Oracle and NVIDIA accelerate sovereign AI for Abu Dhabi's AI-native government
Oracle and NVIDIA are deepening their collaboration to advance sovereign AI and speed up government digital transformation. By combining NVIDIA's AI computing stack with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Abu Dhabi's Department of Government Enablement (DGE) - with Deloitte and Core42 - is building secure, AI-first systems for next-generation citizen services. The goal: become an AI-native government by 2027 and set a template other administrations can replicate.
Seamless integration for sovereign AI delivery
With NVIDIA AI Enterprise on OCI, DGE can move from pilots to production quickly. The stack brings together 160 AI tools, a high-performance accelerated computing cluster and NVIDIA NIM microservices inside a secure, sovereign environment. This gives teams a direct path to deploy, scale and govern AI services across agencies.
Abu Dhabi's 2025-2027 digital strategy
The strategy is backed by a 13 billion AED investment and commits to 100% sovereign cloud adoption plus full digitization and automation of government processes. Services include proactive notifications for benefits and license renewals, multilingual AI assistants in 15+ languages and compliance systems that resolve 77% of service queries instantly with automated approvals for routine applications.
"The Abu Dhabi Government Digital Strategy 2025-2027 reflects our leadership's vision of being an AI-native government, seamlessly integrating AI across all government systems for a future that is proactive, agile and fully technology-enabled," said Ahmed Hisham Al Kuttab, chairman of DGE.
Crawl, walk, run: a phased approach that reduces risk
Since December 2024, DGE has gone live across 25 government entities with 15,000+ daily active OCI users. OCI Dedicated Regions deliver NVIDIA GPUs and CUDA-X libraries via Core42, keeping data inside Abu Dhabi while meeting performance and compliance needs.
- Phase 1: Build core infrastructure and embed AI in Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications.
- Phase 2: Put generative AI into production with 37 features, including intelligent candidate matching and performance review summaries in Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM; automated supplier qualification and procurement policy advisors in Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM; and AI-generated financial reporting narratives in Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP.
- Phase 3: Introduce advanced agentic AI and custom autonomous workflows across government operations using the combined Oracle and NVIDIA stack.
Compliance first, innovation at scale
The architecture adheres to sovereign AI principles: data stays within Abu Dhabi's borders while agencies gain access to high-performance AI training and inference. Core42 provides the foundation for OCI Dedicated Region with NVIDIA-accelerated computing and CUDA-X libraries, giving agencies the throughput needed for production workloads.
"Abu Dhabi's deployment of OCI Dedicated Regions represents the future of sovereign AI infrastructure, and Deloitte is proud to orchestrate this groundbreaking implementation," said Mauro Schiavon, Deloitte Global Chief Commercial Officer for the Oracle Business. "Through OCI Dedicated Regions, we're delivering end-to-end Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services within Abu Dhabi's sovereign boundaries, ensuring their sensitive government data does not leave the emirate while providing access to the full breadth of Oracle's AI and cloud capabilities. This architecture demonstrates how governments can achieve true digital sovereignty without compromising on innovation or performance."
Performance today, headroom for tomorrow
NVIDIA accelerated computing supports both traditional AI and generative applications, tuned for government use cases. The next-generation NVIDIA Blackwell architecture is set to further increase efficiency and throughput for mission-critical workloads.
Measured outcomes that matter
DGE has deployed 200+ AI-enabled capabilities, rolled out digital upskilling and delivered tangible service improvements across agencies. The strategy is projected to contribute 24 billion AED to Abu Dhabi's GDP by 2027 and create 5,000+ jobs, supporting Emiratisation goals.
What government leaders can do next
- Adopt a sovereign cloud architecture that keeps sensitive data within national borders. Evaluate Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Dedicated Region for in-country deployment.
- Map high-volume services to AI assistants, proactive notifications and automated approvals to raise service quality while reducing wait times.
- Stand up AI governance early: security baselines, audit trails, model registries and human-in-the-loop checkpoints for sensitive decisions.
- Plan a phased "crawl, walk, run" roadmap to lower risk and build internal momentum through quick wins.
- Invest in workforce skills so staff can build, evaluate and operate AI services. Explore role-based programs via AI courses by job.
A sovereign blueprint others can replicate
Abu Dhabi's AI-native strategy shows how to combine compliance, scale and measurable impact. With OCI, NVIDIA AI Enterprise, Core42 infrastructure and Deloitte's orchestration, governments can deliver proactive services, reduce time to value and build capabilities that compound through 2027 and beyond.
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