Ooredoo Qatar has announced a strategic partnership with Rafay Systems to deliver an enterprise-grade, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) powered by NVIDIA’s accelerated computing. This collaboration aims to provide organizations across the country with the tools to build, train, and deploy advanced AI and Generative AI applications securely within Qatar’s sovereign AI cloud.
Bolstering Qatar’s Digital Economy
The initiative marks a significant step in strengthening Qatar’s national AI capabilities, allowing local enterprises to leverage cutting-edge technology while ensuring their data remains within the country’s borders. The platform is designed to serve a wide range of industries, from banks implementing real-time fraud detection to healthcare providers adopting local AI diagnostics and energy firms utilizing predictive maintenance.
Sheikh Ali Bin Jabor Bin Mohammad Al Thani, CEO of Ooredoo Qatar, commented on the partnership’s impact, stating, “Our partnership with Rafay brings the power of GPU-accelerated AI directly into the hands of Qatar’s businesses. Customers can now tap into secure, on-demand AI infrastructure that shortens time-to-innovation while keeping data fully sovereign. It’s another milestone in Ooredoo’s mission to fuel Qatar’s digital economy.”
On-Demand AI Infrastructure And Tools
Through Rafay’s platform, Ooredoo’s enterprise clients will gain self-service access to dedicated GPU resources, AI tools, and model workbenches for the entire AI lifecycle. The service integrates robust governance features, cost transparency, and full compliance support to ensure enterprises can innovate safely and efficiently.
In partnership with Rafay, Ooredoo will offer a suite of advanced capabilities, including:
- NVIDIA NIM microservices for optimized AI model inferencing and Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) delivery.
- NVIDIA Blueprints for the rapid deployment and optimization of AI workloads.
- NVIDIA NeMo microservices, which enable developers to easily build, customize, and deploy foundation models, including the NVIDIA Nemotron open model family.
These technologies are natively supported within the Rafay Platform, allowing Ooredoo to deliver these capabilities out of the box without requiring additional integration or infrastructure work from its customers.
A Strategic Collaboration for Regional AI
The collaboration positions Ooredoo at the forefront of the region’s push towards sovereign AI, providing a critical infrastructure layer for the next wave of digital transformation.
Haseeb Budhani, Co-Founder & CEO at Rafay, said, “We’re thrilled to collaborate with Ooredoo Qatar to bring GPU PaaS and NVIDIA-powered AI capabilities to regional enterprises. Because the Rafay Platform natively integrates NVIDIA NIM and NeMo microservices, and NVIDIA Blueprints Ooredoo customers can instantly deploy, scale, and operate AI models and applications with full sovereignty and efficiency.”
About Ooredoo
Ooredoo is Qatar’s leading communications company, delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of consumers and businesses. As a community-focused company, Ooredoo is guided by its vision of enriching people’s lives and its belief that it can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full potential.
Source: Zawya
