G42 Launches Digital Embassies to Unlock Portable AI Sovereignty for Nations

Digital Sovereignty Goes Mobile

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, technology group G42 announced Digital Embassies and Greenshield, a model enabling nations to deploy AI securely while retaining full legal authority. This system treats jurisdiction as a portable flag that follows a digital workload rather than being restricted by geographic borders. It allows every government to operationalize its AI strategy with total control over data and policies from the first day of deployment.

The initiative addresses the critical gap between national AI ambitions and the years required to build domestic data centers. Governments can now enforce their specific laws and policies immediately without waiting for local infrastructure completion. This flexibility allows for the rapid adoption of high-performance services across global cloud environments while preserving national security mandates.

Digital Embassies serve as the legal layer, establishing government-to-government agreements that define jurisdiction upfront. These frameworks ensure that national laws remain in effect even when systems are hosted abroad. It effectively creates a diplomatic mission for digital data, protecting sovereign rights in foreign territories through formal treaties.

Greenshield acts as the operational layer managed by Core42, translating these legal policies into technical execution. It applies consistent controls for identity, access, and security across a mesh of sovereign computing environments. This technical shield ensures that sovereignty remains intact as workloads scale through G42’s global infrastructure and partnership with Microsoft. More information is available at www.g42.ai. By leveraging a global cloud backbone under a secure sovereign wrapper, nations can access cutting-edge tools without sacrificing independence. This approach complements major projects like the UAE’s 5 GW AI campus, providing a resilient backbone for regional services. Nations are no longer forced to choose between outdated local hosting and modern, high-speed capabilities.