As a result, the expansion will strengthen Microsoft Azure’s cloud services, providing advanced AI and cloud infrastructure to support the UAE’s national digital economy strategy.
Meanwhile, it also aims to double the digital economy’s contribution to GDP over the next decade and assist public sector organisations, enterprises and regulated industries to innovate.
Microsoft vice chair and president, Brad Smith, said: “This expansion is more than data centres. It’s about powering the UAE’s future. By combining Microsoft global expertise with G42’s local leadership and broadening role as an international neocloud enterprise, we’re building the foundation for innovation that will bring new opportunities to people across the country
G42 group CEO, Peng Xiao, added: “Our partnership with Microsoft advances our mission to build the Intelligence Grid, the interconnected infrastructure for intelligence designed to empower people, industries, and nations in the AI era. As a neocloud enterprise born in Abu Dhabi, G42 is advancing systems that are sovereign, secure, and open to global collaboration, keeping technology human by design.
The move also supports Microsoft’s commitment to skill one million people in the UAE by 2027, creating new opportunities for local talent in AI, cloud and digital services.
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