Electronics Weekly
The agreement “includes the UAE committing to invest in, build, or finance U.S. data centres that are at least as large and as powerful as those in the UAE,” said a White House statement adding “the agreement also contains historic commitments by the UAE to further align their national security regulations with the United States, including strong protections to prevent the diversion of U.S.-origin technology”
The UAE-US AI campus will include 5GW of capacity for AI data centres in Abu Dhabi, providing a regional platform from which US hyperscalers will be able to offer latency-friendly services to nearly half of the global population living within 3,200 km (2,000 miles) of the UAE.
Once completed, the facility will leverage nuclear, solar, and gas power to minimise carbon emissions and will also house a science park driving advancements in AI innovation.
The campus, which will span 10 square miles within the Emirate, will be built by G42 and operated in partnership with several US companies.
The endeavour builds on a new framework by the US and UAE governments, the “US-UAE AI Acceleration Partnership,” to deepen cooperation and collaboration on AI and advanced technologies.
The UAE is committed to safeguarding advanced AI technologies by implementing stringent measures to prevent diversion and ensure controlled access to technology.
The UAE and US will work together to enhance Know-Your-Customer protocols to regulate access to the compute resources, which are reserved for US hyperscalers and approved cloud service providers.
According to a Reuters source the UAE could be allowed to buy 500,000 of Nvidia’s latest AI chips per year starting this year
