AI INFRASTRUCTURE

INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY

Under the agreement, Intel will contribute its compute platforms, validated reference architectures and technology roadmap, while Submer will provide fullstack engineering, design and delivery capabilities spanning advisory, design and build, power solutions, thermal solutions and IT integration. Together, the companies aim to support customers end to end, combining Intel’ s platform technology with Submer’ s regional engineering and delivery capabilities.

Demand for AI and HPC capacity across the region is placing new requirements on data centre design, particularly around compute density, thermal performance and power. The agreement is intended to help operators and enterprises move from architecture to deployment through a single engineering path, rather than assembling capabilities across multiple parties.

A central part of the collaboration will be the joint development of reference architectures for AI, accelerated computing and high-density deployments, including liquid-cooled designs. These will combine Intel platform architectures with Submer’ s infrastructure design and integration expertise and will be tested and validated as complete configurations. Submer will contribute analysis of thermal performance, power usage and infrastructure efficiency.

“ Customers in this region are not short of ambition on AI and HPC. What they need is a route from design intent to operating infrastructure that holds together technically,” said Khalid Aljamed, General Manager, Middle East, Africa and Turkey, Submer.“ Working alongside Intel lets us pair proven compute platforms with the engineering, integration and delivery capability we have built regionally, so that customers are dealing with one coherent architecture rather than a set of disconnected decisions.”

The companies will work together across sovereign, enterprise, hyperscale, telecom and public-sector customers, drawing on their existing relationships. Submer will support deployment feasibility assessments in target markets, covering both new-build facilities and upgrades to existing sites, which continue to represent a significant share of regional capacity as operators retrofit infrastructure for higher densities.

“ Organizations across the region are rapidly transitioning from experimental AI pilots to production-scale deployments faster than traditional data centers were built to handle. Today, the strategic focus is fundamentally shifting toward real-world application use cases and continuous inferencing – workloads that demand unprecedented platform agility, thermal efficiency, and compute density,” said Ahmad Alabduljabbar, General Manager, Saudi Arabia, Intel.“ Bringing Intel’ s validated reference architectures together with Submer’ s advanced immersion cooling and deployment expertise delivers a practical, sustainable pathway to highdensity AI and HPC environments. Building infrastructure that flexes to meet both immediate enterprise demands and future technological shifts is critical to realizing the Kingdom’ s Vision 2030 ambitions for digital leadership and AI sovereignty.”

Initial activity will focus on reference architecture development and proof-ofconcept engagements with customers in priority markets. Submer will provide infrastructure access, integration and deployment support, while Intel will provide reference architectures and technical guidance.

Joint workshops, executive briefings and technical sessions are also planned for customers and ecosystem participants across the region. • www. intelligentcio. com

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