India, UAE partner on AI sovereignty to bypass Google, Microsoft - Rest of World

G42 will deploy U.S.-designed a supercomputer in India, offering a new model for governments that want to own their AI hardware.

Rest of World By Indranil Ghosh 1 June 2026 India is partnering with the United Arab Emirates to ease the grip of Amazon, Microsoft, and Google on artificial intelligence computing. G42, backed by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, signed an agreement on May 15 to deploy an AI supercomputer in India, comprising 64 systems made by U.S. chipmaker Cerebras. A G42 unit will handle installation, operations, and maintenance, with Cerebras providing technical support, G42 said in response to questions from Rest of World . Any government that wants to use AI today typically rents computing powe

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