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Submer to discuss sovereign AI infrastructure at DCD Connect MENA 2026
The AI infrastructure provider will participate in a panel on October 26 examining compute requirements for sovereign cloud environments.
Submer, an AI and HPC data centre infrastructure provider, will participate in DCD Connect MENA 2026 on October 26–27 at Grand Hyatt Dubai. The company will join a panel discussion examining sovereign AI infrastructure strategies and the compute requirements needed to support AI workloads in the region. The conference brings together data centre operators, cloud infrastructure providers, technology vendors and enterprise users.
Panel session on October 26#
Submer will participate in the panel "Building Sovereign AI: Enabling Innovation Through Scalable Compute" on October 26 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. The session will examine infrastructure requirements for sovereign cloud environments, trade-offs between localised and hybrid infrastructure models, and how to develop compute capacity that meets regulatory requirements while maintaining commercial viability. Bahaa Al Janabi, Technical and Solution Lead for Middle East, Türkiye and Africa at Submer, will join other industry participants in the discussion. The panel will address how infrastructure decisions affect the region's ability to deploy AI systems at scale.
Infrastructure requirements for sovereign AI workloads#
The session will address the infrastructure decisions organisations face when deploying AI workloads at scale while meeting national requirements. Topics include the technical specifications needed to run advanced AI workloads, the regulatory compliance obligations sovereign cloud environments must meet, and the economic considerations that affect infrastructure deployment decisions. The discussion will examine how infrastructure choices affect an organisation's ability to scale AI operations. The panel will also explore the challenge of building high-performance computing infrastructure that supports complex AI workloads while meeting regulatory requirements and maintaining commercial viability.
Conference participation and availability#
Submer representatives will be available throughout the two-day event to meet with customers, partners and industry stakeholders. The company will discuss AI infrastructure developments across the Middle East, Africa and Türkiye. DCD Connect MENA 2026 takes place October 26–27, 2026, at Grand Hyatt Dubai. Submer describes itself as a full-stack AI and HPC data centre infrastructure provider. The conference agenda addresses infrastructure strategies for organisations and governments across the Middle East as they develop sovereign AI and cloud strategies.
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