Abu dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE) and Google Cloud have signed an agreement to explore a strategic collaboration aimed at leveraging Google Cloud's capabilities to support advancing digital transformation and innovation across the emirate's energy sector.
According to Emirates News Agency, the signing of the agreement was witnessed by Dr Abdulla Humaid Al Jarwan, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy. The MoU was signed by Engineer Shaima Abdulla Al Mulla, Executive Director of Licensing Compliance, Consumer Protection, and Business Continuity at the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy, and Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Managing Director for Google Cloud, Middle East, Trkiye, and North Africa (MENAT), on the sidelines of GITEX Global Week 2025.
The agreement establishes a framework for cooperation with a goal to identify mutually beneficial projects. This initial framework will support the exchange of knowledge and best practices in key technology areas such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cloud computing.
Dr Abdulla Al Jarwan highlighted the potential impact of the partnership, emphasizing its role in advancing digital transformation that supports future-ready, sustainable energy and water systems. By leveraging Google Cloud's expertise, the aim is to deploy AI and cloud technologies to improve reliability, lower costs, and speed the integration of clean energy across Abu Dhabi.
Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban expressed his satisfaction with the partnership, noting that this initial phase focuses on exploring how Google Cloud's secure and intelligent technologies can potentially support DoE's vision for a resilient and sustainable energy future.
The agreement establishes a working relationship to help address key challenges within the energy sector. The scope of potential cooperation intends to cover five key areas including digital transformation, AI and machine learning, energy and water efficiency, capacity building, and innovation.
This includes exploring potential collaboration on the use of Google Cloud technologies to manage and analyze large datasets from the energy sector. This collaboration aims to improve the efficiency and reliability of infrastructure using AI and ML models, including predictive maintenance of power plants and networks.
DoE and Google Cloud intend to further collaborate on pilot projects, focusing on solutions that can support the future of Abu Dhabi's energy sector. Additionally, the collaboration will explore opportunities for capacity building through training programs and workshops.
The collaboration complements the DoE's AD.WE platform, developed in partnership with Presight, which applies advanced AI for sustainable energy management. The agreement reinforces Abu Dhabi's position as a global hub for sustainable energy innovation, while advancing the department's efforts to promote efficiency, resilience, and innovation across the sector.