Submer, a full-stack AI and HPC infrastructure provider, and Intel are partnering to provide AI infrastructure, high-performance computing (HPC) and next-generation data centre solutions across the Middle East, Africa (MEA) and Turkey.
According to the firms, under the agreement, Intel will contribute its compute platforms, validated reference architectures and technology roadmap, while Submer will provide full-stack engineering, design and delivery capabilities spanning advisory, design and build, power solutions, thermal solutions and IT integration.
The companies will work together across sovereign, enterprise, hyperscale, telecom and public-sector customers, drawing on each side's existing relationships.
Submer will support deployment feasibility assessments in target markets, covering both new-build facilities and upgrades to existing sites.
Demand for AI and HPC capacity across the region is placing increased requirements on data centre design, particularly around compute density, thermal performance and power. With African data centre capacity projected by McKinsey to more than triple by 2030, operators face the added hurdle of volatile power grids and severe water scarcity.
The collaboration is intended to help operators and enterprises move from architecture to deployment through a single engineering path, rather than assembling capabilities across multiple parties.
A central strand of the partnership is the joint development of reference architectures for AI, accelerated compute and high-density deployments, including liquid-cooled designs.
These will combine Intel platform architectures with Submer's infrastructure design and integration expertise, and will be tested and validated as complete configurations, with Submer contributing analysis of thermal performance, power usage and infrastructure efficiency.
"Customers in this region are not short of ambition on AI and HPC. What they need is a route from design intent to operating infrastructure that holds together technically," said Khalid Aljamed, General Manager for MEA and Turkey at Submer. "Working alongside Intel lets us pair proven compute platforms with the engineering, integration and delivery capability we have built regionally, so that customers are dealing with one coherent architecture rather than a set of disconnected decisions."
"Organisations across the region are rapidly transitioning from experimental AI pilots to production-scale deployments faster than traditional data centres were built to handle. Today, the strategic focus is fundamentally shifting toward real-world application use cases and continuous inferencing — workloads that demand unprecedented platform agility, thermal efficiency and compute density," said Ahmad Alabduljabbar, General Manager for Saudi Arabia at Intel.
Initial activity will focus on reference architecture development and proof-of-concept engagements with customers in priority markets. Joint workshops, executive briefings and technical sessions are also planned for customers and ecosystem participants across the region.
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