India’s AI deal with the UAE challenges U.S. cloud dominance
Summary
Rest of World's article reports India's deal with UAE's G42 to deploy an AI supercomputer on Indian soil, aiming to reduce reliance on US cloud giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. It highlights G42's Intelligence Grid and the governance model that keeps data under Indian rules, and it discusses the potential implications for AI sovereignty and global cloud competition. The piece also includes expert views on whether established cloud providers can match a local, government-backed alternative.