diff --git a/.tekton/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cpu-py312-ubi9-pull-request.yaml b/.tekton/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cpu-py312-ubi9-pull-request.yaml
index 23e85a2bf2..06532aebe7 100644
--- a/.tekton/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cpu-py312-ubi9-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cpu-py312-ubi9-pull-request.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ spec:
   - name: build-platforms
     value:
     - linux/x86_64
+    - linux/ppc64le
   - name: dockerfile
     value: jupyter/minimal/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu
   - name: path-context
diff --git a/ci/cached-builds/gen_gha_matrix_jobs.py b/ci/cached-builds/gen_gha_matrix_jobs.py
index 3e233f1d9f..a24604020c 100755
--- a/ci/cached-builds/gen_gha_matrix_jobs.py
+++ b/ci/cached-builds/gen_gha_matrix_jobs.py
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
     "runtime-cuda-tensorflow-ubi9-python-3.12",
 }
 
+PPC64LE_COMPATIBLE = {
+    "jupyter-minimal-ubi9-python-3.12",
+}
+
 S390X_COMPATIBLE = {
     "runtime-minimal-ubi9-python-3.11",
     "runtime-minimal-ubi9-python-3.12",
@@ -74,6 +78,9 @@ class Arm64Images(enum.Enum):
     INCLUDE = "include"
     ONLY = "only"
 
+class Ppc64leImages(enum.Enum):
+    EXCLUDE = "exclude"
+    INCLUDE = "include"
 
 class S390xImages(enum.Enum):
     EXCLUDE = "exclude"
@@ -109,6 +116,15 @@ def main() -> None:
         nargs="?",
         help="Whether to include, exclude, or only include arm64 images",
     )
+    argparser.add_argument(
+        "--ppc64le-images",
+        type=Arm64Images,
+        choices=list(Ppc64leImages),
+        required=False,
+        default=Arm64Images.INCLUDE,
+        nargs="?",
+        help="Whether to include or exclude ppc64le images",
+    )
     argparser.add_argument(
         "--s390x-images",
         type=S390xImages,
@@ -145,6 +161,9 @@ def main() -> None:
         if args.arm64_images != Arm64Images.EXCLUDE and args.s390x_images != S390xImages.ONLY:
             if target in ARM64_COMPATIBLE:
                 targets_with_platform.append((target, "linux/arm64"))
+        if args.ppc64le_images != Ppc64leImages.EXCLUDE:
+            if target in PPC64LE_COMPATIBLE:
+                targets_with_platform.append((target, "linux/ppc64le"))
         if args.s390x_images != S390xImages.EXCLUDE and args.arm64_images != Arm64Images.ONLY:
             # NOTE: hardcode the list of s390x-compatible Makefile targets in S390X_COMPATIBLE
             if target in S390X_COMPATIBLE:
diff --git a/jupyter/minimal/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu b/jupyter/minimal/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu
index ef1ebf8057..f7e7b070ff 100644
--- a/jupyter/minimal/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu
+++ b/jupyter/minimal/ubi9-python-3.12/Dockerfile.cpu
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@
 #########################
 ARG BASE_IMAGE
 
+############################
+# Stage 1: PDF Tool Build #
+############################
+# e.g., registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/python-312:latest
+FROM ${BASE_IMAGE} AS pdf-builder
+
+WORKDIR /opt/app-root/bin
+
+# OS Packages needs to be installed as root
+USER 0
+
+# Copy scripts
+COPY jupyter/utils/install_texlive.sh ./install_texlive.sh
+COPY jupyter/utils/install_pandoc.sh ./install_pandoc.sh
+RUN chmod +x install_texlive.sh install_pandoc.sh
+
+RUN ./install_texlive.sh
+RUN ./install_pandoc.sh
+
 ####################
 # cpu-base         #
 ####################
@@ -60,8 +79,14 @@ COPY ${JUPYTER_REUSABLE_UTILS} utils/
 USER 0
 
 # Dependencies for PDF export begin
-RUN ./utils/install_pdf_deps.sh
+
+# Copy built TeXLive and Pandoc binaries only (no build deps)
+COPY --from=pdf-builder /usr/local/texlive /usr/local/texlive
+COPY --from=pdf-builder /usr/local/pandoc /usr/local/pandoc
+
 ENV PATH="/usr/local/texlive/bin/linux:/usr/local/pandoc/bin:$PATH"
+ENV PATH="/usr/local/texlive/bin/x86_64-linux:/usr/local/pandoc/bin:$PATH"
+ENV PATH="/opt/texlive/2025/bin/powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu:/usr/local/pandoc/bin:$PATH"
 # Dependencies for PDF export end
 
 USER 1001
diff --git a/jupyter/utils/install_pandoc.sh b/jupyter/utils/install_pandoc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..123f378eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jupyter/utils/install_pandoc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Mapping of `uname -m` values to equivalent GOARCH values
+declare -A UNAME_TO_GOARCH
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["x86_64"]="amd64"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["aarch64"]="arm64"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["ppc64le"]="ppc64le"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["s390x"]="s390x"
+
+ARCH="${UNAME_TO_GOARCH[$(uname -m)]}"
+if [[ -z "${ARCH:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "Unsupported architecture: $(uname -m)" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Skip PDF export installation for s390x architecture
+if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "s390x" ]]; then
+    echo "PDF export functionality is not supported on s390x architecture. Skipping installation."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [[ "$ARCH" == "ppc64le" ]]; then
+  # Install Pandoc from source
+  dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
+  dnf install -y cabal-install ghc gmp-devel
+
+  # Set version
+  PANDOC_VERSION=3.7.0.2
+
+  cd /tmp
+  git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/jgm/pandoc.git
+  cd pandoc
+  git checkout ${PANDOC_VERSION}
+  git submodule update --init --recursive
+
+  cabal update
+
+  # Build the CLI tool (not the top-level library package)
+  cd pandoc-cli
+
+  # Clean previous builds
+  cabal clean
+
+  cabal build -j"$(nproc)"
+  mkdir -p /usr/local/pandoc/bin
+  cabal install \
+    --installdir=/usr/local/pandoc/bin \
+    --overwrite-policy=always \
+    --install-method=copy
+
+  # Clean up Haskell build system
+  rm -rf ~/.cabal ~/.ghc /tmp/pandoc
+  dnf remove -y cabal-install ghc gmp-devel
+  dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf
+
+  # Verify installation
+  /usr/local/pandoc/bin/pandoc --version
+
+elif [[ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ]]; then
+  # pandoc installation
+  curl -fL "https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.7.0.2/pandoc-3.7.0.2-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz"  -o /tmp/pandoc.tar.gz
+  mkdir -p /usr/local/pandoc
+  tar xvzf /tmp/pandoc.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C /usr/local/pandoc/
+  rm -f /tmp/pandoc.tar.gz
+
+else
+  echo "Unsupported architecture: $ARCH" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/jupyter/utils/install_pdf_deps.sh b/jupyter/utils/install_pdf_deps.sh
index f07a54f836..bd4e5d2720 100755
--- a/jupyter/utils/install_pdf_deps.sh
+++ b/jupyter/utils/install_pdf_deps.sh
@@ -23,18 +23,89 @@ if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "s390x" ]]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
-# tex live installation
-echo "Installing TexLive to allow PDf export from Notebooks"
-curl -fL https://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz -o install-tl-unx.tar.gz
-zcat < install-tl-unx.tar.gz | tar xf -
-cd install-tl-2*
-perl ./install-tl --no-interaction --scheme=scheme-small --texdir=/usr/local/texlive
-mv /usr/local/texlive/bin/"$(uname -m)-linux" /usr/local/texlive/bin/linux
-cd /usr/local/texlive/bin/linux
-./tlmgr install tcolorbox pdfcol adjustbox titling enumitem soul ucs collection-fontsrecommended
-
-# pandoc installation
-curl -fL "https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.7.0.2/pandoc-3.7.0.2-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz"  -o /tmp/pandoc.tar.gz
-mkdir -p /usr/local/pandoc
-tar xvzf /tmp/pandoc.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C /usr/local/pandoc/
-rm -f /tmp/pandoc.tar.gz
+if [[ "$ARCH" == "ppc64le" ]]; then
+  echo "Installing TeX Live from source for $ARCH"
+
+  # Download and extract source
+  wget https://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/historic/systems/texlive/2025/texlive-20250308-source.tar.xz
+  tar -xf texlive-20250308-source.tar.xz
+  cd texlive-20250308-source
+
+  # Install build dependencies
+  dnf install -y gcc-toolset-13 perl make libX11-devel libXt-devel \
+    zlib-devel freetype-devel libpng-devel ncurses-devel \
+    gd-devel libtool wget tar xz bison flex libXaw-devel
+
+  source /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-13/enable
+
+  # Create build directory
+  mkdir ../texlive-build
+  cd ../texlive-build
+
+  # Configure, build, install
+  ../texlive-20250308-source/configure --prefix=/usr/local/texlive
+  make -j$(nproc)
+  make install
+
+  # Symlink for pdflatex
+  cd /usr/local/texlive/bin/powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu
+  ln -s pdftex pdflatex
+
+  # Cleanup TeX source to reduce image size
+  rm -rf /texlive-20250308-source /texlive-build
+
+  export PATH="/usr/local/texlive/bin/powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu:$PATH"
+  pdflatex --version
+
+  # Install Pandoc from source
+  dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
+  dnf install -y cabal-install ghc gmp-devel
+
+  # Set version
+  PANDOC_VERSION=3.7.0.2
+
+  cd /tmp
+  git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/jgm/pandoc.git
+  cd pandoc
+  git checkout ${PANDOC_VERSION}
+  git submodule update --init --recursive
+
+  cabal update
+
+  # Build the CLI tool (not the top-level library package)
+  cd pandoc-cli
+
+  # Clean previous builds
+  cabal clean
+
+  cabal build -j$(nproc)
+  cabal install --installdir=/usr/local/bin --overwrite-policy=always --install-method=copy
+
+  # Clean up Haskell build system
+  rm -rf ~/.cabal ~/.ghc /tmp/pandoc
+  dnf remove -y cabal-install ghc gmp-devel
+  dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf
+
+  # Verify installation
+  /usr/local/bin/pandoc --version
+
+fi
+
+if [[ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ]]; then
+  # tex live installation
+  echo "Installing TexLive to allow PDf export from Notebooks"
+  curl -fL https://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz -o install-tl-unx.tar.gz
+  zcat < install-tl-unx.tar.gz | tar xf -
+  cd install-tl-2*
+  perl ./install-tl --no-interaction --scheme=scheme-small --texdir=/usr/local/texlive
+  mv /usr/local/texlive/bin/"$(uname -m)-linux" /usr/local/texlive/bin/linux
+  cd /usr/local/texlive/bin/linux
+  ./tlmgr install tcolorbox pdfcol adjustbox titling enumitem soul ucs collection-fontsrecommended
+
+  # pandoc installation
+  curl -fL "https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.7.0.2/pandoc-3.7.0.2-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz " -o /tmp/pandoc.tar.gz
+  mkdir -p /usr/local/pandoc
+  tar xvzf /tmp/pandoc.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C /usr/local/pandoc/
+  rm -f /tmp/pandoc.tar.gz
+
+fi
diff --git a/jupyter/utils/install_texlive.sh b/jupyter/utils/install_texlive.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59808ea948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jupyter/utils/install_texlive.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euxo pipefail
+
+# Mapping of `uname -m` values to equivalent GOARCH values
+declare -A UNAME_TO_GOARCH
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["x86_64"]="amd64"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["aarch64"]="arm64"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["ppc64le"]="ppc64le"
+UNAME_TO_GOARCH["s390x"]="s390x"
+
+ARCH="${UNAME_TO_GOARCH[$(uname -m)]}"
+if [[ -z "${ARCH:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "Unsupported architecture: $(uname -m)" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Skip PDF export installation for s390x architecture
+if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "s390x" ]]; then
+    echo "PDF export functionality is not supported on s390x architecture. Skipping installation."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [[ "$ARCH" == "ppc64le" ]]; then
+  echo "Installing TeX Live from source for $ARCH..."
+
+  # Install build dependencies
+  dnf install -y gcc-toolset-13 perl make libX11-devel libXt-devel \
+    zlib-devel freetype-devel libpng-devel ncurses-devel \
+    gd-devel libtool wget tar xz bison flex libXaw-devel
+
+  # Step 1: Download and extract the TeX Live source
+  wget https://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub/tex/historic/systems/texlive/2025/texlive-20250308-source.tar.xz
+  tar -xf texlive-20250308-source.tar.xz
+  cd texlive-20250308-source
+
+  # Enable newer GCC toolchain
+  source /opt/rh/gcc-toolset-13/enable
+
+  # Create build directory and build
+  mkdir ../texlive-build
+  cd ../texlive-build
+
+  # Configure, build, install
+  ../texlive-20250308-source/configure --prefix=/usr/local/texlive
+  make -j"$(nproc)"
+  make install
+
+  # Symlink for pdflatex
+  ln -sf pdftex /usr/local/texlive/bin/powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu/pdflatex
+
+  # Cleanup sources to reduce image size
+  rm -rf /texlive-20250308-source /texlive-build
+
+  # Step 2: Run TeX Live installer for runtime tree setup
+  cd /
+  wget http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz
+  tar -xzf install-tl-unx.tar.gz
+  cd install-tl-2*/
+
+  # Create a custom install profile
+  TEXLIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr/local/texlive"
+  cat <<EOF > texlive.profile
+selected_scheme scheme-small
+TEXDIR $TEXLIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX
+TEXMFCONFIG ~/.texlive2025/texmf-config
+TEXMFVAR ~/.texlive2025/texmf-var
+option_doc 0
+option_src 0
+EOF
+
+  ./install-tl --profile=texlive.profile --custom-bin=$TEXLIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+  # TeX Live binary directory
+  TEX_BIN_DIR="/usr/local/texlive/bin/powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu"
+
+  # Create standard symlink 'linux' → arch-specific folder
+  ln -sf "$TEX_BIN_DIR" /usr/local/texlive/bin/linux
+
+  # Set up environment
+  export PATH="$TEXLIVE_INSTALL_PREFIX/bin/linux:$PATH"
+  pdflatex --version
+  tlmgr --version
+
+elif [[ "$ARCH" == "amd64" ]]; then
+  # tex live installation
+  echo "Installing TexLive to allow PDf export from Notebooks"
+  curl -fL https://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/install-tl-unx.tar.gz -o install-tl-unx.tar.gz
+  zcat < install-tl-unx.tar.gz | tar xf -
+  cd install-tl-2*
+  perl ./install-tl --no-interaction --scheme=scheme-small --texdir=/usr/local/texlive
+  mv /usr/local/texlive/bin/"$(uname -m)-linux" /usr/local/texlive/bin/linux
+  cd /usr/local/texlive/bin/linux
+  ./tlmgr install tcolorbox pdfcol adjustbox titling enumitem soul ucs collection-fontsrecommended
+
+else
+  echo "Unsupported architecture: $ARCH" >&2
+  exit 1
+
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/generate_pull_request_pipelineruns.py b/scripts/generate_pull_request_pipelineruns.py
index ce43b12054..78c8d5dad1 100644
--- a/scripts/generate_pull_request_pipelineruns.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_pull_request_pipelineruns.py
@@ -132,7 +132,20 @@ def transform_build_pipeline_to_pr_pipeline(push_pipeline_path: pathlib.Path):
     component = push_pipeline["metadata"]["labels"]["appstudio.openshift.io/component"]
 
     build_platforms = ["linux/x86_64"]
-    if component in ["odh-pipeline-runtime-minimal-cpu-py311-ubi9", "odh-pipeline-runtime-minimal-cpu-py312-ubi9"]:
+    if component in [
+        "odh-base-image-cuda-py311-c9s",
+        "odh-base-image-cuda-py312-c9s",
+        "odh-base-image-cuda-py312-ubi9",
+    ]:
+        build_platforms.extend(["linux/arm64"])
+    if component in [
+        "odh-workbench-jupyter-minimal-cpu-py312-ubi9",
+    ]:
+        build_platforms.extend(["linux/ppc64le"])
+    if component in [
+        "odh-pipeline-runtime-minimal-cpu-py311-ubi9",
+        "odh-pipeline-runtime-minimal-cpu-py312-ubi9",
+    ]:
         build_platforms.extend(["linux/arm64", "linux/s390x"])
 
     # Collect params