
From LEAP 2026 to What Comes Next: Advancing AI Across the Middle East
At the LEAP 2026 conference, AMD highlighted its efforts to help Middle Eastern countries transition from AI infrastructure investment to practical execution and business value.
Why it matters
This shift allows businesses and governments in the region to move beyond testing AI to achieving measurable economic productivity and revenue gains.
The big picture
This article confirms and expands upon AMD's partnership with the Digital Cooperation Organization to establish an open developer ecosystem.
The details
The HUMAIN AI Application Platform allows enterprises to test AI workloads without requiring hyperscale infrastructure. Additionally, AMD is collaborating with Core42 on confidential computing for cloud environments in the UAE.
What's next
AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN plan to deploy 250 megawatts of additional AI infrastructure starting in 2027, aiming for 1 gigawatt by 2030.
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Philip Guido works at AMD
Chief Commercial Officer Philip Guido
HUMAIN AI Application Platform is built with AMD Instinct
It combines AMD Instinct™ GPUs and AMD EPYC CPUs with HUMAIN capabilities
HUMAIN AI Application Platform is built with AMD EPYC
It combines AMD Instinct™ GPUs and AMD EPYC CPUs with HUMAIN capabilities
AMD and e& UAE are collaborating across AI-ready cloud, telecom, enterprise and edge infrastructure
collaboration with Core42, a G42 company, is advancing AI, machine learning and confidential computing
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AMD and MEEZA are working together to accelerate AI adoption
Core42 is related to Machine Learning
Core42 is related to Confidential Computing
MEEZA is related to Accelerated Computing
AMD is related to Edge Computing
AMD is related to Sovereign AI
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