Digital sovereignty
Self-hosted infrastructure keeps sensitive data under local control.
Sovereign digital infrastructure
Build where the internet doesn't.
Datacenter Vision builds sovereign, offline-first cloud and AI infrastructure so governments and businesses can run critical services even with poor or no connectivity.
Focused on Lusophone Africa, West Africa (UEMOA), and Brazil.
Local-first network01
Critical services stay close to the people and institutions that depend on them.
01 / Approach
Infrastructure designed around reality, not ideal connectivity.
Our systems keep data, compute, and essential workflows within local reach. Connectivity can improve the experience, but it is never the single point of failure.
Offline-first
Core services continue through intermittent or unavailable internet.
Local AI
Useful models run on-device or on local infrastructure, close to the data.
Low-cost hardware
Deployment choices account for constrained budgets and operating environments.
Where we work
Built across contexts, not exported from one.
Guinea-Bissauinstitutional base
Braziltechnology base
West Africafrancophone & anglophone
Globalopen collaboration
02 / Products
One thesis, applied to the services people rely on.
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GW Cloud
in developmentSovereign, offline-first backend and cloud platform with local AI.
Flagship platform
02
GOV-GB
pilotE-government portal for Guinea-Bissau, accessible via USSD without internet.
Digital public infrastructure
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BUBANK
MVPDigital banking via USSD for West Africa (UEMOA), with instant-payment integration.
Financial access
04
Nhagriot
in productionTurns documents, books, and links into narrated audio using open-source text-to-speech.
nhagriot.comAccessible knowledge
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AbenyFashion AI
pre-launchAI virtual try-on for Afro and textured hairstyles.
Inclusive AI
03 / Why it matters
Connectivity should expand access, not determine whether a service exists.
In low-connectivity regions, cloud-only systems can turn a network outage into an institutional outage. Healthcare, finance, education, and public administration need a more resilient foundation.
Offline-first architecture protects continuity. Sovereign deployment protects agency. Local AI creates useful intelligence without requiring every interaction or dataset to leave the country.
FBN
Founded fromSão Paulo × Bissau
04 / Company
Founder
Filipe Buba Nhada
Software engineer and researcher in sovereign digital public infrastructure.
A former Mercado Livre engineer, Filipe works at the intersection of distributed systems, local AI, and public infrastructure designed for the realities of emerging markets.
05 / Contact
Resilient infrastructure is built through local partnerships.
We are open to conversations with governments, institutions, technical teams, and long-term partners.
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LocationSão Paulo, Brazil