Trump has agreed to a deal with the United Arab Emirates to build a massive datacenter complex focused on artificial intelligence. It’s one of several AI deals announced during the president’s Middle East trip.
Set to eventually be powered by five gigawatts of energy and span 10 square miles, the facility will use nuclear, solar and gas power to minimize emissions, according to the Commerce Department. It will be operated in partnership with U.S. companies.
It will also offer the Gulf nation better access to advanced chips, and while the announcement did not name any U.S. companies, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang was among the CEOs spotted with the president at Qasr Al Watan on Thursday.
In remarks, Trump alluded to Huang’s involvement, adding, “I think it’s going to be something very special — it’s a massive project.”
Huang has said his company would spend hundreds of billions of dollars on chips and electronics manufactured in the U.S. over the next four years. He recently met with the president at Mar-a-Lago, NBC News reported.
In a statement describing the deal as “historic,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said it would advance considerable investment in advanced semiconductors and data centers across both nations. American companies will operate the data centers in the UAE and offer American-managed cloud services across the region.
The project will be the largest AI campus outside the United States.
