G42 · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
OpenAI Stargate UAE
1.4GW projected
The power of 1.1 million US homes, once built.
Under construction. Projected to draw 1.4 GW by Jan 2028.
- Chips
- B300, Rubin
- Users
- OpenAI
- Project
- Stargate
Power over time
facility power · 4 milestonesEvery milestone
- 9 Jun 2025 — Land clearing begins for Building 1 and 2
- 16 Nov 2025 — Building 1 and 2 are partly constructed. No clear evidence of more buildings starting construction.
- 1 Dec 2026 · projected 280 MW Building 1 and 2 are operational. The similar data center in Ajman, UAE was delayed by over a year, now due in December 2026 (compare 1, 2). The buildings here looked 3-6 months behind the Ajman building as of November 2025, but they were moving faster. So we think Building 1 and 2 are on track for 200 MW by December 2026, along with the Ajman building.
- 1 Jan 2028 · projected 1.4 GW 1 GW of IT power is operational. We haven’t seen expansion beyond 200 MW as of November 2025. Optimistically, 8 more 100 MW buildings start construction in December 2025, in parallel, and take 1.5 years like the first two buildings, hitting 1 GW by Q3 2027. More realistically, there's some staggering of construction over several months, like Stargate Abilene. Our median estimate is January 2028.
Every step Epoch planned here on 2 Sep 2026 is still on plan. Planned against reached
Gas made 68% of the power in United Arab Emirates
share of generation · 2025United Arab Emirates World
- Gas 68% against 21% for World
- Coal 0% against 33% for World
- Other fossil <1% against 3% for World
- Nuclear 21% against 9% for World
- Wind <1% against 9% for World
- Solar 10% against 10% for World
- Hydro 0% against 14% for World
- Bio & other <1% against 2% for World
Fossil 68% (−1 pt on a year earlier) · nuclear 21% · renewables 10% · 470 g CO2e per kWh, life cycle · 2025. Generation for all of United Arab Emirates, without imports; the data does not show which grid feeds the site. Every country behind an AI site.
Sources
selected by Epoch AIData: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Abu Dhabi. Grid: Ember, “Monthly Electricity Data and Yearly Electricity Data”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 11 Oct 2026; shares computed here. All sources.