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e& UAE, Core42 partner on sovereign AI infrastructure
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21 July 2026
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Fusion42 · 21 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
e& UAE and Core42 have launched Sovereign AI Compute, a GPU-powered platform keeping AI infrastructure and sensitive data within the UAE for government, healthcare, financial services and other regulated sectors. The offering combines compute, connectivity and local support to help organisations deploy production-grade AI systems compliant with data residency requirements.
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◆ The Wire takeaway
If you're building AI products for Gulf government, healthcare or finance, the infrastructure lock-in just tightened: data must now stay in-country, and e& and Core42 own the on-ramp. You'll need to either partner with them or rebuild your stack for data residency.
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AI Infrastructure · data-sovereignty · gpu-infrastructure · regulated-sectors · regional-compute · ai-deployment