He added that Egypt is actively implementing its Second National AI Strategy with the goal of moving from being a consumer of technology to a producer of AI. Ahmed Fahmy, general manager of Administrative Capital for Urban Development, said the New Administrative Capital is being built not only as a modern city, but as a replicable smart city model for the rest of the African continent. He said the New Capital has completed a fiber-optic network forming the city’s “nervous system,” and that Egypt is opening its technology platforms to African enterprises, startups and factories to test smart solutions in logistics, manufacturing, energy and other sectors. Fahmy called on partners, investors and innovators to help develop the New Capital into a “Living Lab” for Africa’s digital transformation. Tony Wu, vice president of Huawei’s Computing Marketing and Solution Sales Department, said AI applications have entered a critical period of large-scale adoption, with models and infrastructure becoming central