Summary of news:
- Cisco to join the human alliance to build Saudi Arabia Infrastructure of Future.
- Cisco and G42 extend their strategic partnership to cause AI innovation through the United Arab Emirates (Water) and The United States.
- Cisco to collaborate with AIP (AI Infrastructure Partnership) to stimulate investments in data centers and IA infrastructure The United States and worldwide.
San Jose, California.,, May 14, 2025 / Prnewswire / – Cisco, the world leader in networking and security, announced today a series of strategic initiatives in all phases of the AI revolution in The United States and in the Middle East region. These new initiatives place Cisco at the center of the AI revolution in the Gulf, providing a world class and a trust technology with other Cisco partners.
Partnership in the Middle East To build a future powered by AI
The announcements this morning follow the visit last week by the CEO Chuck Robbins has Saudi ArabiaWater, QatarAnd Bahrainand the visit today by Jeetu PatelEVP and chief product manager, for Saudi ArabiaWhere he participated in President Trump’s state visit to the region.
During his visit to the region, Chuck Robbins met the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia,, Mohammed bin salmanCrown prince of Abu DhabiSheikh Bin khaled mohammed bin zayed al nahyanAssistant sovereign of Abu Dhabi and national security advisor, Shiekh Tahnoon bin ZAYED AL NAHYANPrime Minister of QatarSheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al ThaniNational Security Advisor to BahrainSheikh Nasser Bin Hamed, as well as other senior officials and dignitaries.
These high -level meetings were based on the decades of Cisco’s deep partnerships in these countries with a particular emphasis on the support of secure and trustworthy buildings of artificial intelligence infrastructure (AI), IA innovation, research and development of talents.
“The AI revolution in the Gulf region is really impressive, and Cisco is proud to play a key role by ensuring that it is intelligently implemented, safely and with trust partners to cause maximum value for governments, businesses and consumers. I am confident in Cisco’s ability to help open the way to the AI revolution and following these new announcements.
“The rhythm of IA innovation today is unprecedented, and yet what we can do today is only a fraction of what will be possible in a few years,” said Jeetu PatelExecutive vice-president and product manager, Cisco. “For countries, organizations and industries, the time to invest in key infrastructure, IA security and security, and the development of new skills is now. Cisco is developing critical AI era technologies, and we are delighted to work through the Gulf to maximize their impact.”
Today’s announcements include major investments and strategic partnerships, in particular:
- AI infrastructure partnership (AIP):: Cisco announced today that it would collaborate with the infrastructure partnership AI (AIP), led by BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), MGX, Microsoft, Nvidia and XAI. AIP will initially seek to unlock 30 billion dollars In the capital of investors, asset owners and companies. The addition of CISCO as a technological partner of AIP, further strengthens the AIP platform because it seeks to invest in a secure, efficient and scalable infrastructure to support the workloads of the AI.
- Cisco, human and expanded partnerships in Saudi Arabia:: Cisco has announced to join a revolutionary initiative with humans, Saudi Arabia New AI company to help build the most open, scalable and more efficient AI infrastructure in the world. This historic collaboration will establish a new standard for the way in which the AI infrastructure is designed, secure and delivered – combining the global expertise of Cisco with the ambitions of the audacious AI of the Kingdom. The multi -year initiative aims to position the country as a world leader in digital innovation.
- Cisco and G42:: Cisco to extend the strategic partnership with G42 to further advance AI innovation and the development of water infrastructure. Collaboration focuses on the complete Cisco secure IA portfolio and the native IA solutions and services of G42, the expertise of IA infrastructure, and the widening of the global imprint, including a potential marketing initiative.
- Qatar Digital transformation: Qatar The Ministry of the Interior and Cisco has signed a letter of intent to collaborate Qatar Digital transformation, AI, development of infrastructure and cybersecurity.
These announcements follow the other recent initiatives of Cisco AI, in particular:
- An extended partnership with NVIDIA to accelerate the adoption of AI in the company
- Release of the first open source model for AI
- Cisco reveals the defense of AI to secure the transformation of the AI of companies
- Cisco Lance $ 1 billion World Investment Fund on AI
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