G42 and AMD Will Make Strategic Investments to Support AI Innovation in France. With the installation of AMD Instinct Accelerator technology in Grenoble, G42 and Core42‘s digital infrastructure company, has created one of France’s most potent AI computing centers.
Immediate market access and infrastructure optimization are made possible by the strategic alliance with DataOne. European technology sovereignty and G42’s commitment to global AI advancement are strengthened by the investment.
G42, the leading AI technology group in Abu Dhabi, UAE, announced a major investment in France with DataOne, the first gig scale AI hosting infrastructure data centre in Europe. G42 and Core42 AI infrastructure and sovereign cloud company, will establish a cutting-edge AI data centre in Grenoble. AMD GPUs will power this cutting-edge AI facility for researchers, entrepreneurs, and businesses.
G42 highlighted this milestone at the AI Action Summit in Paris, reinforcing its commitment to promoting AI innovation internationally and delivering UAE AI capabilities to the globe. Core42 will give French businesses, researchers, and innovators the computing power they need to create and scale complex AI models, agents, apps, and research by incorporating the newest AMD Instinct accelerator technology. By the middle of 2025, the facility should be completely operating.
G42’s commitment to fostering strategic collaborations across the European AI ecosystem in order to accelerate digital transformation across industries is reflected in this investment. These strategic agreements further establish France as a hub for AI excellence by ensuring that the nation’s AI-driven businesses have direct access to industry-leading AI infrastructure.
Kiril Evtimov, Group CTO of G42 and Core42, commented on the announcement, saying, “G42 is happy to support France’s daring advancements in AI innovation. In addition to bolstering Europe’s AI infrastructure, the implementation of AMD GPUs allows businesses and researchers to expedite innovation at scale. To partnership with regional suppliers guarantees easy access to the processing capacity required to propel the next phase of AI development in France and beyond.”
“By supplying the compute capacity required to support the local AI start-ups and AI pioneers who are propelling cutting-edge innovation and bolstering the French economy, with strategic partnership with G42 will help energies the French AI ecosystem,” stated Lisa Su, AMD Chair and CEO. “To collaboration with G42 is the most recent illustration of dedication to fusing open ecosystems with cutting-edge AMD AI technologies to enable both public and private organizations to fully utilize AI.”
“These are thrilled to take on the challenge of deploying their largest AI supercomputer in Europe within just 20 weeks, and it are incredibly proud to count Core42 among the esteemed clientele,” stated Charles-Antoine Beyney, CEO of DataOne.
G42’s goal of influencing the direction of Artificial Intelligence through strategic international alliances and cutting-edge infrastructure is demonstrated by its investment in France. Providing optionality with a heterogeneous AI cloud offering that includes multiple AI accelerator options, Core42 continues to be at the forefront of this transformation as the demand for AI compute continues to rise. This broadens their global footprint, improves accessibility to AI, and propels AI-powered advancements throughout Europe and beyond.
AMD also contributes a wealth of experience interacting with the French AI startup scene. Through AMD Ventures, its venture program, it hopes to keep assisting creative entrepreneurs in the area.
G42 and Core42
Concerning G42
As a technology holding company, G42 leads the globe in developing AI for the future. G42, an Abu Dhabi-based worldwide firm, promotes AI as a force for good in several fields. Today, G42 realizes exponential possibilities in everything from space exploration to molecular biology and everything in between.
Concerning Core42
With its extensive enablement capabilities, G42 and Core42 firm, enables people, businesses, and countries to realize the full promise of AI. It goal as a top supplier of AI infrastructure, services, and sovereign cloud is to enable people fulfil their greatest potential and do it more quickly.
About DataOne
The first firm in Europe solely focused on designing, building, operating, and funding sustainable data centres powered by artificial intelligence is DataOne. With high-density racks ranging from 60kW to an astounding 500kW, DataOne’s state-of-the-art facilities are designed to withstand the most demanding computing demands.
About AMD
For nearly 50 years, AMD led high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization. AMD personnel develop innovative, high-performance, and adaptable products. AMD technology improves the lives, work, and play of billions of people, Fortune 500 organizations, and top scientific research institutes worldwide.
DataOne is leading the way in the development of ultra-efficient, high-performance, and sustainable AI data centres with GIGA-scale infrastructures in Lyon and Grenoble, France. Soon, new sites throughout the world will be revealed.
