UAE telecom provider du and tech company Microsoft are to build a AED2 billion ($544. 54 million) hyperscale data centre. The data centre will be built in stages, gradually increasing capacity to satisfy rising demand, the UAE state-run news agency Wam reported on Tuesday. Data centers in UAE continue to strengthen the country's position as a regional and global data center hub. The project, valued at approximately 2 billion dirhams, marks a significant development in the country's growing data. Dubai-based telco Du has signed a $544. The data center. Dubai: G42 has reported steady construction progress on Stargate UAE, a 1-gigawatt AI infrastructure cluster being developed by Khazna Data Centers, a G42 company, within the larger 5GW UAE–U. Announced in May 2025, the project brings together G42, OpenAI, Oracle, NVIDIA.