Mass Stargate UAE Project to start in 2026 with partners Nvidia, Openai, Oracle

The first stage of a new massive artificial data center in the United Arab Emirates will come online in 2026, likely with 100,000 Nvidia chips.

The “UAE Stargate Emirates” project is part of a deal mediated last week by President Trump to build the world’s largest data group outside the United States, despite US previous restrictions on the advanced technology to the United Arab Emirates due to its close links with China.

The 10-square-km (26-km-km) page in Abu Dhabi will eventually host 5 data centers worth 5 gigawatts.

The first phase of this project will be the 1-Gigavat Stargate UAE project, built by the G42 state-supported firm in partnership with US firms Openai, Oracle, Nvidia and Cisco Systems, as well as Japan’s Softbank Group.

Companies on Thursday said that the UAE Stargate Emirates will use the Grace Blackwell GB300 systems of Nvidia, currently the most advanced server of Nvidia.

The first 200 megawatt of capacity will go directly in 2026, companies said.

The group did not give a number of servers, but the Trendforce analyst firm estimates that GB300 servers with 72 chips each consume about 140 kilowatt of power, which is equal to about 1,400 servers or 100,000 Nvidia chips.

This first platform in the world will enable any government agency of the United Arab Emirates and commercial institution to link their data with the most advanced models of it in the world, ”said Larry Ellison, the main technology official and President of Oracle in a statement.

The Trump administration earlier this month gave up a rule set by President Biden that would limit the flow of chips to places such as the United Arab Emirates.

The Department of Trade, which oversees export controls, did not say what it will replace the rule, but said last week that a working group between the US and the United Arab Emirates will be gathered to ensure that the project meets “powerful US security standards and other efforts to establish the infrastructure of it, both in the United Arab Emirates”.