- At Oracle AI World 2025, Oracle and NVIDIA announced an expanded partnership to advance sovereign AI initiatives and accelerate the digital transformation of governments worldwide, starting with Abu Dhabi.
- The project, implemented with Deloitte and Core42, uses the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) platform combined with NVIDIA AI Enterprise, which includes 160 AI tools, high-performance accelerated computing clusters, and NVIDIA NIM microservices within a sovereign cloud environment.
- The Abu Dhabi Government Digital Strategy 2025–2027, with an investment of AED 13 billion (≈ $3.54 billion),aims for 100% digital government, comprehensive automation, and becoming the world’s first AI-native government.
- Next-generation citizen services include:
- Automated notifications for benefits and license renewals.
- A multilingual AI assistant (15+ languages).
- A system that processes 77% of administrative requests instantly with automated approvals for routine applications.
- As of October 2025, the DGE has been implemented across 25 government entities with 15,000 daily active OCI users.
- The transformation is divided into a three-phase “Crawl, Walk, Run” approach:
- Foundation Phase (2024): Integrating AI into Oracle Fusion Cloud.
- Generative AI Phase (2025–2026): Implementing 37 AI features such as HR analytics, performance reviews, procurement advising, and automated financial reporting.
- Agentic AI Phase (2026–2027): Building automated workflows and autonomous AI agents on the Oracle–NVIDIA infrastructure.
- The infrastructure ensures absolute data sovereignty, with all operations contained within Abu Dhabi’s borders,while still leveraging the accelerated computing performance of NVIDIA CUDA-X and the next-generation Blackwell architecture.
- Deloitte affirmed that the OCI Dedicated Region model in Abu Dhabi sets a “new standard for sovereign AI infrastructure,” helping governments secure data without compromising performance or innovation.
- The DGE has already deployed over 200 AI capabilities, provided digital skills training for citizens, and promoted job creation and sustainable economic growth.
- The strategy is projected to contribute AED 24 billion (≈ $6.5 billion) to Abu Dhabi’s GDP by 2027 and create 5,000 jobs, supporting the Emiratisation policy.
📌 The partnership between Oracle and NVIDIA is turning Abu Dhabi into a model for sovereign AI governance: a fully automated, secure, and personalized digital administration system that can be replicated globally. The infrastructure ensures absolute data sovereignty, with all operations contained within Abu Dhabi’s borders, while still leveraging the accelerated computing performance of NVIDIA CUDA-X and the next-generation Blackwell architecture. The UAE is laying the foundation for the world’s first generation of AI-native governments.
