Data Vault Pakistan and Rafay Systems Announce Strategic Partnership to Power Pakistan’s First Sovereign AI Cloud for Telcos, Financial Services Companies and Other Pakistani Enterprises
San Francisco – December 11, 2025 – Data Vault Pakistan, Pakistan’s first AI-ready sovereign data center andGPU-as-a-Service provider, today announced a strategic partnership with Rafay Systems, Inc., a leading platform provider for modern infrastructure and AI workloads driving global adoption of GPU PaaS™ capabilities for enterprises, cloud service providers, and Sovereign AI Clouds.
Through this partnership, Data Vault and Rafay will enable Pakistan’s first Sovereign AI Cloud – a fully managed, locally hosted AI and Kubernetes platform that allows organizations to develop, deploy, and scale AI workloads while ensuring that data, models, and sovereign work product remain within Pakistan’s borders and under the country’s regulatory framework.
Under the agreement, Data Vault will not only use the Rafay Platform to power its own sovereign AI cloud, but will also offer Rafay’s AI and Kubernetes orchestration capabilities to telcos, banks, cloud providers, and large enterprises in Pakistan. The partnership creates a unified, locally operated platform layer for AI and cloud-native workloads across the country, accelerating national AI readiness and digital transformation.
“Pakistan needs sovereign AI infrastructure that is as easy to consume as any global hyperscale cloud – but built and operated within our own borders,” said Mehwish Salman Ali, Founder and CEO of Data Vault Pakistan. “By combining Data Vault’s high-density GPU data center with Rafay’s GPU PaaS™ and Kubernetes orchestration platform, we can give banks, telcos, government, startups – andnow even other service providers in Pakistan – a secure, compliant, andscalable way to run AI workloads locally, from model training to real-timeinference. This is the foundation of a true Sovereign AI Cloud for Pakistan. “Ourvision at Data Vault is simple: ‘AI Made in Pakistan, Powered in Pakistan.”
Rafay’s platform delivers GPU cloud orchestration, Kubernetes lifecycle management, multi-tenancy, and policy-driven governance, transforming raw GPU and compute resources into a secure, multi-tenant, revenue-ready cloud. Leveraging this platform, Data Vault Pakistan will offer:
- GPU-as-a-Service & AI-as-a-Service – On-demand access to GPU capacity and AI platforms for training, fine-tuning, and inference, hosted within Pakistan.
- Managed Kubernetes & Platform Services – End-to-end cluster provisioning, upgrades, security policies, and observability across environments, enabling cloud-native modernization without large in-house platform teams.
- Self-Service Compute Consumption – Developer and data science teams can request namespaces, clusters, and AI workspaces with built-in guardrails, while platform teams maintain full control over cost, security, and compliance.
- Sovereign AI Cloud for the Ecosystem – All workloads and data processed within Pakistan, with the ability for telcos, banks, and cloud service providers to build and monetize their own AI offerings on top of the same trusted platform, operated by Data Vault
“Sovereign AI clouds are becoming a critical requirement for countries that want to harness AI, while preserving data sovereignty and regulatory control,” said Haseeb Budhani, Co-founder and CEO at Rafay Systems. “Data VaultPakistan is building exactly that for Pakistan – a modern, GPU-powered sovereign AI cloud. We are immensely grateful to the Data Vault team for the partnership, and look forward to supporting their grand vision of bringing AI to every enterprise in Pakistan.”
Together, this partnership empowers Pakistan’s leading industries to modernize critical applications, run sensitive AI workloads on sovereign infrastructure, maximize the value of GPU investments, and rapidly launch new AI-powered services—all without the burden of building complex platforms in-house. It marks a transformative step forward for financial services, telecom, healthcare, manufacturing, and the public sector as they accelerate innovation with security, compliance, and efficiency at the core.
About Data Vault Pakistan
Data Vault Pakistan is the country’s first AI-ready sovereign data center and GPU-as-a-Service provider, purpose-built for high-density AI, cloud, and high-performance computing workloads. With a focus on energy-efficient infrastructure, data sovereignty, and secure cloud services, Data Vault enables enterprises, service providers, and government institutions to build and run AI workloads locally while maintaining full control over their data, compliance posture, and critical digital infrastructure.
About Rafay Systems
Founded in 2017, Rafay is committed to elevating CPU and GPU-based infrastructure to a strategic asset for enterprises and cloud service providers. Enterprises, and GPU Clouds leverage the company’s GPU PaaS™ (Platform-as-a-Service) stack to simplify the complexities of managing cloud and on-premises based infrastructure while enabling self-service workflows for platform and DevOps teams–all within one multi-tenant offering. The Rafay Platform also helps companies improve governance capabilities, optimize costs of CPU & GPU resources, and accelerate the delivery of cloud-native andAI-powered applications. Customers such as MoneyGram and Guardant Health entrust Rafay to be the cornerstone of their modern infrastructure strategy andAI architecture. Gartner has recognized Rafay as a Cool Vendor in ContainerManagement. GigaOm named Rafay as a Leader and Outperformer in the GigaOm RadarReport for Managed Kubernetes.