Oracle today announced a major expansion of its Cloud Abu Dhabi Region. The company revealed the deployment of the first Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Supercluster powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs in the Middle East.

The new OCI Supercluster will support sovereign AI initiatives in the region. It is powered by over 4,000 NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. The system delivers high-performance compute capabilities for AI training, inference, and research and development.

The expanded Oracle Cloud Abu Dhabi Region will help customers in smart government, energy, financial services, healthcare, logistics, aviation, and telecoms. It aims to accelerate AI adoption while meeting data sovereignty and regulatory requirements.

OCI’s sovereign AI infrastructure will support Abu Dhabi’s goal of becoming the world’s first fully AI-native government by 2027. It will also contribute to establishing the UAE as a regional hub for AI innovation.

Nick Redshaw, senior vice president of cloud infrastructure, Middle East and Africa at Oracle, reported that the deployment gives governments and enterprises direct access to advanced AI compute capabilities in-region. He added that OCI combines performance, security, and deployment flexibility with NVIDIA AI infrastructure to accelerate AI adoption across the Middle East.

Marc Domenech, senior regional director of Enterprise META at NVIDIA, said the partnership delivers unprecedented compute and performance at scale. He highlighted that integrating NVIDIA accelerated computing with OCI’s secure, distributed cloud ensures nations can innovate locally while maintaining data control.

NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs are purpose-built for demanding workloads. They deliver up to 30x faster real-time large language model inference, 25x lower total cost of ownership, and consume 25x less energy than previous GPU generations.

Oracle’s distributed cloud services provide governments, regulated industries, and enterprises with control over data residency, latency, and AI sovereignty. The offerings include over 200 AI and cloud services, APIs, SLAs, and pricing, available in public clouds, at the edge, or in customer data centers.

Key Highlights:

• Oracle deploys first OCI Supercluster in Middle East with NVIDIA GPUs.
• Supports Abu Dhabi’s AI-native government goals and regional AI innovation.
• Distributed cloud services offer full control over data and AI workloads.

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