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UAE revises AI data center plan after Iranian attacks: Reuters
Officials are redesigning the 5-gigawatt project with underground and mountain sites, air defenses and backup systems after regional attacks raised security concerns.
- The United Arab Emirates is quietly revising plans for a 5-gigawatt AI data center project, one of the biggest outside the U.S., after Iran's missile and drone strikes prompted officials to rethink how critical infrastructure should be built.
- Emirati officials began reviewing infrastructure plans soon after Tehran started firing missiles and drones at Gulf neighbors hosting United States troops, retaliating for American and Israeli airstrikes against Iran.
- Originally envisaged as a 10-square-mile campus in Abu Dhabi, the project will now likely comprise a network of data centers spread across the UAE, with officials considering underground facilities and mountain sites in Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah emirates.
- Daniel Benaim, a fellow at the Middle East Institute, termed the conflict an "economic earthquake" for Gulf states, saying every country in the region will seek to reduce infrastructure risk and reassure international investors.
- The $30-billion Stargate UAE project, led by G42, remains central to the UAE's economic shift away from oil, with the first 200 megawatts of capacity involving advanced technology from Nvidia and Oracle partners.
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UAE Rethinks AI Data Hub Amid Rising Security Concerns
The United Arab Emirates is revising its plans for a major AI data center project due to concerns over critical infrastructure security, after Iran's actions prompted new strategies for protection. The project, key to UAE's global AI ambitions, faces potential modifications for defense against aerial threats.
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Abu Dhabi: Six sources said that the Emirates was reviewing the plans of a five-Gigawat AI data centre project, one of the largest projects of its kind outside the United States, after the war with Iran had led to a review of how and where vital infrastructure was being built.
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