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Data centers in the United Arab Emirates: 15 projects mapped
The UAE's biggest data center project is the UAE-US AI Campus in Abu Dhabi, a 10-square-mile site that G42's Khazna Data Centers plans to grow to about 5 gigawatts of power. Its first piece is Stargate UAE, a 1-gigawatt cluster built with OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, Cisco and SoftBank. Its first 200 megawatts were due in the third quarter of 2026; in August Khazna said two 100-megawatt buildings were enclosed with equipment going in and that it was on track to hand over capacity to customers this year.
Khazna, which controls most of the country's data center capacity, says it runs about 300 megawatts in the UAE with almost 370 more under construction or commissioning. That includes a 100-megawatt campus in Ajman, 20 halls of 5 megawatts each, and 200 megawatts for Microsoft due before the end of 2026. In Dubai, the telecom company du signed a $544.54 million deal with Microsoft in 2025 for a new large data center.
The 2026 war with Iran reached the industry here. Amazon said two of its UAE data centers were struck by drones in March, and in September it said some customer data held only in the damaged facilities could not be recovered. Power is the other pressure: Wood Mackenzie estimates UAE data centers used 3 terawatt-hours in 2025, about 2% of national demand, and will use more than 6 by 2030. Khazna's commercial chief, Greg Jasmin, said the campus depends as much on new power generation and transmission as on the buildings.
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Abu Dhabi7
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khazna Abu Dhabi AI Campus | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Under construction | 5,000 MW | |
| OpenAI Stargate UAEAl Dhafrah | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Under construction | 1,000 MW | |
| Khazna AUH5 (KIZAD, 6 buildings)UAE | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Not reported | 36 MW | |
| AI71 Abu Dhabi | AI71 | Not reported | Not reported | |
| Khazna Al Ain CampusUAE | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Not reported | ||
| Khazna AUH1 (Masdar City)UAEExact site not confirmed | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Not reported | ||
| Khazna AUH4 (Mafraq)UAEExact site not confirmed | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Under construction | Not reported |
Dubai5
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Realty Dubai (Silicon Oasis)UAE | Digital Realty | Not reported | Not reported | Source off site ↗ |
| Khazna Dubai Design District nodeUAE | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Not reported | Not reported | Source off site ↗ |
| Khazna DXB1 (Meydan, Dubai flagship)UAE | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Not reported | ||
| Khazna DXB9 (Jebel Ali)UAE | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Not reported | Not reported | |
| Oracle Cloud Region DubaiUAEExact site not confirmed | Oracle | Not reported |
UAE2
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khazna SharjahSharjahExact site not confirmed | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Proposed | 9 MW | Source off site ↗ |
| Equinix Abu Dhabi Center (AD1)Abu Dhabi | Equinix | Not reported | Source off site ↗ |
Ajman1
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khazna Ajman | Khazna Data Centers (G42) | Under construction | 100 MW |
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