G42 CEO Peng Xiao says AI chip shipments from Nvidia, AMD, and Cerebras are set to arrive in the UAE within the next few months, as the UAE builds a 200MW hub
A look at the global AI adoption in 2025; use in the global north grew nearly twice as fast as the south; the UAE leads with 64% of working-age adults using AI
AI Diffusion Report 2025 — Executive summary — Global adoption of artificial intelligence continued to rise in the second half of 2025 …
Microsoft plans to spend $7.9B+ on data centers, cloud, and employees in the UAE over the next four years, taking its UAE investment to $15.2B from 2023 to 2029
Bloomberg :
Microsoft says the US now lets it ship the latest Nvidia chips to the UAE, the first company to get a license; Trump made a deal with UAE President MBZ in May
Commerce department approval paves way for huge new investment in AI and cloud infrastructure in Middle East
Microsoft plans to spend $7.9B+ on data centers, cloud, and employees in the UAE over the next four years, taking its UAE investment to $15.2B from 2023 to 2029
Microsoft Corp. said it will spend more than $7.9 billion on data centers, cloud-computing and employees in the United Arab Emirates …
Chinese robovan startup Neolix raised $600M led by UAE-based Stone Venture without disclosing its valuation, ahead of a potential Hong Kong IPO as soon as 2026
Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia :
Sources: Sam Altman is on a global tour since September, including UAE and East Asia, seeking funding and urging companies like TSMC to prioritize OpenAI orders
Chief executive is looking to East Asia and the Mideast for funding and manufacturing partners for his multitrillion-dollar plan to build more data centers
Sources: delays in the deal to send Nvidia's AI chips to the UAE, announced in May, are frustrating Jensen Huang and administration officials like David Sacks
White House said to be pressing nation to finalize U.S. investments before chip deliveries are authorized Aiko Gao Ishida / Tech in Asia : Trump's UAE chip deal delays frustrate Nvidia, US officials S...
A look at UAE-based Khazna, a real estate company that builds and rents out data centers and controls 70% of the country's operational data center capacity
Divsha Bhat / Rest of World :
Roblox restricts some features in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, including its in-game chat tool, and improves Arabic content moderation due to child safety concerns
Leen Al-Rashdan / Bloomberg : X: @tdrauae X: @tdrauae : 👦👧 Because our children's safety comes first... TDRA, in collaboration with Roblox, announces new changes to enhance protection on the Roblox p...