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Stargate UAE phase 1

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi market · location approximate to city level

Stargate UAE phase 1 is a data center project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, operated by Khazna Data Centers. It is under construction. The only published capacity figure is 200 MW of total facility power. IT load will be lower.

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Stage
Under construction
Planned IT load
200 MW
Total facility power
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
Khazna Data Centers
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Corroborated

How well evidenced is it

Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Reaching this stage requires a dated construction source, which corroborates the project on its own.

Named funderYes
Disclosed client (confirmed)Yes
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Purpose-built AI cluster with OpenAI and Oracle named as operators of the compute and Nvidia as equipment partner. Stated AI purpose on a 200MW greenfield.

Access to AI chips

GradeGovernment-confirmed

A dated US government document names this project's operator, its parent, or a named funder as authorised to receive advanced computing items. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.

Country-level export frameworkYes
A party named in a government authorisationYes
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectYes
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

G42 · Named in Supplement No. 8 to Part 740, licence-free under A:5 and License Exception STA. Earlier authorised 2025-11-19 for up to 35,000 Nvidia GB300 accelerators. (2026-07-14) Authorisation lapses 2027-04-06 source

Country Group A:5 with Supplement No. 8 approved end users · Country Group A:5 with Supplement No. 8 approved end users (2026-07-14) source

Stage history

2025-10-16Under construction · thenationalnews.com

Who is behind it

OperatorKhazna Data Centers · Colocation
Funder, EquityG42
Funder, EquityMGX
Funder, EquitySoftBank
Client, confirmedOpenAI
Client, confirmedOracle
Who builds it
Main contractorALEC Data Center Solutions · AED 5,204m (≈US$1.4bn) · Oct 2025 Confirmed source ↗
EPC, Stargate phase 1
Design and build contractorALEC Data Center Solutions · AED 1.3bn (≈US$354m) Reported source ↗
Pre-construction deal, Abu Dhabi Stargate data centre
Grid and substation worksTaqat Transmission · Oct 2025 Reported source ↗
Transmission and grid works
Power supply
Power allocation or planMay 2025 Reported source ↗
Campus-level claim of nuclear, solar and gas power · Applies to the whole campus.

Sources checked 2026-09-26

  1. Introducing Stargate UAE (OpenAI, 2025-05-22)
  2. Stargate UAE's first phase to be completed in third quarter of 2026 (The National, 2025-12-05)
  3. UAE revises AI data center plan after Iranian attacks (Nukta (relaying Reuters), 2026-09-11)
  4. Exclusive-UAE revises AI data center plan after Iranian attacks, sources say (Reuters via Al-Monitor, 2026-09-11)
  5. G42 Provides Update on Construction of Stargate UAE AI Infrastructure Cluster (PR Newswire, 2025-10-16)

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Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to [email protected]. Dataset updated 2026-09-26.