Middle Eastern telecom major e& UAE, and Core42, a G42 company specializing in sovereign cloud, AI infrastructure and digital services, have announced a partnership to deliver Sovereign AI Compute. They aim to offer organizations in the UAE and international markets immediate and secure access to in-country AI infrastructure for faster deployment of AI applications and use cases.
In a press release, the companies said that the GPU Sovereign AI Compute platform marks the first joint offering under a broader global partnership. The service is intended to keep sensitive workloads and data within the UAE while giving customers a path to build, train, fine-tune, infer and deploy AI at scale.
Esam Mahmoud, Senior Vice President, SMB Sales and Marketing, e& UAE, said, “This directly supports the UAE’s vision to build an AI-native economy and advance the national agentic AI agenda by enabling organizations to deploy intelligent systems that can analyze, decide and act with greater speed and confidence. The value of this platform is not only AI compute; it is the combination of AI infrastructure, private connectivity, local support and a practical route to production.”
Building on the UAE National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031, the country aims to embed agentic AI across government operations, healthcare, finance, mobility and digital infrastructure to improve efficiency, reduce bureaucracy and drive economic diversification.
Jaafar Al Hashmi, VP of Government Relations and Market Development, Core42, said, “This partnership with e& UAE extends sovereign AI from foundational infrastructure into an operational capability, integrating compute, connectivity, and implementation into a single framework built for deployment.”
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Sovereign AI Compute supports a broad range of workloads, providing immediate access to Core42’s heterogeneous accelerators and is supported by expert implementation services through Core42 Delivery Services. What e& UAE brings to the table is connectivity that links enterprise environments directly to sovereign GPU infrastructure. The platform is designed for sectors where sovereign AI infrastructure and secure connectivity are critical, including government, healthcare, financial services, energy, education, retail, manufacturing, industrial operations and large enterprises.