Abu Dhabi’s G42 to build nation-scale AI supercomputer for India

Abu Dhabi tech conglomerate G42 will build a massive supercomputer in India in a deal aimed at bringing nation-scale sovereign AI capabilities to Asia’s third-largest economy. 

The project, announced on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit taking place in New Delhi, will be delivered in collaboration with U.S. AI company Cerebras Systems, the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.

“Sovereign AI infrastructure is becoming essential for national competitiveness,” said G42 India CEO Manu Jain. “This project brings that capability to India at a national scale, enabling local researchers, innovators, and enterprises to become AI-native while maintaining full data sovereignty and security.”

G42 also announced a partnership with U.S.-based governance platform Credo AI to accelerate the adoption of so-called responsible AI across emerging markets. The project will develop risk-monitoring tools, policy design and education programs.

The Summit has seen Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding court with a crowd of global political and tech leaders, including Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohamed, French President Emmanuel Macron, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Meta’s Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang.