In GITEX GLOBAL 2025, G42 announced that construction of Stargate UAE, a 1gigawatt hyperscale artificial intelligence infrastructure cluster under construction by its subsidiary Khazna Data Centers, has shifted quickly through design to construction and is making steady progress towards a planned 2026 launch.
The facility was reported in May as a component of a 5-gigawatt UAEUS AI Campus initiative with global partners OpenAI, Oracle, NVIDIA, Cisco, and SoftBank.
In a statement, a G42 spokesperson said, “Construction is now well underway and progressing steadily toward the planned 2026 delivery.” Khazna has been embracing the design-to-build strategy that will provide a smooth transfer of ideas to implementation.
G42 claims that the team is constructing the initial 200 megawatts of the 1gigawatt mega-scale infrastructure at a faster pace.
Stargate UAE is on track in design and engineering, and construction of civil, structural, and architectural elements is well-developed. Mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems are also being completed, and major modular components are being manufactured.
According to G42, the project has already procured all long-lead equipment and has received first deliveries of mechanical systems to the site, pointing this out as a testament to the robustness and stability of the project’s supply chain performance.
The facility will be developed to contribute to the overall approach of the UAE to widespread AI infrastructure development, which will become one of the foundations of a larger AI ecosystem in the country, potentially realizing the G42 vision of the Intelligent Grid and, eventually, an AI-native society.
Khazna Data Centers is presented as among the fastest-growing hyperscale data center infrastructures in the world, providing state-of-the-art infrastructure to meet the high-density computing demands necessary to enable next-generation AI-based applications.
