08:28 AM EST, 11/03/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Microsoft ( MSFT ) said Monday it will invest a total of $15.2 billion in the UAE as part of its artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure expansion plans in the country from 2023 through 2029.

The investment includes about $7.3 billion already spent since 2023, including a $1.5 billion equity stake in Emirati AI firm G42 and $4.6 billion in building data centers in the UAE, Microsoft ( MSFT ) said.

The company said it will invest an additional $7.9 billion from 2026 to 2029 to expand AI and cloud infrastructure and cover local operating expenses.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) said it has also secured export licenses to ship GPUs to the UAE, enabling deployment of more than 80,000 Nvidia A100 equivalent chips for AI workloads.