India and the United Arab Emirates have deepened their technology partnership with a new agreement to establish a supercomputing cluster and expand data center capacity in India, marking artificial intelligence as a key area of bilateral cooperation. The announcements came during UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s visit to New Delhi, which saw a dozen major outcomes aimed at strengthening strategic and economic ties.
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) and Abu Dhabi–based tech firm G42 will jointly lead the supercomputing initiative, part of India’s broader AI Mission. Once operational, the facility will support research, AI model training, and commercial applications across sectors. The UAE is also exploring large-scale investments in India’s data infrastructure, building on G42’s ambition to scale AI-ready data centers across the region.
Officials said the two nations are considering “Digital Embassies” to securely host sensitive national data under mutually recognized sovereignty arrangements. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri described the plan as an “interesting and emerging area” that may require new regulatory frameworks.
The UAE will also send a high-level delegation to the upcoming AI Impact Summit in New Delhi in February 2026, the first such global event hosted in the Global South.
The developments come as G42 accelerates its AI infrastructure expansion, including a 1GW AI cluster in Abu Dhabi linked to the 5GW UAE-US AI Campus. The growing collaboration underlines a broader strategic push by both countries to position themselves as key players in global artificial intelligence and advanced computing.
