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Software & appshigh impactUAE cancels $30bn AI data centre project after Iran names it as target
· Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Middle East · no longer in the live window
The United Arab Emirates has cancelled its planned $30 billion AI data centre project outside Abu Dhabi, originally intended to cover ten square miles of desert, after Iran named it as a target.
- Topic
- Software & apps
- Location
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (24.467°, 54.367°)
- Region
- Middle East
- Impact
- high
- Reported value
- $30B
- Reported by
- The Next Web
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