Abu Dhabi: G42, a pioneer in AI and cloud computing, has partnered with NVIDIA to improve climate technology through innovative AI solutions. This collaboration is aimed at improving global weather forecasting accuracy.
This venture builds upon NVIDIA’s Earth-2, an open platform designed to encourage climate and weather predictions using AI-augmented, high-resolution simulations. In the preliminary, G42 and NVIDIA will focus on formulating a weather forecasting model with a resolution of one square kilometre, significantly improving meteorological predictions.
A key milestone of this initiative is the setting up of the Earth-2 Climate Tech Lab in Abu Dhabi, a state-of-the-art operational base that will serve as a tech hub for research and development. This opportunity drives both companies’ commitment to environmental sustainability and will support over 100 petabytes of geophysical data assets to develop tailored climate and weather solutions.
Peng Xiao, Group CEO of G42, highlighted the significance of the partnership, commenting that, “This venture with NVIDIA is a testament to our commitment to applying AI in ways that not only innovate but also solve critical global climate challenges. Establishing the Earth-2 Climate Tech Lab in Abu Dhabi allows us to support our unique capabilities and insights to develop a sustainable future for the world.”
The initiative aims to develop a robust structure for integrating improved weather prediction capabilities with comprehensive data metrics and visualisation tools. This will help organisations globally in achieving their sustainability goals through informed, data-driven environmental strategies.
Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA stated that, “Our collaboration with G42 plays a pivotal role toward harnessing AI to understand and predict climate phenomena with remarkable accuracy. The Earth-2 Climate Tech Lab will propel environmental solutions using the most advanced accelerated computing and AI technology to help millions of people around the world.”
By combining G42’s AI expertise with NVIDIA’s computational power, the collaboration seeks to deliver transformative climate solutions that combine scientific accuracy with real-world applicability, driving impactful change across various industries and ecosystems.