G42 Cloud, a prominent cloud provider based in the UAE, and VAST Data, an AI data platform company, have forged a robust strategic alliance with the ambitious goal of redefining the landscape of data-intensive AI computation. G42 Cloud has chosen the VAST Data Platform as the cornerstone for establishing a centralized data infrastructure, spanning a global network of AI supercomputers and accommodating the storage and analysis of an extensive volume of data, measuring in the hundreds of petabytes.
With a pronounced emphasis on harnessing the capabilities of high-performance computing, G42 Cloud stands at the forefront of propelling transformative innovations within the UAE and beyond. Leveraging the prowess of AI to achieve unparalleled performance, G42 Cloud is propelling the advancement of a robust AI-optimized cloud architecture, meticulously designed to enhance organizations’ intuition, agility, and efficacy in tackling real-world challenges.
This strategic partnership with G42 Cloud serves as a testament to the expansive scope and potency of VAST Data’s innovative approach to constructing distributed data systems for enterprises and AI service providers. As an integral component of this collaboration, the VAST Data Platform will serve as a central, secure, and multi-tenant data platform, engineered to scale its capacity and performance, thereby fueling a multi-architecture high-performance computing framework, including the recently unveiled Condor Galaxy, touted as the world’s largest AI supercomputer. Cumulatively, a singular VAST Data cluster will facilitate multiple ExaFLOPs of AI supercomputing capability within one of the globe’s most expansive AI cloud ecosystems.
Talal M. Al Kaissi, G42 Cloud’s CEO, expressed excitement over the partnership with VAST Data, highlighting the alignment between VAST’s unique data infrastructure consolidation and scaling approach with G42 Cloud’s vision of eliminating barriers to AI-driven discoveries. As the technological landscape of the region evolves, the collaboration between VAST and G42 Cloud is poised to amplify the AI research capabilities across diverse sectors such as healthcare, energy, financial services, and more, ultimately yielding a tangible positive influence on the community.
G42 Cloud’s decision to join forces with VAST Data stems from the platform’s attributes of simplicity, scalability, resilience, and overall cost-effectiveness. Built upon VAST’s Disaggregated Shared-Everything Architecture (DASE), the platform furnishes G42 Cloud with the scalability, both in terms of performance and capacity, requisite for exascale AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) endeavors. Moreover, it incorporates a global namespace and crucial multi-tenancy features, imperative for establishing secure cloud environments based on a zero-trust model.
Renen Hallak, CEO of VAST Data, emphasized that the collaboration between VAST Data and G42 Cloud aspires to establish a standard of excellence in shaping the trajectory of AI computation. Hallak highlighted the pivotal role of data within G42 Cloud’s computational mission and expressed VAST Data’s privilege in contributing to the establishment of systems that unleash the potential of massive data reserves, thereby addressing significant challenges across diverse computing domains.
Echoing this sentiment, Haider Aziz, Managing Director, META at VAST Data, underscored the alignment of the collaboration with the UAE’s visionary AI strategy for 2031. Aziz articulated that the partnership with G42 Cloud marks a transformative milestone in the realm of AI computation, wherein VAST Data’s commitment to redefining data systems converges with G42 Cloud’s ambition to empower organizations in harnessing the full spectrum of data’s potential, thereby catalyzing innovation and yielding profound global insights.
