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Compute is the new oil: 5 GW AI Complex Top Globe Abu Dhabi

(2025-05-20 11:20:36) 下一個

Money leverages BIG computers! Compute is the new oil:5 GW AI Complex exceeds the combined capacity of major U.S. tech companiespositioning Abu Dhabi as a global AI energy superpower.

Unlike nations reacting to AI disruptions, the UAE aims to design the architecture of the Fourth Industrial Revolutionfrom silicon to sovereign superclusters.

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The Largest AI Data Complex Outside the U.S. Just Launched in Abu Dhabi

This week, under the presence of HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
and President Donald J. Trump, the UAE unveiled the first phase of the AI Complex in Abu Dhabi with an unmatched capacity of 5 gigawatts (GW) making it the largest AI-focused data complex outside the United States.

Key numbers of the launch:

5 GW Compute: Engineering the Future

5 GW = 5,000,000 kilowatts dedicated to artificial intelligence compute
To put that into perspective: Thats nearly 5x the total AI compute capacity of Googles entire U.S. data center fleet combined
Enough to train and deploy multiple frontier LLMs, host sovereign AI infrastructure, and serve entire regions in real time

Global Tech Sovereignty: A U.S. UAE First

This complex operates under a new bilateral framework:

The U.S. and UAE Partnership to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence.

Key features:

Operated by G42 in collaboration with leading U.S. cloud and semiconductor firms
Supports U.S. approved sovereign workloads in AI and cloud
Will serve the Global South creating a digital bridge from Abu Dhabi to Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia

Strategic Numbers That Matter
UAE National AI Performance Outlook:

$96 billion Expected AI contribution to UAE GDP by 2030
25% UAEs share of AI investments in the Middle East
0.13% UAEs share of global population
0.6%+ UAEs targeted share of global AI value
4.5x Influence-to-population ratio among the highest globally

Cloud Compute Outlook:

$31.4 billion Projected MENA cloud computing market by 2030
20% CAGR AI compute demand growth in the Middle East through 2030
UAE is expected to lead in per capita compute capacity globally

Abu Dhabi = The New AI Command Center

The AI Complex creates:

A sovereign-grade AI and cloud infrastructure
A platform for next-generation LLMs, multimodal models, and edge-AI systems
A trusted AI zone aligned with Western data privacy, ethics, and digital diplomacy frameworks

Like Jebel Ali redefined global shipping lanes this project redefines data lanes.

Diplomacy Meets Compute: The Rise of AI Geo-Strategy

This is AI infrastructure diplomacy in action:

The UAE is now a critical digital ally for the U.S.
A hub for compute power redistribution to underserved regions
A regulatory partner in future AI ethics, safety, and governance

This signals a shift in where AI gets built, where its trained, and who controls the infrastructure behind intelligence.

In this era, compute is currency, and data centers are the new ports.

The UAE isnt reacting to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Its designing the architecture of it from silicon to superclusters.

Abu Dhabi just placed itself at the center of global AI supply chains. Not as a customer but as a co-architect of the future.

Abu Dhabi is the new capital of Artificial Intelligence.
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Shengwen Calvin Li, PhD,FRSB,FRSM,FSX,EIC

Always love to read your precise and thoughtful reports thanks Mahmood Abdulla
There are already significant GPU overcapacities in data centers, especially in China. Beside looking impressive, they wont know what to do with it and no one will dare to tell them.
I was in Abu Dhabi last month for AIM Congress and the business activity is out of this world. Communication is very easy, and follow-up is mandatory so business gets done. We would love to expand our digital infrastructure atMyBusiness.com and our partners and clients data needs as well. Additionally, we are hoping to open a digital hub in AD also. Thank you Mahmood Abdulla.
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