Following the announcement of a partnership on the fringes of the LEAP23 conference in Riyadh, NEOM has made a significant advancement toward its AI-driven future. The revolutionary AI will be delivered throughout the development by Saudi Arabia’s NEOM through its tech subsidiary TONOMOUS. TONOMOUS was founded as the first fully-fledged subsidiary of NEOM.
The partnership aims to speed up AI-powered innovation for a variety of users, including businesses and governmental agencies. To benefit from the anticipated Oracle Cloud Region to be situated at NEOM, TONOMUS will give consumers direct access to NVIDIA’s cutting-edge AI technologies. Oracle’s cloud infrastructure will be hosted by the ZeroPoint DC hyperscale data centre and through the digital cloud platform from TONOMUS. Joseph Bradley, CEO of TONOMUS, said: “The longstanding alliance between Oracle and NVIDIA complements TONOMUS’ ongoing mission to build the infrastructure and ubiquitous connectivity required to enable the world’s first ecosystem of cognitive technologies,” according to Arabian Business. “This monumental collaboration will empower NEOM with geographical advantage and place Saudi Arabia firmly on the map as a regional hub for the provision of AI capabilities, as well as further support Saudi Vision 2030 and the Kingdom’s rapidly developing cloud market.”
Richard Smith, Executive Vice President, Cloud and Technology, EMEA of Oracle, said: “The futuristic city of NEOM is the ideal ground for deploying the latest AI-powered applications and customer experiences, which will help usher in a new era of smart cities… TONOMOUS will benefit from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) unmatched capability of supporting modern cloud native applications in a secure environment… This, coupled with our existing partnership with NVIDIA, will speed AI adoption for enterprises.”
Jaap Zuiderveld, Vice President of EMEA at NVIDIA, said: “AI and accelerated computing in the cloud enable cities around the world to improve sustainability and livability, enhance the safety and efficiency of urban mobility, and deliver more inclusive citizen experiences… NVIDIA software and systems on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provide an ideal platform for developers like TONOMUS to build AI-forward, modern cities.”
Users of TONOMUS’ seamless cloud management platform, which combines cloud sales and management with an intuitive digital interface, will gain a number of important advantages from the company’s partnership with Oracle and NVIDIA. The platform gives customers access to the best cloud service providers in the globe while also letting them discover and evaluate a wide range of options, features, and prices in real-time before buying and managing solutions.
Additionally, it was reported that it makes cost monitoring, resource optimization, and visibility easier, centralizes customer administration of various cloud assets and expenses, and helps the finance and accounting departments by giving them access to data on past and future expenditures depending on consumption. The NVIDIA H100, the most sophisticated accelerator ever made and a quantum leap for accelerated computing, as well as the NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU will be the driving forces behind the initiative.
In order to offer conversational AI that leads the market, its integrated breakthroughs can accelerate large language models by an astounding 30 times over the previous generation. Early adopters of the technology will also be able to take advantage of a number of benefits, enabling large corporations from a variety of sectors, including healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, and financial services, to cut costs associated with their IT infrastructure, automate processes, and get insights faster than ever.
