UAE revises its 5-GW AI campus after Iranian attacks

On 11 September 2026, Reuters reported — citing six unnamed sources — that the UAE is revising a planned 5-gigawatt AI campus after Iranian attacks. G42 said work was still progressing. There is no public blueprint. This is developing.

11 Sep 2026: Reuters, citing six people familiar with the matter, said the UAE is revising plans for a 5-gigawatt AI data-center project — one of the biggest outside the U.S. — after Iranian attacks prompted a rethink of how and where to build.

Reuters: the project is led by G42. Four of the sources said a plan once framed as a 10-square-mile Abu Dhabi campus would likely become a network of sites across the UAE.

Reuters: authorities are considering extra protection, including air defenses and some underground construction. The first phase was expected to continue, with modifications.

G42 told Reuters work on the AI campus was progressing as planned. No official site map or revised capacity schedule was published with the story.

If the sourcing holds, a Gulf compute campus is being treated like critical infrastructure under fire. That is still a sourced exclusive, not a signed government plan.