With more than 450,000 programmers and a world-leading 97% utilization rate of AI technologies across government agencies, the UAE cemented its status as a global powerhouse for digital infrastructure in 2025.
High-stakes international collaborations characterized the year, most notably the construction of a 5-gigawatt UAE–US AI Campus in Abu Dhabi. The complex is the largest supercomputing cluster outside of the United States, powering billions of users with a combination of nuclear, solar, and gas energy.
The “Stargate UAE” project, a 1-gigawatt endeavor combining G42, OpenAI, Oracle, Cisco, SoftBank, and Nvidia, was launched in tandem with this. The project’s initial phase, which will use cutting-edge NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GB300 devices, is scheduled for 2026.
Through a UAE-France AI framework that comprises a dedicated 1-gigawatt data center in addition to cooperative projects in advanced semiconductors, renewable energy, and shared research platforms, strategic cooperation also extended to Europe.
In terms of investment, UAE-based MGX has partnered with BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, Nvidia, and xAI in a “AI Infrastructure Partnership” that aims to invest up to $100 billion in energy solutions and next-generation data centers.
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