Technology news and insights in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa
Technology News and insights in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa
Core42’s deployment of GPT-OSS models through Compass API gives UAE organizations sovereign AI infrastructure with unmatched performance, scalability, and affordability. With local hosting, high-speed processing, hardware flexibility, and lower costs, businesses and developers can build sector-specific AI systems while ensuring compliance and innovation at global standards.
Zain KSA and Cisco have partnered to build scalable AI infrastructure and GPUaaS offerings in Saudi Arabia. The initiative supports AI adoption, local talent development, and aligns with Vision 2030’s digital transformation goals to establish the country as a hub for AI and advanced technologies.
AIS Business launched Thailand’s first locally operated hyperscale cloud, powered by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, designed for AI workloads with data sovereignty and localized billing. It also introduced a NaaS platform for flexible enterprise network management.
center3 won the Datacloud award for best data centre in MEA, underscoring its leadership in expanding hyperscale, AI-ready infrastructure across Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The company focuses on sustainability, scalability, and supporting Vision 2030’s digital ambitions.
Khazna and NVIDIA collaborate to build advanced AI infrastructure across MEA, with next-gen data centers supporting NVIDIA Blackwell architecture and scalable AI clusters.
Cisco launches AI-powered network, security, and management solutions to accelerate enterprise digital transformation, enhance security, and enable autonomous operations in the AI era.
Microsoft and Core42 launch a sovereign cloud framework for the UAE, enabling AI-driven, secure digital transformation across regulated sectors. The whitepaper guides tech leaders on data sovereignty, cloud adoption, and compliance, supporting the UAE’s vision of becoming a fully AI-native government by 2027.
G42, OpenAI, Oracle, NVIDIA, SoftBank, and Cisco collaborate on Stargate UAE, a 1-gigawatt AI cluster within the UAE–US AI Campus. This groundbreaking infrastructure aims to accelerate AI innovation with sustainable power, advanced computing, and a global partnership fostering secure and responsible AI development.
G42 leads a US-UAE consortium to build a 5GW AI data centre campus in Abu Dhabi, designed to serve half the world’s population within 3,200 km. The project emphasizes sustainability and AI innovation, supporting Abu Dhabi’s AI-native government vision, while solidifying US dominance in global AI infrastructure and technology.
du and Microsoft’s $545 million data centre will bolster the UAE’s AI ecosystem and data infrastructure, supporting the nation’s digital transformation goals under AI 2031.