Microsoft announces major new US $8 billion investment to build next-generation data centres in UAE

Microsoft has announced a major new US $8 billion investment to build next-generation data centres in the UAE — on top of the US $7.3 billion the tech giant has already committed. It’s part of the company’s effort to scale its AI infrastructure and support digital-economy growth across the Emirates. In a related development, Microsoft has received U.S. government approval to export 60,000 Nvidia AI chips to the UAE — a deal worth hundreds of millions of dollars that underscores deepening technology cooperation between Washington and Abu Dhabi.