Market profile
United Arab Emirates
The UAE is positioning itself as a regional AI infrastructure hub. The 5 GW UAE-US AI Campus in Abu Dhabi, including the 1 GW Stargate UAE cluster developed by G42's Khazna, was announced in 2025, with the first 200 MW planned for 2026. Reuters reported in September 2026, citing anonymous sources, that the plan is being revised toward distributed and hardened sites after the Iran conflict. No official national capacity statistic was found, so national capacity is shown as not disclosed.
- Tracked project records
- 3
- Policy records
- 0
- Cloud regions
- 5
- Last checked
- 18 Oct 2026
Overview
Abu Dhabi leads AI campus plans, Dubai hosts most colocation. AWS, Azure and Oracle run regions in the UAE, Google does not.
Why it matters for cooling and power
The UAE AI campus is one of the largest announced builds globally, but its configuration is in flux.
Key metros and clusters
- Abu Dhabi: Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
- Dubai: Emirate of Dubai. Not yet populated with projects.
Grid context
Not disclosed in official sources reviewed.
Water, heat reuse, efficiency and planning
Not disclosed in official sources reviewed.
Latest changes
- Market 11 Sept 2026 UAE reportedly reworks 5 GW AI campus into distributed sites: Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources, that the UAE is revising its single-site Abu Dhabi AI campus after the Iran conflict, toward a network of protected and partly underground sites. Stargate UAE's first 200 MW was still described as due in 2026. Third-party reported Related: UAE-US AI Campus (Abu Dhabi), Stargate UAE AI infrastructure cluster (1 GW), Stargate UAE first 200 MW, Khazna Data Centers. internazionale.it (opens in a new tab)wam.ae (opens in a new tab)
- Project 16 Oct 2025 Stargate UAE AI infrastructure cluster (1 GW)Construction progress update by G42 Related: Khazna Data Centers, Oracle, Stargate UAE AI infrastructure cluster (1 GW), Stargate UAE first 200 MW. wam.ae (opens in a new tab)
Tracked projects
| Project | Level | Stage | Operator or developer | Latest change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stargate UAE AI infrastructure cluster (1 GW) | campus | Under construction | Khazna Data Centers | 11 Sept 2026: Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources, that the UAE is revising its single-site Abu Dhabi AI campus after the Iran conflict, toward a network of protected and partly underground sites. Stargate UAE's first 200 MW was still described as due in 2026. |
| Stargate UAE first 200 MW | phase | Under construction | Khazna Data Centers | 11 Sept 2026: Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources, that the UAE is revising its single-site Abu Dhabi AI campus after the Iran conflict, toward a network of protected and partly underground sites. Stargate UAE's first 200 MW was still described as due in 2026. |
| UAE-US AI Campus (Abu Dhabi) | campus | Under construction | G42 | 11 Sept 2026: Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources, that the UAE is revising its single-site Abu Dhabi AI campus after the Iran conflict, toward a network of protected and partly underground sites. Stargate UAE's first 200 MW was still described as due in 2026. |
Capacity in tracked public coverage
Tracked public coverage, not a national total. Sums of reported, project-level figures from 0 of the 3 published project records we track for United Arab Emirates. Each metric and each delivery class is summed on its own and never added to another. Confirmed operating capacity never includes design or ultimate capacity. Delayed projects are never counted as under construction now. Campus and phase figures are not double counted. Ranges and upper bounds are not summed. Unknown values are not counted as zero.
None of the tracked project records for United Arab Emirates has a figure that can be summed yet. Figures with an unclear basis and undisclosed values are never added. Each project page lists its reported figures as published. Not disclosed is not zero.
Figures not counted (4) and why
- Stargate UAE AI infrastructure cluster (1 GW)
- Other 1 GW: Basis unclear (not stated as IT, facility, grid or thermal). Never summed.
- Investment USD 30 billion: Marked not summable by research: USD billions as reported by Reuters. Not confirmed by G42 in sources reviewed.
- Stargate UAE first 200 MW
- Other 200 MW: Basis unclear (not stated as IT, facility, grid or thermal). Never summed.
- UAE-US AI Campus (Abu Dhabi)
- Other 5 GW: Basis unclear (not stated as IT, facility, grid or thermal). Never summed.
Method: capacity rules. Company-wide investment, area figures and third-party market estimates are never included in these sums.
Cloud regions in United Arab Emirates
A cloud region is a provider's service area. It is not a data centre campus and has no MW figure here.
- AWS Middle East (UAE) me-central-1, available
- Microsoft Azure UAE Central uaecentral, available
- Microsoft Azure UAE North uaenorth, available
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure UAE Central (Abu Dhabi) me-abudhabi-1, available
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure UAE East (Dubai) me-dubai-1, available
Policy timeline
No policy records published.
Operators and developers
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hyperscaler, Occupier
- Equinix Colocation owner, Colocation operator
- Khazna Data Centers Colocation owner, Colocation operator, Developer
- Microsoft Hyperscaler, Developer, Occupier
- Oracle Hyperscaler, Occupier
Sources (2), last checked 18 Oct 2026
- G42 advances construction of Stargate UAE (opens in a new tab), WAM, published 16 Oct 2025, accessed 18 Oct 2026
- UAE revises AI data center plan after Iranian attacks (Reuters syndication) (opens in a new tab), Internazionale / Reuters, published 11 Sept 2026, accessed 18 Oct 2026
Last checked 18 Oct 2026 by CoolPower Index research (automated, sourced). Published 18 Oct 2026 after re-checking the WAM source.. Report a correction.