Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence firm G42 is leading a consortium committing up to $1 billion to build data centers and cloud infrastructure in Vietnam, accelerating the UAE’s push into global AI markets.
The project pairs the UAE firm with Vietnam’s FPT Corp. and the Viet Thai Group under a framework agreement to deploy sovereign AI and cloud infrastructure across the Southeast Asian nation.
Backed by “consumption commitments” of up to $1 billion, the initiative will roll out high-performance AI and cloud capacity across three data centre sites in Vietnam, supporting government digital services, enterprise workloads, and emerging AI applications.
For the Abu Dhabi firm, the move is a strategic export of its AI and cloud model into fast-growing Asian markets, where demand for computing power is rising sharply. Last month, Chief Executive Officer Peng Xiao said G42 is set to receive some of the world’s most advanced semiconductor chips from Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices and Cerebras Systems in the coming months.
Founded in 2018, G42 has rapidly emerged as the UAE’s leading AI platform, backed by investors including Mubadala Investment Co., Silver Lake, Microsoft Corp. and the Dalio Family Office, according to its website.
📌 Why it matters:
Control over AI and cloud infrastructure is becoming central to economic competitiveness and national security. The project boosts Vietnam’s AI ambitions while underscoring the UAE’s growing role as a global exporter of advanced digital capability.
📌 Bottom line:
By leading a $1 billion, partner-backed push into Vietnam, G42 is stepping beyond the Gulf, and planting a flag in Southeast Asia’s race to build the next generation of AI infrastructure.
Photograph source: G42 via PR Newswire
