Advanced technology and AI are the newest pillar of the deep and enduring UAE-US relationship, which is built on a foundation of security and economic cooperation.
Accelerating this shift, UAE institutions and companies like G42, Mubadala, NYU Abu Dhabi and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center are joining with American counterparts like Microsoft, IBM, the Cleveland Clinic and NASA to launch new businesses, initiatives and missions to space.
The UAE is embracing change, building on its $1 trillion economic relationship with the US and welcoming the future of AI and advanced technology – and wants to do more.
Learn more about this economic partnership.
Yousef Al Otaiba
UAE Ambassador to the US
UAE Tech News
The UAE’s AI Ambitions
Being an early AI adaptor and innovator, the UAE’s AI sector is among the world’s most advanced. The UAE appointed the world’s first AI minister in 2017, created the first dedicated AI research university in 2020, and launched Falcon, a top-rated open-source large language model in 2023. In March 2024, the UAE's Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology Council launched MGX, a technology investment company with Mubadala and G42 as founding partners.
This pioneering leadership in AI and advanced technology is a key driver of the UAE’s broader economic ambitions, including efforts to build on its $1 trillion economic relationship with the US. Discover below the transformative UAE-US private sector collaborations that are fueling innovation, driving economic growth and unlocking new opportunities for shared prosperity.
March 2025
BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, and MGX welcome NVIDIA and xAI to the AI Infrastructure Partnership to drive investment in data centers and enabling infrastructure
BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Microsoft and MGX announced that NVIDIA and xAI will join the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP). Additionally, GE Vernova and NextEra Energy agreed to collaborate with AIP to accelerate the scaling of critical and diverse energy solutions for AI data centers.
ADQ and Energy Capital Partners to establish a USD 25 billion US-based investment partnership focused on developing new power generation to serve the growing electricity needs of data centers
ADQ, an active UAE sovereign investor with a focus on critical infrastructure and global supply chains, and Energy Capital Partners (ECP), the largest private owner of power generation and renewables in the US, established a $25B partnership to service the growing power needs of data centers, hyperscale cloud companies and other energy-intensive industries. Its mandate includes greenfield development, new build and expansion opportunity projects. The primary geographic focus of the projects will be the United States
February 2025
ADNOC's US investments moved to international arm XRG
ADNOC transferred its US assets to XRG, the UAE’s international lower-carbon energy and chemicals investment company. Speaking at CERAWeek in Houston the following month, XRG Executive Chairman Dr. Sultan Al Jaber underscored the company’s plans to expand its US investments to meet the rapidly growing power demand for data centers.
January 2025
SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle and MGX commit to $100B for Stargate AI infrastructure
MGX, the UAE’s leading AI and advanced technology investor, pledged $7B to The Stargate Project. With initial equity funders SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle and MGX, Stargate intends to deploy an initial $100B in the US, with the intention of investing $500B in US AI infrastructure over the next four years.
Abu Dhabi fund ADIA invest $500m in US power firm AlphaGen
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) invested $500M for a minority stake in US power infrastructure company AlphaGen.
EDGNEX Data Centers by DAMAC Announces Expansion into the U.S. Market with 2000MW projected future capacity
EDGNEX, a Dubai-headquartered global digital infrastructure company, announced an initial $20B investment to build data centers in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana.
December 2024
xAI raises $6B Series C
MGX participated in xAI’s $6B funding round.
Databricks announces $10 billion financing at $62 billion valuation
MGX participated in a $10B funding round for San Francisco-based Databricks.
G42 Announces Strategic Investment in Inveniam to Advance AI-Driven Transformation of Private Markets
UAE AI development company G42 invested in Inveniam, a leading American innovator in private market financial technology.
Mubadala Announces Strategic Investment in Zelis
UAE sovereign investor Mubadala purchased a minority stake in Zelis, a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions in the United States.
October 2024
OpenAI secures $6.6bn investment from UAE’s MGX, Nvidia
MGX participated in a $6.6B raise for OpenAI alongside Thrive Capital, Microsoft, Nvidia, Softbank and others.
September 2024
BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft and MGX launch new AI partnership to invest in data centers and supporting power infrastructure
MGX, BlackRock, GIP and Microsoft launched the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP). AIP will seek to unlock an initial $30 billion in capital from investors, asset owners and corporations, with a goal to mobilize up to $100 billion in total investment potential when including debt financing.
ADNOC to acquire 35% stake in Exxon’s Texas hydrogen plant
UAE’s ADNOC Group acquired a 35% equity stake in ExxonMobil Corporation’s proposed hydrogen and ammonia production project in Baytown, Texas. The facility is poised to become the world’s largest of its kind upon completion and will have the capacity to produce up to 1 billion cubic feet daily of low-carbon hydrogen.
August 2024
FLYR Raises $295M to Rebuild the Foundation of Travel Technology
Abu Dhabi’s ADIA joined a $295M capital raise for US travel technology company FLYR.
July 2024
DAMAC Group Announces Increased Investment in Artificial Intelligence Sector
UAE’s DAMAC Group invested $50M in San Francisco-based AI startup Anthropic. The Group also invested in xAI and France-based Mistral.
May 2024
ADNOC Secures Equity Position and LNG Offtake Agreement in NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG Project
ADNOC acquired an 11.7% stake in NextDecade’s Rio Grande liquefied natural gas export facility in Texas and entered into a 20-year supply agreement. The project will supply global customers with an affordable and less carbon-intensive LNG, thanks to innovative carbon capture and storage. This marked ADNOC’s first large investment in the United States.
April 2024
Microsoft invests $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi’s G42 to accelerate AI development and global expansion
Microsoft announced a $1.5B strategic investment in G42 to accelerate AI innovation and global expansion. As part of the agreement, Microsoft and G42 established a $1 billion fund to support developers in emerging markets. Additionally, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith joined G42’s Board of Directors.
March 2024
Cerebras and G42 Break Ground on Condor Galaxy 3, an 8 exaFLOPs AI Supercomputer - Cerebras
California-based AI company Cerebras Systems and G42 announced the build of Condor Galaxy 3 (CG-3), the third cluster of the Condor Galaxy supercomputer network, located in Dallas, Texas.
July 2023
Cerebras Systems signs $100 million AI supercomputer deal with UAE's G42
Cerebras signed a $100M AI supercomputer deal with UAE technology group G42. Located in Santa Clara, CA, Condor Galaxy 1 (CG-1) was the first deployment of ‘Condor Galaxy,’ a planned network of nine interconnected AI supercomputers.
March 2020
Mubadala invests in autonomous, self-driving technology company Waymo
Mubadala co-led a $2.25B investment in US self-driving car company Waymo.
March 2009
GLOBALFOUNDRIES, World's First Global Semiconductor Foundry Company Opens for Business
Mubadala and AMD launched GlobalFoundries (GF) in 2009. The world’s third-largest chipmaker is Mubadala’s single largest investment and the largest private investment in New York State history. GF’s Fab 8 facility, located in Saratoga County, New York, employs nearly 3,000 people and supports 15,000 indirect jobs in the region.
November 2007
AMD Announces $622M Investment by Mubadala Development Company
UAE sovereign investor Mubadala invested $622M in US chipmaker AMD.
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Following Microsoft's expanded partnership and investment in Abu Dhabi's G42, the partners jointly launched the Abu Dhabi-based Responsible AI Foundation, which aims to promote AI best practices and industry standards in the Middle East and Global South. Microsoft also announced the Abu Dhabi expansion of its AI for Good Lab, which will leverage AI to help vulnerable communities worldwide.
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Nvidia and G42 are working together to develop AI solutions aimed at boosting weather forecasting accuracy globally and will set up an operational base and Earth-2 Climate Tech Lab in Abu Dhabi.
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Close bilateral space cooperation facilitated the launch of a UAE probe to Mars, trained Emirati astronauts for NASA-led missions, and will see the UAE construct the airlock for NASA’s Lunar Gateway space station.
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Significant investments by the UAE’s Mubadala Investment Company helped reenergize US semiconductor manufacturing; New York-based GlobalFoundries is now the third largest chipmaker in the world.
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Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, part of the M42 network, and Cleveland Clinic colleagues in the US conducted the UAE’s first robot-assisted kidney transplants.
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IBM and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) launched an AI Center of Excellence to develop carbon-neutral solutions to existing energy supplies and further natural language processing (NLP) for Arabic dialects.
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The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) adopted Microsoft’s smart assistant program ‘Copilot’ to enhance public services and utilities.
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Abu Dhabi’s ADQ and Energy Capital Partners launched a $25 billion investment partnership to expand power generation for data centers and AI projects in the US.
These partnerships not only enhance UAE-US relations but are expected to have a positive impact on the Global South. In May 2024, Microsoft and G42 joined forces to build a $1 billion geothermal-powered data center in Kenya. In February 2025, the pair launched two new centers in Abu Dhabi to advance AI best practices and develop large language models for underrepresented languages. Close government-to-government cooperation is creating a new policy and oversight framework to expand commercial and research initiatives while protecting valuable intellectual property and national interests. Discover more about leading UAE-US partnerships shaping the future of AI below.
When it comes to advanced technologies and artificial intelligence, few countries are working as closely and moving as quickly together as the United States and the UAE. The US Silicon Valley and the UAE ‘Silicon Oasis’ are driving AI research and innovation towards the frontier. And they are doing so in partnerships that span labs, boardrooms and advanced production facilities.
- UAE Ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba and US Ambassador to the UAE Martina Strong
