(Reuters) – South Korea has agreed to work with the United Arab Emirates on the Stargate project to build a massive new artificial intelligence data campus in the Gulf country.
South Korea made the announcement during President Lee Jae Myung’s visit to the UAE for a summit.
Stargate UAE is part of a deal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump to build the world’s largest set of AI data centres outside the United States, despite previous U.S. restrictions on sending advanced technology to the UAE because of its close ties to China.
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 (ORCL.N), opens new tab, Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab and Cisco Systems (CSCO.O), opens new tab, as well as Japan’s SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab.
