At Oracle AI World, Oracle and NVIDIA announced an expanded collaboration to advance sovereign AI initiatives and accelerate digital transformation for governments worldwide.
By integrating NVIDIA’s AI computing platforms with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the partnership enables organizations such as Abu Dhabi’s Department of Government Enablement (DGE) — in collaboration with Deloitte and Core42 — to build secure, AI-first systems that deliver next-generation citizen services.
This joint effort supports Abu Dhabi’s goal of becoming an AI-native government by 2027, serving as a model for global public-sector innovation.
Seamless Integration for Sovereign AI Delivery
Through NVIDIA AI Enterprise software natively available on OCI, DGE gains access to a comprehensive, cloud-native suite of AI tools, libraries, and frameworks for rapid development and deployment. The solution brings together:
- 160+ AI tools
- High-performance accelerated computing clusters
- NVIDIA NIM microservices
all within a secure, sovereign cloud environment.
Backed by a 13 billion AED investment, Abu Dhabi’s Government Digital Strategy 2025–2027 is a landmark initiative built on 100% sovereign cloud adoption, full digitization, and end-to-end automation of government processes.
The initiative is redefining public service delivery through AI-driven citizen engagement — including automatic benefit notifications, multilingual AI assistants in over 15 languages, and compliance systems that instantly process 77% of service queries.
“The Abu Dhabi Government Digital Strategy 2025–2027 reflects our leadership’s vision of being an AI-native government — proactive, agile, and seamlessly technology-enabled,” said Ahmed Hisham Al Kuttab, Chairman of DGE.
A Phased Approach: Crawl, Walk, Run
Since launching in December 2024, DGE has gone live across 25 government entities, supporting more than 15,000 daily active users on OCI-powered AI services.
The transformation follows a phased approach:
- Phase 1: Built the AI-ready foundation by embedding AI capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications.
- Phase 2: Brought generative AI into production with 37 new features, including:
- Intelligent candidate matching and performance summaries in Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM
- Automated supplier qualification and policy advisors in Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM
- AI-generated financial narratives in Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
- Phase 3: Will introduce agentic AI and autonomous workflows, leveraging Oracle and NVIDIA technologies to continuously optimize operations.
Ensuring Compliance and Enabling Innovation
The partnership emphasizes sovereign AI principles, ensuring data remains within Abu Dhabi’s borders while benefiting from NVIDIA’s industry-leading AI acceleration.
Core42 provides the foundational infrastructure for OCI Dedicated Regions, which deliver high-performance NVIDIA GPU-powered computing within the emirate’s sovereign boundaries.
“Abu Dhabi’s deployment of OCI Dedicated Regions represents the future of sovereign AI infrastructure,” said Mauro Schiavon, Deloitte Global Chief Commercial Officer for the Oracle Business. “We’re delivering end-to-end Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services entirely within Abu Dhabi, ensuring data sovereignty while unlocking the full potential of Oracle’s AI and cloud capabilities.”
NVIDIA’s accelerated computing, including the next-generation Blackwell architecture, underpins both traditional and generative AI workloads, enabling optimal performance for mission-critical government use cases.
A Blueprint for Global Sovereign AI
With over 200 AI-powered capabilities already deployed, DGE’s transformation demonstrates how governments can deliver connected, secure, and proactive citizen experiences through sovereign AI.
The initiative is projected to contribute 24 billion AED to Abu Dhabi’s GDP by 2027, create more than 5,000 jobs, and advance Emiratisation through digital upskilling programs.
Advancements driven by the Oracle–NVIDIA partnership are setting a global standard for how sovereign AI and high-performance cloud infrastructure can empower governments to lead in digital innovation — securely, sustainably, and at scale.
