Partnership with Rafay to Deliver NVIDIA-Powered AI Platforms and Model-as-a-Service Capabilities for Enterprises in Qatar
Doha, Qatar – December 15, 2025 – Ooredoo announced today a strategic partnership with Rafay Systems to deliver enterprise-grade, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing to organizations across the country building on its recent deploymentof NVIDIA AI infrastructure in Qatar,.
This collaboration enables enterprises to build, train, and deploy AI and GenAI applications faster and more securely, all within Qatar’s sovereign AI cloud.From banks running real-time fraud detection to hospitals adopting AIdiagnostics locally to energy firms using predictive maintenance, organizations in Qatar can now access the compute power, generative AI models, and tools they need—without compromising data sovereignty.
Sheikh Ali Bin Jabor Bin Mohammad Al Thani, CEO of Ooredoo Qatar, said:
“Our partnership with Rafay brings the power of GPU-accelerated AI directly into the hands of Qatar’s businesses. Customers can now tap into secure, on-demand AI infrastructure that shortens time-to-innovation while keeping data fully sovereign. It’s another milestone in Ooredoo’s mission to fuel Qatar’s digital economy.”
Through Rafay’s platform, Ooredoo’s enterprise customers gain self-service access to GPU resources, AI tools, and model workbenches for training, fine-tuning, and deploying AI and GenAI applications. The platform includes built-in governance, cost transparency, and full compliance support, ensuring enterprises can safely innovate within Qatar’s borders.
In addition, Ooredoo—in partnership with Rafay—will now offer:
- NVIDIA NIM microservices for inferencing andModel-as-a-Service (MaaS) delivery
- NVIDIABlueprints for rapid AI deployment and workload optimization
- NVIDIA NeMo microservices, enabling developers to easily build and customize foundation models, including the NVIDIA Nemotron open model family.
These NVIDIA technologies are natively supported within the Rafay Platform, allowing Rafay partners and customers such as Ooredoo to deliver these capabilities out of the box—without additional integration or infrastructure work.
Haseeb Budhani, Co-Founder & CEO at Rafay, said:
“We’re thrilled to collaborate with Ooredoo Qatar to bring GPU PaaS andNVIDIA-powered AI capabilities to regional enterprises. Because the Rafay Platform natively integrates NVIDIA NIM and NeMo micro services, and NVIDIABlueprints Ooredoo customers can instantly deploy, scale, and operate AI models and applications with full sovereignty and efficiency.”
About Ooredoo Qatar
Ooredoo is Qatar’s leading communications company, delivering mobile, fixed, broadband internet and corporate managed services tailored to the needs of consumers and businesses. As a community-focused company, Ooredoo is guided by its vision of enriching people’s lives and its belief that it can stimulate human growth by leveraging communications to help people achieve their full potential.
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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 and AI-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.
