Dardania AI held its inaugural Infrastructure Summit in Prishtina at the end of June. Over three days, investors, strategic partners, infrastructure providers and technology companies met to work through the plan for Central Europe's AI Factory. NVIDIA, Vertiv, Submer, MITRE Corp, KESCO and KOSTT were in the room, alongside the Dardania AI team and the Government of Kosovo.
The program ran as working sessions rather than presentations. A technology panel with NVIDIA, Vertiv and MITRE covered the reference architecture and liquid-cooling design. An infrastructure panel with KESCO, KOSTT and Dardania AI reviewed the energy architecture, the transmission plan and future behind-the-meter options. In between were site tours and one-on-one sessions across power, telecommunications and platform development.
"The summit was decisive proof of how far we've come. Dardania AI has moved from an ambitious vision to a coordinated development platform, powered by a fast-growing ecosystem of investors, technology leaders and public-sector partners aligned behind a single mission."
Albion Calaj, Chief Executive Officer
Energy sessions with Dardania AI's power suppliers and KOSTT covered the Phase 1 supply mix and plans for dedicated generation.
Government of Kosovo and U.S. Embassy leadership reaffirmed support for the platform during summit week.
Summit week coincided with the U.S. Embassy's celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, which the Dardania AI leadership attended as special guests.
The summit closed with four priorities: advance site engineering across the campus locations, progress commercial offtake discussions with prospective customers, finalize infrastructure and energy agreements for the long term, and keep building the team. Ground was broken at the campus in August.