Abu Dhabi to Become World’s First Fully AI-Powered Government by 2027
The government of Abu Dhabi has launched its “Government Digital Strategy 2025-2027,” which outlines steps to become the world’s first fully AI-native government by 2027.
The roll-out includes a planned investment of AED 13 billion (approximately USD 3.5 billion) to support deployment of artificial intelligence, cloud computing and automation across public services.
Under the initiative, every government process is to be digitised and automated, and the government intends to adopt sovereign cloud infrastructure across all entities. Key elements of the plan include the implementation of a unified enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform, deployment of more than 200 AI solutions across services, and delivering services in multiple languages through AI-driven tools.
To support the strategy, Abu Dhabi has formed significant partnerships with global technology firms. For example, Microsoft and G42 are collaborating to create a high-performance sovereign cloud computing environment capable of managing more than 11 million digital interactions per day between agencies, businesses and citizens.
Additionally, Oracle and NVIDIA have joined forces to deliver AI infrastructure tailored for the Emirate’s transformation, providing cloud-native AI tools in a secure, sovereign framework.
According to the Media Office of Abu Dhabi, the strategy includes a focus on people and institutional capacity. Over 95 % of the Abu Dhabi government’s 30,000-plus employees have completed AI training under the strategy’s workforce transformation initiative.
A programme called “AI for All” is also underway to facilitate broad citizen engagement with AI applications and to provide up-skilling opportunities.
The government estimates that the digital strategy will contribute more than AED 24 billion to Abu Dhabi’s GDP by 2027 and generate over 5,000 new jobs, with a particular emphasis on Emirati participation in the workforce.
The plan also targets full adoption of sovereign cloud computing and complete digital automation of government services.
Implementing the strategy at national scale raises several challenges. Data sovereignty and ethical deployment of AI are flagged concerns, especially given the scale of centralised infrastructure and the integration of complex machine-learning systems.
Moreover, converting pilot programmes into production-grade systems across all government entities will demand sustained technical execution, organisational change and continuous oversight.
The strategy is documented for the period 2025-2027, with 2027 set as the target year to operate as the first in the world fully AI-native government.
Already more than 100 AI-use cases have been deployed across 40 government entities.
A public launch of the next version of the unified government services platform “TAMM 4.0” is planned during the GITEX Global 2025 technology expo.
To your notes, Albania recently appointed an AI minister and many other countries are exploring ways to include AI in the government for great efficiency and speedy workarounds.
