Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced his country's new AI Action Plan on Saturday. Trkiye will mobilize at least $10 billion in mainly private-sector investment for data centers, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure under the new plan, Erdogan said.
According to Anadolu Agency, speaking at the Trkiye Artificial Intelligence Summit in Istanbul, Erdogan stated that the country aims to increase its installed data center capacity to at least 1 gigawatt by 2030. He also mentioned that at least 2% of public investment programs will be allocated to artificial intelligence projects.
Erdogan further announced plans to make at least 2,000 public datasets available to citizens through a National Data Library, including data from sectors such as health, agriculture, defense, and e-commerce. Under the new action plan, Trkiye will train 10,000 advanced AI specialists and 100,000 AI application professionals.
The president added that AI literacy workshops will be launched in all 81 provinces, aiming to provide training to 5 million citizens within two years. 'We will launch the National Artificial Intelligence Literacy Program to ensure that people of all ages understand artificial intelligence correctly and use it safely,' Erdogan said.
The AI Action Plan is structured around four main pillars: 'discover, benefit, produce and govern,' with four complementary actions under each pillar, he noted.
