The UAE is tracking ahead of its commitment to invest USD 1.4 trillion in the United States by 2035, with the US-UAE Business Council confirming the country has already deployed more than USD 100 billion in the past year alone.
The pledge, originally announced during President Donald Trump's UAE visit in 2025, spans multiple sectors with AI infrastructure increasingly central to the bilateral relationship. Senior executives from Mubadala, Core42, and MGX participated in the latest strategic review, during which officials noted that UAE and its partners have collectively committed to construct 5.7 gigawatts of new compute capacity in the US, alongside investments in Vantage Data Centers, GlobalFoundries, the AI Infrastructure Partnership, and OpenAI.
The UAE has also received its first batch of next-generation US AI chips under the strategic partnership. Officials described AI as a defining pillar of US-UAE cooperation, building on established ties across energy, defence, trade, and investment.
Gulf Economist Staff Writer