The U.S. and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are taking their artificial intelligence collaboration a step further, with the announcement of an international Stargate deployment.
OpenAI revealed on Thursday that President Donald Trump has enlisted them and the $500 billion Stargate Project to launch “Stargate UAE,” the first overseas deployment of the A.I. infrastructure platform.
It also marks the initial partnership under “OpenAI for Countries,” the company’s new global initiative to help interested governments build sovereign A.I. capabilities in coordination with the U.S. government.
“By establishing the world’s first Stargate outside of the U.S. in the UAE, we’re transforming a bold vision into reality,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
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“This is the first major milestone in our OpenAI for Countries initiative—our effort to work with allies and partners to build AI infrastructure around the world,” he continued.
Stargate UAE’s announcement comes one week after President Trump’s trip to the Middle Eastern country. This investment is also part of the 5GW data and engineering center in the UAE which will “focus on AI, data centers, and industrial [internet of things],” according to the White House.
The new partnership includes dual investments, OpenAI said in its press release, including a 1GW Stargate UAE cluster in Abu Dhabi expected to go live in 2026 and a dollar-for-dollar capital distribution into America’s Stargate project.
OpenAI expects the UAE to invest $1.4 trillion in the U.S., ultimately supporting job creation, economic growth and technological leadership.
“It’s a step toward ensuring some of this era’s most important breakthroughs—safer medicines, personalized learning, and modernized energy—can emerge from more places and benefit the world,” Altman said.
In January, President Trump introduced the massive Stargate infrastructure plan that requires the collaboration of G42, Oracle, NVIDIA, Cisco and SoftBank to build data centers in the U.S. for the further development of A.I., which holds the promise of increasing productivity by automating work.
During his four-day visit to the Middle East, Trump reportedly secured more than $200 million in commercial deals between the U.S. and UAE, the White House said.
As the president wrapped up his travels, he told reporters it was “an honor to be here” and that the “four days have been really amazing… But it shows you where a country can go.”
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Fox News’ Nikolas Lanum, FOX Business’ Michael Dorgan and Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
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