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M42 Holds the Region's Most Sensitive Health Data. Here's Where It Runs

By leveraging Core42 Sovereign Public Cloud, M42 is advancing precision medicine, genomics, and AI innovation while maintaining data sovereignty, security, and compliance.

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Core42
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Aug 14, 2026, 3:31:06 PM
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Sovereign Public Cloud
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Precision Healthcare Starts with Trusted Data 

M42 is a global, tech-enabled healthcare company headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Combining world-class healthcare facilities with advanced technologies such as AI, genomics, and biobanks, M42 is helping shape the future of healthcare through precise, preventive, and predictive care. 

Its footprint includes leading healthcare institutions such as Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, alongside nationally significant initiatives including the Emirati Genome Program and Abu Dhabi BioBank. This positions M42 as one of the region's largest custodians of sensitive healthcare and genomic data. 

As AI became increasingly central to healthcare innovation, M42 needed a cloud foundation that could support advanced analytics, genomics research, and AI-powered healthcare services while ensuring strict compliance with Department of Health requirements.  

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Innovation at Scale Requires Control 

For M42, cloud adoption was never just about infrastructure. The organization needed access to hyperscale cloud and AI capabilities while ensuring patient and genomic data remained protected, governed, and compliant with healthcare regulations. Innovation could not come at the expense of sovereignty. 

Traditional approaches often force organizations to choose between innovation and control. For healthcare organizations managing critical patient data, that trade-off is not acceptable.  

Bridging Innovation and Sovereignty  
Built on Microsoft Azure and enhanced with UAE-specific sovereign and security controls, Core42 Sovereign Public Cloud provided M42 with a trusted platform for AI innovation while maintaining data residency and governance. Beyond cloud infrastructure, Core42 combines Microsoft Azure with sovereign controls, continuous compliance monitoring, local expertise, and managed services tailored to the UAE's regulatory environment.

Through Core42 Insight application, the organization also benefits from continuous visibility into compliance, sovereign, and security controls, helping ensure healthcare workloads remain continuously aligned with regulatory expectations.  

Beyond the platform itself, Core42's Professional Services team worked closely with M42 to modernize and migrate critical healthcare workloads, helping accelerate adoption while maintaining operational continuity throughout the transition. 

"For M42, Sovereign Public Cloud was the natural choice. It gives us access to Microsoft Azure's innovation while embedding the sovereign and security controls required for healthcare. That means we can accelerate AI and cloud adoption, maintain compliance with Department of Health requirements, and innovate with confidence knowing our most sensitive healthcare and genomics data remains protected." 

— Rajnish Sharma, Vice President, Cloud and Enterprise Infrastructure, M42 

Faster Innovation, Without Compromise 

Core42 Sovereign Public Cloud has enabled M42 to accelerate AI initiatives across precision medicine, genomics, and healthcare innovation while maintaining confidence in how sensitive data is governed and protected.

By embedding sovereignty and compliance into the cloud environment, M42 can focus on delivering new healthcare capabilities rather than navigating complex regulatory challenges. Projects that could otherwise be delayed by governance concerns can move forward with greater speed and confidence.  

Building the Future of Healthcare 

As M42 continues expanding precision medicine, genomics, and AI-enabled healthcare, Core42 Sovereign Public Cloud provides the trusted foundation needed to scale these innovations while protecting sensitive healthcare data within the UAE's regulatory framework.

M42's journey demonstrates that healthcare organizations do not need to choose between innovation and compliance. With the right cloud foundation, they can confidently pursue both.

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