Core42 Unveils UAE’s First Self-Service AI Cloud with NVIDIA at GITEX 2025

Founded in Abu Dhabi, G42 has become one of the world’s foremost AI-focused technology groups, partnering with nations and global enterprises to advance AI adoption across industries ranging from biotechnology to space exploration. Through Core42, the group’s infrastructure arm, it continues to demonstrate how the UAE’s investment in sovereign cloud capacity can shape the next phase of AI-driven digital transformation.

Core42’s new platform allows users to access and operate NVIDIA GPUs through a simplified self-service console under a genuine pay-as-you-go model. This enables real-time compute provisioning for all stages of the AI lifecycle, including model training, fine-tuning, deployment, and inference, without dependency on external cloud providers. The company describes it as the UAE’s first “neocloud” environment, purpose-built to deliver scalable and compliant AI performance directly on sovereign compute resources. The system embeds automated governance and vetting layers aligned with licensing conditions, ensuring that GPU allocation adheres to workload type, scale, and national compliance standards.

According to Core42’s Chief Growth Officer Edmondo Orlotti, the self-service model democratizes access to accelerated computing by combining speed, flexibility, and scale. “With the Core42 AI Cloud, we are delivering enterprise-ready accelerated computing on demand,” Orlotti said. “By making these high-performance computing platforms available in a self-service model, enterprises, startups, developers, and government entities can access world-class compute power instantly. This launch combines speed, flexibility, and scale to accelerate innovation, and we are proud to debut the platform with NVIDIA accelerated computing, already the global benchmark for high-performance AI training and inference.”

The platform runs on NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs, currently the standard for training and running advanced generative and reasoning models worldwide. Marc Domenech, Regional Director for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa at NVIDIA, emphasized that the collaboration opens new opportunities for UAE-based innovation. “The NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU is the engine behind many of the world’s most advanced AI systems, from model training to real-time inference,” he said. “With Core42’s new self-service portal, H100 GPUs can now be deployed in minutes, giving innovators across the UAE instant access to accelerated computing to power their next breakthroughs in AI.”

The launch marks a milestone in the UAE’s broader ambition to integrate sovereign cloud frameworks with next-generation AI infrastructure. G42, Core42’s parent company, has long been a central player in developing AI-native ecosystems across government, energy, healthcare, and science. Its work aligns with the UAE’s digital economy strategy and its push to become a global leader in applied artificial intelligence through initiatives like Building AI-Native Nations, G42’s theme at GITEX this year. The integration of self-service compute functions into Core42’s cloud framework supports these national objectives by giving both public and private sectors secure, compliant tools to develop agentic systems, reasoning applications, and mission-critical AI deployments at scale.

The Core42 AI Cloud is currently being showcased within the G42 District at GITEX Global 2025, located in both the Government Pavilion (Hall 18) and the AI Pavilion (Hall 6). Visitors can view live demonstrations of the company’s compute orchestration systems, sovereign cloud offerings, and AI infrastructure platforms. The display illustrates how Core42’s stack enables enterprises and national entities to deploy, secure, and scale AI applications while maintaining full data residency and control.

Core42’s entry into the self-service AI compute market aligns with a growing global trend toward sovereign and hybrid clouds optimized for generative AI workloads. Major economies are increasingly focused on ensuring that AI computation and data remain within domestic boundaries, balancing accessibility with national security. The UAE’s approach, represented through G42’s ecosystem and Core42’s latest offering, reflects that same principle: build local capacity without compromising global performance standards.

The system’s flexibility is also designed to support a diverse range of users. With flexible hourly pricing, users can choose between short-term testing or longer-term project commitments. Managed orchestration helps customers deploy models faster and reduce operational overhead. The self-service structure means organizations can transition from idea to prototype in minutes, an approach that significantly lowers the barrier to entry for startups and research teams in fields such as natural language processing, computer vision, and scientific computing.

As Core42 expands the platform in future phases, new tiers and compute options will be added, offering broader scalability and integration with specialized workloads. The company said that each expansion will continue to follow its compliance-first design, ensuring every workload remains sovereign, secure, and fit for regulated environments.

The launch further cements Core42’s role as the digital infrastructure backbone of G42’s broader ecosystem, which spans AI research, health technology, cloud solutions, and advanced data analytics. Together, G42 and Core42 are driving what they describe as a “mission to accelerate the achievements of others,” a philosophy that ties innovation to social and economic value creation. Their combined infrastructure represents one of the most comprehensive regional efforts to develop AI and cloud sovereignty in alignment with ethical, secure, and human-centric principles.

The unveiling of Core42’s AI Cloud at GITEX Global 2025 underscores how the UAE’s technology sector is maturing from early AI adoption into global infrastructure leadership. By combining sovereign compute, compliance frameworks, and NVIDIA’s world-class hardware, Core42’s new platform bridges regional priorities with international AI standards, marking another step in the country’s vision to build AI-native, innovation-driven nations.