According to informed sources, due to ongoing concerns about security issues, a multi-billion dollar agreement to establish one of the largest data center hubs in the UAE is far from being reached. During Trump's two-day visit to Abu Dhabi last month, the U.S. and this wealthy Gulf nation announced a large-scale artificial intelligence park project, which will include a series of powerful data centers. The plan covers an area of 26 square kilometers and is funded by the UAE state-owned technology company G42, which is promoting the development of its artificial intelligence industry. Tech giants NVIDIA (NVDA.O), OpenAI, Cisco (CSCO.O), Oracle, and Japan's SoftBank are collaborating with G42 to build the first phase of "Stargate UAE," which is scheduled to go live in 2026. Five sources familiar with the project revealed that U.S. officials have not yet determined the security conditions for exporting advanced chips, nor have they established how to enforce the agreements with the Gulf nations, thus the deal is far from resolved.
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The UAE's 100 billion-level AI data center project is facing obstacles as the export safety terms of Nvidia chips have yet to be finalized.
According to informed sources, due to ongoing concerns about security issues, a multi-billion dollar agreement to establish one of the largest data center hubs in the UAE is far from being reached. During Trump's two-day visit to Abu Dhabi last month, the U.S. and this wealthy Gulf nation announced a large-scale artificial intelligence park project, which will include a series of powerful data centers. The plan covers an area of 26 square kilometers and is funded by the UAE state-owned technology company G42, which is promoting the development of its artificial intelligence industry. Tech giants NVIDIA (NVDA.O), OpenAI, Cisco (CSCO.O), Oracle, and Japan's SoftBank are collaborating with G42 to build the first phase of "Stargate UAE," which is scheduled to go live in 2026. Five sources familiar with the project revealed that U.S. officials have not yet determined the security conditions for exporting advanced chips, nor have they established how to enforce the agreements with the Gulf nations, thus the deal is far from resolved.