OpenAI Stargate UAE
1 GW AI data center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: under construction.
- Capacity: 1 GW
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Developer: G42
- Tenant: OpenAI
- Status: under construction
- Energy source: Mixed
OpenAI Stargate UAE is a 1 GW AI data center project located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, currently under construction. It is being built by G42 for tenant OpenAI. The site draws on a mix of power sources. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across United Arab Emirates, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
Stargate UAE is the program's first international site, a 1 GW cluster being built in Abu Dhabi as part of the larger 5 GW UAE-US AI Campus, with its first 200 MW phase due in the third quarter of 2026. G42 is the developer through Khazna Data Centers, and Nvidia and Oracle are linked as the compute and infrastructure suppliers behind OpenAI's capacity there.
Notes
Users: OpenAI
Public companies linked to OpenAI Stargate UAE
Developers, tenants, and suppliers tracked by Data Center Index with exposure to this project:
- OpenAI (OPENAI), developer · ai lab
- G42 (G42), developer · ai lab
- OpenAI (OPENAI), tenant · ai lab
- Oracle (ORCL), investor · hyperscaler
- Oracle (ORCL), partner · hyperscaler
- NVIDIA (NVDA), GPU supplier · semiconductor
- NVIDIA (NVDA), investor · semiconductor
Related data center projects
- Microsoft Azure UAE North (Dubai), 200 MW, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · operational
- Khazna QAJ1 Ajman AI Data Center, 100 MW, Ajman, United Arab Emirates · under construction
- AI71 Abu Dhabi AI Enterprise Cloud, 50 MW, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · operational
- Technology Innovation Institute Falcon AI Compute (UAE), 30 MW, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · operational
Frequently asked questions
- What is OpenAI Stargate UAE?
- OpenAI Stargate UAE is an AI data center project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is under construction.
- Where is OpenAI Stargate UAE?
- OpenAI Stargate UAE is in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
- How big is OpenAI Stargate UAE?
- Data Center Index tracks OpenAI Stargate UAE at 1 GW. The developer or the press states that capacity, in a source dated October 16, 2025.
- Who is building OpenAI Stargate UAE?
- G42 is developing OpenAI Stargate UAE, with OpenAI named as the tenant.
- When will OpenAI Stargate UAE come online?
- The next building at OpenAI Stargate UAE is expected online 2028. That date is the first building going live, not the full build-out.
- Which public companies are linked to OpenAI Stargate UAE?
- Data Center Index links 7 tracked public companies to OpenAI Stargate UAE: OpenAI (OPENAI), G42 (G42), OpenAI (OPENAI), Oracle (ORCL), Oracle (ORCL), and 2 more. Each is a developer, tenant or supplier with a sourced link to the project.
Sources
- AI Data Center Index facility profile: G42 Uae Us Ai Campus Abu Dhabi (aidci · aggregator · 2026-04-29)
- Epoch AI Frontier Data Centers (epoch · aggregator · 2026-04-29)
- AI Data Center Index facility profile: Openai G42 Abu Dhabi Ai Megacluster (aidci · aggregator · 2026-04-29)
- AI Data Center Index facility profile: Stargate Uae Abu Dhabi Ai Cluster (aidci · aggregator · 2026-04-29)
- OpenAI (openai.com · press · 2026-09-20)
- U.S. Department of Commerce (commerce.gov · press · 2025-05-01)
- Abu Dhabi Media Office (mediaoffice.abudhabi · press · 2026-09-12)
- G42 via PR Newswire (prnewswire.com · press · 2025-10-16)
- The National (Abu Dhabi) (thenationalnews.com · press · 2025-12-05)
- New update on Stargate UAE: First phase of 200MW to complete by 2026 (gulfnews.com · press · 2025-10-16)
- W.Media (press · 2026-10-07)
- Reuters (reuters.com · press · 2026-09-12)
- techblog.comsoc.org (press · 2025-10-16)
- The National (thenationalnews.com · press · 2025-10-16)