ASUS Highlights the UAE’s Growing Role in Global Sovereign AI
Albert Cheng, the EMEA ISBG Business Lead at ASUS, discusses how the company’s AI infrastructure and partnerships with regional specialists such as Aleria can help GCC organisations build secure, scalable and sovereign AI environments.
Aleria recently participated in ASUS AI Tech 2026 in Korea. What does this collaboration say about the growing role of UAE AI companies in the global AI ecosystem?
Aleria’s presence at ASUS AI Tech 2026 shows that UAE-based AI innovators are no longer just consumers of AI infrastructure — they’re becoming active partners shaping how sovereign AI gets built and scaled worldwide. It signals that the GCC is emerging as a serious contributor to the global AI conversation, working directly with leading infrastructure makers like ASUS rather than only importing solutions. This kind of cross-regional collaboration points to a future where hardware leaders and regional sovereign-AI specialists co-create the next generation of AI deployments.
What does ASUS’s AI infrastructure bring to sovereign AI deployments in the UAE and wider GCC?
ASUS offers full-stack, production-ready AI server and AI Factory infrastructure — from liquid-cooled NVIDIA Blackwell/Vera Rubin rack systems to storage and networking — that can be deployed on-premise or in sovereign data centers exactly where GCC data needs to stay. This gives organizations in the UAE and wider GCC the performance needed for large-scale training and inference without compromising sovereignty requirements. ASUS’s manufacturing scale and global supply chain also give sovereign AI operators like Aleria a dependable, rapidly scalable hardware foundation.
How can ASUS and its partners help organisations maintain data sovereignty and security while scaling AI?
ASUS’s AI infrastructure supports air-gapped, on-premise, and sovereign cloud deployment models, so sensitive data and models never need to leave approved national facilities. Paired with regional specialists like Aleria who understand local compliance and governance needs, organizations can scale GPU capacity while keeping full control over data residency and access. This combination lets enterprises and governments grow their AI ambitions without trading away security or regulatory compliance.
Where do you see the biggest opportunities for this collaboration as AI adoption accelerates across the GCC?
The biggest opportunity is helping GCC enterprises and governments move from pilot projects to full production-grade “AI factories” that can support nationwide platforms across finance, maritime, and public services. As demand for GPU capacity surges regionally, ASUS’s AI server portfolio combined with Aleria’s local deployment expertise can shorten the path from decision to live deployment. There’s also clear potential to extend this proven model to other GCC markets building their own sovereign AI ecosystems.
What will it take for the UAE to become a global hub for sovereign AI, and how can partnerships with companies like ASUS help achieve that?
Becoming a global sovereign AI hub requires reliable access to cutting-edge compute, infrastructure that meets strict data-residency rules, and partners who can deliver at scale quickly — all strengths ASUS’s AI server and AI Factory solutions are built around. Ongoing collaboration between hardware providers like ASUS and regional integrators like Aleria helps the UAE build the compute capacity and technical expertise needed to attract further AI investment. With the right infrastructure partnerships in place, the UAE can position itself not just as an adopter of sovereign AI, but as an exporter of sovereign AI expertise across the GCC and beyond.
