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Stargate UAE project to use Nvidia's ( NVDA ) advanced AI servers

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Trump administration rescinds AI chip restrictions for UAE

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U.S. and UAE to ensure AI project meets security standards

By Stephen Nellis

SAN FRANCISCO, May 22 (Reuters) - The first phase of a

massive new artificial data center in the United Arab Emirates

will come online in 2026, likely with 100,000 Nvidia ( NVDA ) chips.

The "Stargate UAE" project is part of a deal brokered last

week by U.S. President Donald Trump to build the world's largest

set of AI data centers outside the United States, despite

previous U.S. restrictions on sending advanced technology to the

UAE because of its close ties to China.

The 10-square-mile (26-sq-km) site in Abu Dhabi will

eventually host 5 gigawatts worth of data centers.

The first phase of that project will be the 1-gigawatt

Stargate UAE project, built by state-backed UAE firm G42 in

partnership with U.S. firms OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia ( NVDA )

and Cisco Systems ( CSCO ), as well as Japan's SoftBank

Group.

The companies on Thursday said that the Stargate UAE project

will use Nvidia's ( NVDA ) Grace Blackwell GB300 systems, currently the

most advanced AI server that Nvidia ( NVDA ) offers.

The first 200 megawatts of capacity will go live in 2026,

the companies said. The group did not give a number of servers,

but analyst firm TrendForce estimates that GB300 servers with 72

chips each consume about 140-kilowatts of power, which equates

to about 1,400 servers or 100,000 Nvidia ( NVDA ) chips.

This first-in-the-world platform will enable every UAE

government agency and commercial institution to connect their

data to the world's most advanced AI models," Larry Ellison,

Oracle's chief technology officer and chairman, said in a

statement.

The Trump administration earlier this month rescinded a rule

put in place by President Joe Biden that would have restricted

the flow of AI chips to countries such as the UAE.

The U.S. Commerce Department, which oversees export

controls, has not said what will replace the rule but said last

week that it will convene a working group between the U.S. and

UAE to ensure that the project meets "robust U.S. security

standards and other efforts to responsibly deploy AI

infrastructure, both in the UAE and globally."