Cisco and G42 expanded collaboration in 2026 around secure end-to-end AI infrastructure in the UAE.
Cisco–G42 Secure AI Infrastructure Expansion
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Cisco and G42 expanded collaboration in 2026 around secure end-to-end AI infrastructure in the UAE.
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Large-scale UAE AI infrastructure deployment advancing under the G42–Cisco collaboration and G42's Regulated Technology Environment.
The infrastructure programme is moving into deployment, but individual cluster capacity, final commissioning dates and workload availability remain subject to regulatory clearances and project execution. Do not treat announced capacity as fully operational unless separately confirmed.
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Primary sourceLinked evidence on g42.ai
Editorial checkReviewed September 26, 2026
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Abu Dhabi
ai-infrastructure
AI compute; secure infrastructure; networking; cybersecurity; sovereign AI; data centres.
Builds a secure end-to-end AI infrastructure stack combining compute, networking, security, storage, optics, observability and management for large-scale AI workloads in the UAE.
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Cisco and G42 announced a large-scale AI cluster using Cisco's end-to-end infrastructure and AMD MI350X GPUs. G42 later said U.S. approval for advanced AI-chip exports moved its UAE–U.S. infrastructure programme from planning into deployment.
Infrastructure platform for G42 AI workloads and ecosystem deployments; no end-customer list is disclosed in the cited announcement.
G42 + Cisco, with AMD technology and deployment under G42's Regulated Technology Environment.
Large-scale UAE AI infrastructure deployment advancing under the G42–Cisco collaboration and G42's Regulated Technology Environment.
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