Supermicro and EHC Investment have announced a strategic partnership to advance the development and deployment of Sovereign AI Modular Data Centers (MDCs) in the UAE, leveraging Supermicro’s Data Center Building Block Solutions (DCBBS) architecture.
The collaboration brings together Supermicro’s modular, AI-optimised infrastructure capabilities and EHC Investment’s regional execution expertise and infrastructure platforms. The goal is to accelerate the rollout of high-performance, energy-efficient, sovereign AI-ready digital infrastructure across the UAE.
As global demand for AI compute continues to surge, access to power-dense, high-performance capacity has emerged as a key constraint. The partners aim to address this challenge through modular data centre designs that significantly shorten deployment timelines while maintaining operational consistency and performance standards.
Supermicro’s DCBBS framework integrates compute, networking, storage, power, cooling and rack-level integration into a unified, end-to-end solution. According to the company, this modular approach enables deployment within six to nine months — substantially faster than traditional data centre builds — while reducing execution risk. The company also brings expertise in AI-optimised servers and advanced liquid-cooled systems.
EHC Investment, a diversified Abu Dhabi-based investment platform and subsidiary of International Holding Company (IHC), will contribute regional infrastructure development capabilities and long-term capital alignment. The parties plan to collaborate on MDC reference architectures, deployment frameworks and coordinated delivery models to support sovereign AI infrastructure across priority sectors.
The initiative aligns with EHC Investment’s broader strategy to develop foundational digital infrastructure platforms that support long-term economic growth and technological competitiveness. Modular data centre solutions are expected to provide a scalable and capital-efficient pathway for AI deployment across sectors such as energy, healthcare, financial services and smart city ecosystems.
The announcement marks the beginning of a strategic working relationship between the two organisations. As projects advance, both sides will assess further collaboration opportunities aimed at enabling scalable, secure and high-performance AI infrastructure to support the UAE’s digital ambitions.