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As rumored<\/a>, OpenAI is expanding its ambitious Stargate<\/a> data center project to the Middle East. <\/p>\n On Thursday, the company announced Stargate UAE, which will bring a 1GW data center cluster to Abu Dhabi. OpenAI expects 200MW will go live in 2026, developed with partners including G42, Oracle, Nvidia, Cisco, and SoftBank. <\/p>\n In a blog post, OpenAI claims that Stargate UAE has the potential to provide AI infrastructure and compute capacity within a 2,000-mile radius.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is [\u2026] the first partnership under OpenAI for Countries<\/a>\u2060, our new global initiative to help interested governments build sovereign AI capability in coordination with the U.S. government,\u201d writes OpenAI. \u201cUnder the partnership, the UAE will become the first country in the world to enable ChatGPT nationwide \u2014 giving people across the country the ability to access OpenAI\u2019s technology.\u201d<\/p>\n The unveiling of Stargate UAE comes the same week as billionaire Elon Musk said his AI company, xAI, would build the world\u2019s first \u201cgigawatt\u201d AI training cluster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n