Abu Dhabi’s G42 Opens Europe Hub in Sign of Growing AI Ambition - Bloomberg
Abu Dhabi’s main artificial intelligence company, G42, is launching a European unit as part of the emirate’s broader push into the continent, where the government has pledged billions of dollars in investment.
G42 Europe & UK will focus on deploying AI solutions for the private sector and partnering with governments and industry to help build critical infrastructure, according to a statement.
The London-headquartered unit will be co-chaired by Marty Edelman, G42’s group general counsel, and Omar Mir, an international board member at World Wide Technology Inc., a US-based technology solutions provider.
Edelman, a rare outsider advising Abu Dhabi’s ruling family, has become a key figure in cultivating the emirate’s capital and political ties with the US, Bloomberg News reported last month.
G42, overseen by United Arab Emirates’ National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has played a central role in the country’s AI ambitions. Earlier this week, one of its units announced a partnership with Nvidia Corp. to build data centers powered by the chipmaker’s new Blackwell processors — a sign of the UAE’s improved access to cutting-edge semiconductors following US President Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East.
This year, the UAE has unveiled investment pledges across Europe, including up to $52 billion in French data centers and $40 billion in Italy. In May, Nvidia and MGX — an investment vehicle backed by G42 and sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co. — teamed up with French firms to establish what they say will be Europe’s largest AI data center campus.
The announcements come as Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang forecasts a tenfold increase in Europe’s AI computing capacity over the next two years.
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