UAE-based tech giant G42 and the Indian government have struck a deal. It’s serious business. The framework for “Condor Galaxy India” is now commercial and locked in.
This isn’t just a server rack.
It’s an 8-exaflop AI supercomputing cluster. Built on 64 Cerebras CS-3 systems, it aims to become one of the largest compute clusters in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nah Yan witnessed the signing this week. Two heads of state for a computing contract. That tells you exactly how much leverage sovereign infrastructure commands right now.
The agreement formalises the commercial framework for a sovereign AI cluster that keeps data under Indian jurisdiction while providing exascale power.
The Compute Problem
India has the talent. We’ve seen the code.
What we lacked was the horsepower. Building national-scale compute that stays under domestic control is hard. Most countries rely on foreign cloud providers. That means ceding control over the data.
Condor Galaxy India changes that.
At 8 exaflops this represents a generational jump. Researchers, ministries, startups get access to frontier infrastructure. No middlemen. No foreign eyes on the datasets. Just raw processing power.
The operation involves G42 handling deployment and maintenance. India’s national body, C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced computing), partners with them. But the rule is clear.
Data remains under Indian national jurisdiction.
Hardware with an Attitude
The system runs on Cerebras tech. Specifically the Wafer Scale Engine 3.
If you’re familiar with GPUs this one looks different.
The processor is 56 times physically larger than the biggest standard GPU. It claims to handle training and inference 20 times faster. Power consumption? A fraction per unit of work.
This builds on existing partnerships between G42 and Cerebrase in the US. They are just bringing that footprint to one of the world’s most volatile and promising AI markets.
Who gets the keys?
- Premier research institutions
- Government ministries
- Startups and SMEs
It’s an attempt to democratize access. Lower barriers for the people building the future of the local economy.
There is a geopolitical layer here too. Joint R&D between the UAE and India is slated for health, genomics, and energy. They want to tackle national challenges with shared tech.
Cerebras recently hit the Nasdaq. Ticker CBRS. The market thinks dedicated AI hardware is a distinct asset class. A profitable one.
And G42 isn’t new to the Indian scene. Back in December 2024 (though reports say 2025 for the release of Nanda 87B a massive open-source Hindi-English model they partnered on with MBZUAI). That model had 87 billion parameters. It was built specifically for domestic Indian development.
The Global Picture
Where does this fit?
In July 2023 G42 and Cerebas launched Condor Galaxy 1 in California. At the time it was the biggest. 4 exaflops. 54 million cores.
The ambition has grown.
The US network now sits at 20 exaflaps across four locations. Four more systems are planned. France is next on the list.
But this is different.
Condor Galaxy India is 8 exaflops. It’s the first deployment in Asia. And crucially, it’s the first one announced under a sovereign governance framework. Not a commercial cloud deal. A state-level arrangement.
Does that signal how AI infrastructure will be traded in the coming decade?
We’re still writing that history.
Read more about UAE-India collaboration here.
