DAVOS — G42 has unveiled Digital Embassies and Greenshield, a new sovereign operating model that allows governments to deploy artificial intelligence immediately while retaining full legal authority, control, and resilience over their data, systems, and policies — regardless of where infrastructure is physically hosted.
As governments accelerate AI adoption across public services, healthcare, energy, security, and industry, many face a widening gap between ambition and infrastructure readiness. Building sovereign clouds and national data centers can take years, while regulatory and security obligations apply from day one. G42’s new framework is designed to close that gap.
At the heart of the model is a simple shift: sovereignty becomes portable. Much like a diplomatic mission carries legal authority beyond borders, Digital Embassies allow jurisdiction and national law to travel with workloads across approved environments. Governments can deploy AI now, without being locked into premature or rigid infrastructure decisions.
“Our vision is that every government, regardless of size or geography, can operationalize its digital and AI strategy with full sovereign control from day one,” said H.E. Omran Sharaf, Assistant Foreign Minister for Advanced Science and Technology. “Digital Embassies and Greenshield define a new era where law and infrastructure are aligned, enabling trusted AI at scale, even across borders.”
The Digital Embassies framework establishes government-to-government legal constructs that define jurisdiction, authority, and sovereign rights upfront. These agreements ensure national laws govern data and systems even when infrastructure is hosted outside a country’s physical borders.
Greenshield, implemented by Core42 — G42’s digital infrastructure arm — is the operational layer that turns policy into execution. It enforces sovereign controls across environments, governing identity and access, data handling, security, compliance, auditability, and continuity. As workloads move across clouds or regions, sovereignty remains intact.
“Greenshield enables governments to run accelerated AI workloads with sovereign controls regardless of where infrastructure is located,” said Talal Al Kaissi, Interim CEO of Core42. The system operates across Core42’s heterogeneous AI Cloud, already deployed in multiple geographies including North America, Europe, and the UAE.
The framework is supported by G42’s strategic partnership with Microsoft, leveraging global cloud platforms where appropriate. It also complements large-scale initiatives such as the UAE’s 5GW AI campus, designed to serve roughly half the world’s population within a 3,200 km radius with sub-60ms latency.
Historically, digital sovereignty depended on physical location. Data was sovereign because it was stored locally. Digital Embassies redefine this model, treating sovereignty as a legal and operational status that can be enforced consistently across distributed infrastructure.
The approach reduces heavy upfront investment, accelerates national AI strategies, and provides a resilient path for countries seeking strong sovereign protections without waiting years for domestic buildouts. As discussions advance at Davos and beyond, G42 positions Digital Embassies and Greenshield as a global blueprint for sovereign AI — enabling intelligence that is powerful, secure, and portable.
G42 is a global AI leader headquartered in Abu Dhabi, delivering solutions across government, healthcare, energy, finance, and space, and building what it calls the “Intelligence Grid” to deliver secure, on-demand intelligence at scale.
