As the UAE cements its position as a global AI and digital leader, the transition to a controlled cloud adoption is no longer a choice, but a sovereign and regulatory necessity. The UAE’s vision for data and cloud sovereignty has shifted from simple data locality to full control of the entire technology stack, including AI workloads.

UAE organizations are under increasing pressure to balance innovation with absolute control, ensuring data governance, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience while accelerating cloud adoption. This pressure is compounding as 40% hardware price increases and extended supply chain delays threaten to stall modernization roadmaps. IDC predicts that by 2028, 60% of organizations with digital sovereignty requirements will migrate sensitive workloads to new cloud environments to reduce risk and increase autonomy.

This exclusive CIO roundtable brings together senior IT leaders to explore how enterprises can modernize their infrastructure strategy and modernize their applications without compromise. The discussion will focus on enabling secure, sovereign hybrid cloud environments, bypassing hardware queues with Nutanix Cloud Clusters, and maintaining full control of data across on-premises and public cloud environments.

Through peer exchange and expert insights, attendees will gain practical perspectives on navigating cloud complexity, reducing dependency risks, and building a future-ready, sovereign IT architecture aligned with UAE national priorities. All you need to know to innovate at cloud speed while keeping your data protected.