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Inside e& UAE and Core42's Sovereign AI Cloud Strategy | Data Centre Magazine

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22 July 2026

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technology

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AI InfrastructureCloud Infrastructure

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UAE

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Fusion42 · 22 July 2026 · Fusion42 review

e& UAE and Core42 have launched a Sovereign AI Compute platform combining local GPU infrastructure with carrier-grade connectivity to enable UAE organisations to build and deploy AI applications while keeping data in-country. The service targets government, finance, healthcare and critical infrastructure sectors facing GPU shortages and data residency constraints.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Infrastructure and Cloud Infrastructure. Wire is Fusion42's founder-focused intelligence feed: each story is connected to the funds and startups it names — every one with a live profile on Raise or Scout — so founders can follow the capital and the momentum behind the headline rather than just the headline itself. Wire analysis is one of the live surfaces Arthur reasons over.

The Wire takeaway

If you sell AI software or services into the Middle East, your customers now have local GPU capacity and won't need to route workloads offshore. The economics of deployment have flipped—the constraint isn't availability anymore, it's integration and operational handoff. Call your existing UAE customers this week; Core42 and e& will be in their inbox within days.

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AI Infrastructure · Cloud Infrastructure · sovereign-compute · gpu-infrastructure · data-residency · middle-east-expansion · enterprise-ai · critical-infrastructure