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Microsoft and Abu Dhabi’s G42 yesterday announced a 200-megawatt expansion of data centre capacity in the UAE as part of an over $15 billion investment commitment by the US tech giant in the Gulf country.
The expansion will be delivered through Khazna Data Centres, a unit of G42, and it is expected to start coming online before the end of next year, the two firms said in a joint statement.
Microsoft said this week its investment in the UAE will reach $7.3bn between 2023 and the end of this year, with a further $7.9bn earmarked for 2026-2029.
It also announced that President Donald Trump’s administration had approved the export of advanced Nvidia chips for its data centres in the Gulf country.
Microsoft invested $1.5bn last year to take a minority stake in G42, which is also backed by private equity firm Silver Lake, Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, and the family office of billionaire investor Ray Dalio.
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