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National Data Center No.1

Hoa Lac, Hanoi, Vietnam · Hanoi metro market · location approximate to district level

National Data Center No.1 is a data center project in Hoa Lac, Vietnam, operated by Ministry of Public Security (National Data Center). It is operational. The operator has not published a capacity figure, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

Latest change on record: entered the record as operational on 18 August 2025.

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Stage
Operational
Planned IT load
Not published
Running now
Not disclosed
Operator
Ministry of Public Security (National Data Center)
Local developer
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Verified
Will it get built?Built7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How Vietnam approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in Vietnam.

How well evidenced is it

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. On record: named funder, committed or approved capital, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusNo signal either way

No public signal either way.

Access to AI chips

GradeNo public signal

Nothing found in the public record. This describes the record, not the company, and it is not evidence that access was sought or denied. Criteria.

Licence required as enforced (Country Group D:1), no named authorisation found · Licence required as enforced (Country Group D:1), no named authorisation found (2026-09-27) source

Stage history

2025-08-18Operational · en.mps.gov.vn

Who is behind it

OperatorMinistry of Public Security (National Data Center) · Local developer
Funder, EquityGovernment of Vietnam

Who uses the compute

Own use · governmentMinistry of Public Security (Government of Vietnam) · confirmed

1,300 racks, Uptime Tier IV, opened 18 Aug 2025, serving government agencies; VND 16.8tn · as of 2025-08-18

VnExpress reports the Ministry of Public Security opened National Data Center No.1 at Hoa Lac on 18 Aug 2025 as the operator serving state agencies; the article does not itemise which national databases (population, VNeID) sit there, so no agency-level user beyond MPS is entered.

Source · Bộ Công an khai trương Trung tâm Dữ liệu quốc gia số 1 (VnExpress, 2025-08-18)

Source · Bộ Công an khai trương Trung tâm dữ liệu quốc gia lớn hàng đầu Đông Nam Á tại Khu công nghệ cao Hòa Lạc (Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park Management Board, 2025-08-18)

Money at this site

Approved by a government investment agency, 2025-08VND 16,800bn (about US$639m)

An approval figure is an incentive ceiling. It often covers a first phase and can exclude land or IT equipment.

It includes GPUs and IT hardware, so it is not comparable with building cost.

Project team
Engineering consultantFPT Information System (FPT IS) · Aug 2025 · completed Confirmed source ↗
Technology partner providing consulting and design support. FPT is not named as a construction contractor.

Sources

  1. vietnamnet.vn
  2. vnexpress.net
  3. antoanthongtin.vn
  4. Trung tâm dữ liệu quốc gia số 1 được xếp vào danh mục công trình an ninh quốc gia (Mekong ASEAN, 2025-10-09)
  5. Ministry of Public Security launches National Data Center No. 1 – FPT poised to accompany Vietnam's national digital transformation strategy (FPT IS, 2025-08-19)
  6. National Data Center requested to master core technologies (Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam, 2026-08-19)

Same campus, Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park

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