AI capital and compute crossing borders worldwide, closest on the Gulf and North America
AI capital and compute crossing borders worldwide, closest on the Gulf and North America
Infrastructure
HUMAIN and DataVolt announced a preliminary framework on October 21, 2026 under which Nebius, a Nasdaq-listed AI cloud company, would take up to 50MW at a planned AI campus in Oxagon, NEOM, half of the first 100MW under construction.
Chandni Melwani
Saudi Arabia · Oct 29, 2026
Infrastructure
UK-founded Yamna and an Omani ministry signed a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation in digital infrastructure on October 21, Oman News Agency reported. The UK government said Yamna was set to sign an agreement to build a large-scale AI data centre in Salalah, saying its first phase is expected to exceed £1bn and will create over 100 highly skilled jobs across the UK.
Chandni Melwani · Oman · Oct 23, 2026
Infrastructure
EverWind plans more than C$10bn of private investment in Nova Scotia, including a data-centre campus at Point Tupper of up to 420 MW. Anthropic has confirmed it holds the long-term lease on the first phase, planned for late 2027.
Chandni Melwani · Canada · Oct 22, 2026
Infrastructure
GlobalFoundries, whose majority shareholder is Abu Dhabi's Mubadala, will make silicon interposers for TSMC's advanced AI packaging at its fab in Malta, New York, under a multi-year agreement GF puts at $2 billion.
Chandni Melwani · US · Oct 8, 2026
Infrastructure
A data centre with its chips installed still cannot switch on without a power transformer, and in the US the order book for those runs about 30 months.
Chandni Melwani · GCC · Aug 20, 2026
Infrastructure
The software is American. The cloud is Emirati. That pairing is becoming the default shape of Gulf AI deals.
Chandni Melwani · UAE · Aug 6, 2026
Infrastructure
A Korean internet company, an American chipmaker and a Canadian asset manager are building Korea's national AI capacity together. Look at who is funding whom.
Chandni Melwani · South Korea · Jul 24, 2026
Infrastructure
For a Gulf bank, the question was never whether sovereign AI was a good idea. It was what it costs, and who has to file the export paperwork. There is finally an answer to both.
Chandni Melwani · UAE · Jul 22, 2026
Infrastructure
Europe is trying to build its own AI sovereignty and rent it back. A US hyperscaler is underwriting the capex, and structuring the cheque to stay clear of Brussels.
Chandni Melwani · Europe · Jul 21, 2026
Infrastructure
The US productivity layer now runs on Gulf sovereign infrastructure, a template for how American software stays inside GCC government AI.
Chandni Melwani · UAE · Jul 18, 2026
Infrastructure
The money is split between digital infrastructure and district cooling, the two layers a data center in the Saudi heat can't run without.
Chandni Melwani · Saudi Arabia · Jul 16, 2026
Infrastructure
Cohere and PIF-backed Humain will deploy 50MW of AI compute in Saudi Arabia for sovereign and Arabic-language foundation models, marking Cohere's first major international expansion.
Chandni Melwani · Saudi Arabia · Jul 10, 2026
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