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country profile · #25 of 40 countries · part of Asia

United Arab Emirates
is #25 in AI funding.

United Arab Emirates sits in the lower half of the AI race — $0 of all-time AI capital across 7 orgs, and 32 MW of operational AI compute across 1 datacenter.AI in the UAE is run by 3 state-backed and infrastructure players, led by Khazna Data Centers ($2.6B).

LIVE #25 OF 40 COUNTRIES 1 FRONTIER MODEL UPDATED 2026-05-08
FUNDING
$0
all-time AI capital raised
AI ORGS
7
notable AI organisations
#10/ 40
NOTABLE MODELS
2
1 at the frontier
#7/ 40
OPERATIONAL MW
32 MW
across 1 live DC
#9/ 40
01 — Position on the curve

Where United Arab Emirates sitsall countries ranked by AI funding

#25 · 🇦🇪 #1 🇺🇸 United States #24 🇹🇳 Tunisia #26 🇱🇺 Luxembourg #40 🇸🇮 Slovenia ↑ LEADER TAIL ↓ 40 COUNTRIES · BAR HEIGHT ∝ FUNDING
RANK-SPACED · HEIGHT ∝ SQRT(FUNDING) NAVY = UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
03 — Roster

Top 7 of 7 AI orgs tile area ≈ funding

#1 Khazna Data Centers $2.6B #2 G42 $1.5B #3 Presight $496M #4 Core42 $0 #5 Inception $0 #6 MBZUAI $0 #7 Technology Innovation Institute $0
CLICK TILE → ORG PROFILE NAVY TILE = #1 IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
04 — Compute skyline

2 datacenters 32 MW live

32 MW Khazna AUH6 (Masd…
operational planned total: 32 MW
FACILITY POWER STATUS
Khazna AUH6 (Masdar City)
Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
32 MW
operational
OpenAI Stargate UAE
Nexus L&T Project Office, Al Bihouth, Al Dhafrah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
0 MW
planned
BAR HEIGHT ∝ MW · SORTED LIVE-FIRST, THEN POWER 1 LIVE / 2 TOTAL
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