The American tech giants come together around a global project in the United Arab Emirates: the artificial intelligence data center “UAE Stargate”. This colossal infrastructure, supported by the biggest names in the Silicon Valley, marks a strategic turning point in the global race for computing power. But what does this rapprochement between the United States and the Emirates really hide in the current geopolitical context?
In short
- The Mégaprojet Émirati “UAE Stargate” will be based on the expertise of the American giants Nvidia, Cisco, Oracle and Openai, with the latest generation Blackwell GB300 chips.
- This titanic data center will extend over 26 km² in Abu Dhabi with an energy capacity of 5 gigawatts.
- This technological hub will work in synergy with its American counterpart launched by Trump in January 2025.
NVIDIA, OPENAI and Cisco gathered for a titanic IA center with the United Arab Emirates
The UAE Stargate data center has just been officially announced during President Donald Trump's state visit to the United Arab Emirates, his first since his re -election.
The Emirati G42 company will built the project in Abu Dhabi and will integrate the latest American technologies, including Blackwell GB300 systems from Nvidia, as confirmed by a source Close to the file.
This titanic infrastructure will extend over 26 square kilometers and will have an electrical capacity of 5 gigawatts, a dizzying figure which testifies to the extent of the emiratic ambitions in the field of artificial intelligence. The first phase will already include a computing cluster with a power of 1 gigawatt.
The CEOs of American companies involved, including Jensen Huang (Nvidia), Sam Altman (Openai) and Jeetu Patel (Cisco), were present at the Emirates to seal this strategic partnership.
This partnership is part of a dynamic of massive investments in Emirates in the world technological sector. The country, which has become a member of the BRICS, recently promised to inject $ 1,400 billion into the American economy over ten years, mainly in the AI and semiconductor sectors.
An ambition that goes beyond the borders of the Gulf
This emirates initiative is not isolated, it is part of a global strategy of economic diversification and technological influence.
Last February, the United Arab Emirates announced their intention to invest up to 50 billion euros in France to build a campus dedicated to AI.
The country also multiplies initiatives in the field of cryptos. At the end of April, the sovereign fund of Abu Dhabi Adq, the Conglomerate IHC and the First Abu Dhabi Bank launched a stablecoin backed at the Dirham, entirely regulated by the Central Bank Emirati.
The Stargate Center is part of a fierce global competition for IA infrastructure control. In the United States, Openai already announced in February its intention to build campuses of Stargate data centers in 16 American states, with a first site in Abilene, Texas, which the company plans to complete mid-2026.
This technological collaboration between the United States and the Emirates demonstrates a strategic reorientation of alliances in the field of artificial intelligence, where control of infrastructure becomes as crucial as that of algorithms.
This major partnership between the American giants and the United Arab Emirates redraw the global AI card.
At a time when the race for computing power is intensifying, this project could well accelerate the development of new artificial intelligence applications and strengthen the position of the Emirates as a central technological hub between the West and Asia.
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