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On May 15, the United Arab Emirates and the United States signed an agreement to build the new 5GW UAE-US AI Campus in Abu Dhabi—poised to become the largest data center outside of the US. The project will act as a structural growth catalyst for Abu Dhabi, positively impacting its economy in the long term.
The AI data center was unveiled on Thursday at Qasr Al Watan in the presence of UAE President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and US President Donald Trump, who was on a state visit to the UAE.
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The UAE-US AI Campus is planned to comprise 5 gigawatts of capacity of data centers, which will span 10 miles in Abu Dhabi. It will provide a regional platform where US hyperscalers (large-scale cloud service providers) can offer latency-friendly services to almost half of the global population living within 3,200 km of the UAE. Notably, the facility will leverage nuclear, solar, and gas power to minimize carbon emissions once completed and will house a science park to drive advancements in AI innovation.
G42, the UAE’s national AI champion, will build the new AI campus and operate it in partnership with several US companies. The collaborative project will begin with a 1 gigawatt data center, which will eventually expand to the 5GW data center spanning 10 miles.
The partnership between the UAE and US will build on a new government-to-government technology framework, the “US-UAE AI Acceleration Partnership,” to deepen collaboration between the two nations on AI and advanced technologies.
His Highness Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council (AIATC) said the agreement was a testament to the UAE and U.S. 's ongoing collaboration in artificial intelligence.
“It is an expression of the UAE’s commitment to pioneering innovation and fostering global collaboration in artificial intelligence, strengthening the UAE’s position as a hub for cutting-edge research and sustainable development, delivering transformative benefits for humanity.”
Similarly, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard W. Lutnick said the agreement represented a historic middle eastern partnership on AI between the two nations.