Yes. A September 11, 2026 Reuters exclusive, citing six people familiar with the matter, reported that the United Arab Emirates is revising plans for its 5-gigawatt UAE-US AI Campus after the Iran war prompted a rethink of how critical infrastructure should be built and protected.
The project—originally envisioned as a large campus in Abu Dhabi and led by G42 with U.S. partners including Nvidia and OpenAI—will likely become a network of data centers spread across the UAE, with officials considering air defenses and underground construction. G42 said work is progressing as planned and that project specifics remain under continuous review for security and resilience.
Source: Reuters — UAE revises AI data center plan after Iranian attacks, sources say