Brazil Commits $444M to Sovereign AI Supercomputers, Splitting Projects Between Huawei/iFlytek and Nvidia

President Lula's government committed 2.3B reais ($444M) to two sovereign AI supercomputers: 1.3B reais goes to a Rio de Janeiro build with Huawei and iFlytek starting July 2027, and ~1B reais to a tender in Rio Grande do Norte (Nvidia is expected to win) targeting a top-10 global ranking. Officials said the split reflects a strategy 'not to depend on a single company, technology or country,' and the machines will train Portuguese-first LLMs for sector-specific use.