UAE’s Crown Prince Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan attended the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, underlining AI and advanced technology as central pillars of the India-UAE partnership, as per a press release. He met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with both leaders reviewing momentum in the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.

G42 to deploy supercomputers in India

Abu Dhabi’s G42 has unveiled plans to set up a national-scale AI supercomputer in India with peak compute capacity of 8 exaflops, enough to train and run the most advanced AI models at national scale, as per a press release. The system will operate under India-defined governance frameworks, with data remaining within national jurisdiction.

Details: It will be delivered by G42 and California-based Cerebras, in partnership with Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing. Part of the state-backed AI India Mission, the project provides the public and private sectors with the high-performance compute necessary for local LLM development.

Designed to meet sovereign security and compliance needs, the supercomputer will be accessible across India’s ecosystem — from premier institutions and startups to small and medium enterprises and government ministries — lowering barriers to AI innovation for applications serving 1.4 bn citizens.

Eyeing new investment flows

The discussions between Modi highlighted the India-UAE corridor as a key conduit for Gulf capital into India’s AI and deep-tech buildout with the leaders encouraging UAE SWFs, including the new L’imad, to continue exposure to India.

Modi and Al Nayhan agreed to bolster collaboration in space, nuclear energy, tech, and innovation.

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