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Qatar awards QAR 500 million contract for AI-ready MEEZA data centre
Estithmar’s Elegancia C&I will deliver a two-phase facility designed to expand Qatar’s capacity for hyperscale cloud providers and high-density AI workloads.
Saudi Arabia declares 2026 Year of Artificial Intelligence and unveils 480MW Hexagon supercomputing center
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and SDAIA launch the national Year of AI alongside the world's largest sovereign government computing hub in Riyadh.
QCRI publishes Fanar 2.0 technical report, validating resource-efficient Arabic multimodal models
Hamad Bin Khalifa University releases complete evaluation benchmarks demonstrating high-performance Arabic LLM scaling on sovereign H100 clusters.
SDAIA's SAMAI initiative surpasses one million citizens trained in artificial intelligence skills
The national human capital program hits a historic milestone, bridging the gap between sovereign infrastructure builds and national workforce technical readiness.
Abu Dhabi sovereign investor MGX closes inaugural fund, targeting $100 billion in global AI infrastructure
Chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, the fund cements cornerstone partnerships in leading semiconductor fabrication, frontier labs, and hyperscale data centers.
UAE establishes Federal Authority for Artificial Intelligence and Data to unify national digital governance
The new regulatory body standardizes public sector algorithmic procurement, data sovereignty classifications, and national safety evaluations.
Sharjah Research and Technology Park opens dedicated high-performance AI hub for startups
The new computing facility provides regional machine learning ventures with subsidized GPU compute, technical sandboxes, and enterprise pilot matching.
Qatar Investment Authority establishes Qai with multi-billion mandate for sovereign compute
The national artificial intelligence firm partners with global infrastructure managers to finance liquid-cooled data clusters and localized cloud workloads.
Kuwait University Artificial Intelligence Laboratory pioneers regional Arabic dialect tokenization
Researchers at the College of Computing Sciences develop specialized subword tokenizers capturing Gulf colloquial idioms and maritime terminology.
Kuwait Investment Authority expands global deep-tech allocations to bolster domestic capability
The sovereign wealth fund directs international venture commitments toward semiconductors, quantum computing, and sovereign machine learning platforms.
Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN and AMD plan a 500MW open AI compute network
The five-year collaboration carries an investment ambition of up to $10 billion, with delivery and utilisation now the measures that matter.
MEEZA delivers 4MW Qatar data-centre expansion nine months early
The completed expansion adds operational capacity for a global hyperscaler and strengthens Qatar’s position in AI-ready digital infrastructure.
QIA backs HyperLight in $80 million financing for AI infrastructure
The Qatar Investment Authority participated in HyperLight’s Series C financing, adding another photonics investment to Qatar’s AI infrastructure strategy.
HUMAIN and Saudi Infra outline up to $1.2 billion AI infrastructure framework
The non-binding framework covers up to 250 megawatts of hyperscale AI data-center capacity in Saudi Arabia and an investment platform for further expansion.