OpenAI and Nvidia Among Companies Building Stargate AI Infrastructure in UAE
- On May 13, 2025, OpenAI, Nvidia, Oracle, Cisco, and others met the Saudi Crown Prince in Riyadh to announce the Stargate AI campus in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- The initiative follows a U.S. Government-coordinated plan to expand Stargate AI infrastructure internationally, building on investments announced since January 2025.
- The project involves a 10-square-mile data center complex with 5 gigawatts capacity, including a 1-gigawatt compute cluster managed by OpenAI and Oracle and chips supplied by Nvidia.
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described AI as a profoundly impactful development in the current era, while OpenAI CEO Sam Altman highlighted the initiative’s role in advancing significant innovations in healthcare, education, and energy.
- The Stargate UAE campus, expected to launch a 200-megawatt cluster in 2026, marks OpenAI's first international deployment and aims to support secure, responsible AI access regionally.
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