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G42 Stargate UAE: AI Data Centre Expansion Confirmed
G42's Stargate UAE AI data centre campus is advancing at pace, with the first 200MW phase targeted for delivery in 2026. The project — a partnership with OpenAI, Oracle, NVIDIA, and SoftBank — is set to be the largest AI compute cluster outside the United States.
9 Apr 2026
UAE Aims to Become World's First AI-Driven Trade Ministry
The UAE is set to become the world's first fully AI-driven trade ministry after the Ministry of Foreign Trade signed a landmark agreement with Presight, a G42 company, to deploy an AI platform across all core trade operations.
20 Jan 2026
OpenAI UAE Data Residency Launches as ChatGPT Surges
OpenAI has launched UAE data residency for ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, and its API platform, as the company reports a threefold rise in UAE users — with 60% of residents aged 18–24 now using ChatGPT weekly.
26 Nov 2025
UAE Ranks as Global AI Powerhouse: Key 2025 Milestones
The UAE has been ranked the world's second-largest AI superpower, just behind the US. From AI traffic lights to mandatory AI schooling and a 24/7 automated police station, the nation is embedding artificial intelligence into daily life at unprecedented speed.
5 Sep 2025
UAE to Offer Free ChatGPT Plus to All Residents
The UAE is on track to become the first country in the world to offer free ChatGPT Plus access to all residents, as part of a sweeping AI partnership with OpenAI that includes the Stargate UAE data center in Abu Dhabi.
27 May 2025
Stargate UAE: Tech Giants Launch 1GW AI Cluster in Abu Dhabi
For the first time, six global companies — G42, OpenAI, Oracle, NVIDIA, SoftBank Group, and Cisco — have joined forces to launch Stargate UAE, a 1-gigawatt AI cluster set to make Abu Dhabi one of the world's premier AI hubs, with an initial 200MW deployment going live in 2026.
22 May 2025
UAE Ranks 9th Globally for AI Company Density
The UAE ranks 9th globally in AI company density with 49.5 AI firms per million people. Under the UAE AI Strategy 2031, the country targets a $91B GDP boost, runs the world's first AI university, and attracts top talent through 10-year Golden Visas.
13 Feb 2025
G42 and Microsoft Launch Responsible AI Foundation in Abu Dhabi
G42 and Microsoft have launched the Responsible AI Future Foundation in Abu Dhabi — the first responsible AI institution in the Middle East. Backed by MBZUAI research and Microsoft's AI for Good Lab expansion, the foundation targets ethical governance and inclusive AI across the
9 Feb 2025
G42 Brings AI to Bollywood: Dubbing, Scripts, and Hindi LLM
Abu Dhabi's G42 — builder of the Condor Galaxy supercomputer and the Jais Arabic LLM — is now targeting Bollywood with AI-powered dubbing, scriptwriting assistance, and its Hindi language model Nanda, developed with IITs and AI4Bharat.
28 Oct 2024
UAE AI Leadership Highlighted by G42 CEO at GITEX 2024
At GITEX Global 2024, G42 Group CEO Peng Xiao declared the UAE a global AI innovator — not just a consumer — crediting the Ministry of AI and MBZUAI, while calling for stronger UAE-US cooperation on AI frontiers.
16 Oct 2024
Sheikh Tahnoon Meets Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos on AI
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi, met Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the US to advance AI collaboration — days after co-signing a landmark UAE-US agreement on safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence.
27 Sep 2024
UAE–US AI Partnership: Sheikh Mohamed Meets Biden
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan visited the White House to advance AI cooperation between the two countries — his first official US trip in seven years — resulting in a new defence designation and a formal AI memorandum of understanding.
26 Sep 2024
Global AI Infrastructure Investment Stays Strong: G42 Report
Global AI infrastructure investment reached $843 billion by the end of 2023 and continues to rise despite increasingly complex data sovereignty laws, according to a new report by G42 in partnership with POLITICO Research and Analysis.
18 Sep 2024