Intel has partnered with Submer to develop AI, high-performance computing (HPC) and data centre infrastructure across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.
Under the agreement, Intel will provide its compute platforms, validated reference architectures and technology roadmap. Meanwhile, Submer will bring its engineering, design and deployment expertise.
As a result, the pair will work on reference designs for AI and high-density computing, including systems that use liquid cooling. The companies will test the designs to assess factors such as cooling, power use and overall efficiency.
The companies will work with sovereign, enterprise, hyperscale, telecom and public-sector organisations.
Submer will also assess existing data centres that could be upgraded to support higher-density computing, as well as new facilities.
Submer General Manager of Middle East, Africa and Turkey, Khalid Aljamed, said: “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.
“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.”
Intel General Manager of Saudi Arabia, Ahmad Alabduljabbar, added: “Organisations across the region are rapidly transitioning from experimental AI pilots to production-scale deployments faster than traditional data centres 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.
“Bringing Intel’s validated reference architectures together with Submer’s advanced immersion cooling and deployment expertise delivers a practical, sustainable pathway to high-density AI and HPC environments. Building infrastructure that flexes to meet both immediate enterprise demands and future technological shifts is critical to realising the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 ambitions for digital leadership and AI sovereignty.”
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