Abu Dhabi will establish a national-scale AI supercomputer in India with 8 exaflops of compute capacity, marking a new phase in India’s AI infrastructure development and significantly strengthening the country’s sovereign capabilities in advanced artificial intelligence research, training and large-scale model deployment.
The 8-exaflop system will be delivered by G42, the Abu Dhabi-based technology group, and Cerebras, in partnership with Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) and India’s Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).
The project was announced on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. It follows the 5th India-UAE Strategic Dialogue in December 2025 and the January 2026 visit of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, which strengthened cooperation across defence, technology, space and energy.
At 8 exaflops, the system significantly boosts India’s peak compute capacity, marking its transition to exaflop-scale AI infrastructure and expanding domestic capabilities for advanced AI development. Hosted in India, it will operate under national governance frameworks, with all data retained within the country. Built to meet sovereign security and compliance standards, the supercomputer will serve as a core asset under the India AI Mission.
Once operational, the system will be accessible to institutions, startups, SMEs and government ministries. The democratized access model aims to lower barriers to AI innovation, particularly for applications serving India’s 1.4 billion people.
This latest project builds on G42’s commitment to supporting nations in building domestic AI capability. In December 2025, G42 and MBZUAI released the latest version of the open-source Hindi-English large language model (LLM), NANDA 87B, featuring 87 billion parameters.
Manu Jain CEO – G42 India
“Sovereign AI infrastructure is becoming essential for national competitiveness. This project brings that capability to India at a national scale, enabling local researchers, innovators, and enterprises to become AI-native while maintaining full data sovereignty and security.”
Richard Morton, Executive Director, Institute of Foundation Models at MBZUAI said that, “MBZUAI is committed to advancing AI research and education that addresses real-world challenges. This collaboration with India represents a shared commitment to expanding access to advanced AI compute for researchers and students, enabling breakthroughs in critical areas like healthcare, agriculture and education.”
Andy Hock, Chief Strategy Officer of Cerebras, highlighted the company’s successful deployment of Condor Galaxy supercomputers in the US proves its capability to power AI at scale. Deploying the system in India, he added, will strengthen the country’s computational capacity, accelerate large-scale model training and inference, and advance its sovereign AI ambitions.
As one of the world’s fastest-growing digital economies, India is central to regional AI innovation. The new exaflop supercomputer will strengthen its ability to build, deploy and scale advanced AI domestically, reinforcing data sovereignty and technological self-reliance.
