G42 has announced the launch of its Digital Embassies framework and Greenshield, a new sovereign operating model designed to help nations deploy artificial intelligence securely and at scale while retaining full legal authority and control over data, systems, and policies, regardless of where infrastructure is located.
The announcement comes as governments accelerate AI adoption across public services, national security, healthcare, energy, and industry, often facing a gap between ambition and infrastructure readiness. Domestic sovereign cloud and data centre programmes can take years to deliver, while legal, regulatory, and security obligations apply immediately. Digital Embassies and Greenshield are intended to address that challenge.
At the core of the model is the idea that sovereignty can travel with a workload, rather than being tied to physical infrastructure. Digital Embassies establish government-to-government legal constructs that define jurisdiction, authority, and sovereign rights upfront, ensuring national laws govern data and systems even when infrastructure is hosted beyond a country’s borders.
“Our vision is that every government, regardless of size or geography, can operationalise its digital and AI strategy with full sovereign control over its data, systems, and policies, from day one,” said H.E. Omran Sharaf, Assistant Foreign Minister for Advanced Science and Technology. “Digital Embassies and Greenshield define a new era of governance where law and infrastructure are not in tension, but in alignment, enabling trusted AI at scale, even when infrastructure is hosted across borders.”
Greenshield acts as the operational layer, implemented by Core42, translating sovereign policy into execution. It applies consistent controls across identity and access, data handling, security, compliance, auditability, and continuity, preserving sovereignty as workloads move across different cloud and infrastructure environments.
“Governments are clear on their sovereignty responsibilities, but they need practical ways to deploy AI today,” said Ali Al Amine, Chief Commercial Officer of G42 International. “Digital Embassies and Greenshield provide that path. They allow nations to enforce their laws and policies from day one, while preserving flexibility over how and where infrastructure evolves over time.”
According to Talal Al Kaissi, Interim CEO of Core42 and Group Chief Global Affairs Officer at G42, Greenshield is implemented through Core42’s heterogeneous AI cloud, spanning sovereign compute and cloud environments across multiple geographies, including North America, Europe, and the UAE.
The framework is supported by G42’s strategic partnership with Microsoft and complements large-scale initiatives such as the UAE’s 5 GW AI campus. As discussions with partner countries progress at the World Economic Forum, G42 positions Digital Embassies and Greenshield as a new model for sovereign AI deployment globally.
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