UAE revises its 5-GW AI campus after Iranian attacks, Reuters reports

Reuters, citing six unnamed sources, reported that the UAE is revising a planned 5-gigawatt AI campus after Iranian attacks, while G42 said work was still progressing.

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

Reuters, citing six people familiar with the matter, said the UAE is revising plans for a 5-gigawatt (GW) AI data-center project. That is five billion watts of planned power — one of the biggest campuses outside the U.S. Reuters said Iranian attacks prompted a rethink of how and where to build.

Reuters: the project is led by G42, the UAE AI conglomerate. Four of the six 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.