UAE-based AI company G42 launched the Digital Embassies framework on Tuesday. The model helps governments deploy artificial intelligence while keeping full legal control over their data and systems—even if infrastructure sits outside their borders. G42 announced the initiative during the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Moreover, many governments want to adopt AI quickly, but they lack ready infrastructure. Building sovereign data centers can take years. Yet laws, regulations, and security rules apply right away. The Digital Embassies framework solves this problem by treating sovereignty as a legal status, not a physical one.
Under this approach, national laws govern data no matter where servers run. “Our vision is that every government, regardless of size or geography, can operationalise its digital and AI strategy with full sovereign control from day one,” said Omran Sharaf, Assistant Foreign Minister for Advanced Science and Technology.
In addition, Core42—G42’s digital infrastructure arm—developed Greenshield as the operational layer. Greenshield enforces sovereign controls across identity, access, data handling, security, compliance, and audits. This ensures countries retain authority even when using foreign-hosted systems.
Ali Al Amine, Chief Commercial Officer of G42 International, stressed the need for speed. “Governments are clear on their sovereignty responsibilities, but they need practical ways to deploy AI today,” he said. “Digital Embassies and Greenshield let nations enforce their laws from day one while keeping infrastructure flexibility.”
Talal Al Kaissi, Interim CEO of Core42, confirmed the system is already live. It runs across sovereign AI and cloud environments in North America, Europe, and the UAE. “When paired with government-to-government agreements, Greenshield lets countries run advanced AI workloads with full sovereign controls,” he added.
Furthermore, G42 built the Digital Embassies framework with support from Microsoft. The model uses global cloud platforms where suitable. It also aligns with regional efforts like the UAE’s planned 5-gigawatt AI campus, which will offer low-latency, large-scale sovereign computing.
G42 is now talking with several governments about adopting the framework. These nations want to launch AI fast but cannot wait to build local infrastructure. The Digital Embassies framework gives them a ready-made path forward.
In conclusion, this new model redefines digital sovereignty. It separates legal control from physical location. As AI adoption accelerates worldwide, the Digital Embassies framework could become a global standard for secure, compliant, and rapid deployment.
