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Microsoft to invest $15.2 billion in artificial intelligence projects in the UAE by 2029
Abu Dhabi, November 3, 2025 — Technology giant Microsoft has announced a massive $15.2 billion investment plan in the United Arab Emirates, aimed primarily at expanding the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing infrastructure by 2029.
According to Microsoft president Brad Smith, the company has already invested $7.3 billion in the Gulf state since 2023 and plans to spend an additional $7.9 billion over the next four years. The investments include $1.5 billion in the Emirati AI firm G42, led by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed, the UAE’s national security adviser and brother of the president.
Smith confirmed that Microsoft has obtained licenses from the U.S. government to import advanced AI chips, including Nvidia’s A100 processors, into the UAE — a rare privilege granted under strict technological safeguards. The company recently secured permission to import the equivalent of 60,400 new A100 units, following an earlier batch of 21,500 chips, further expanding the country’s computing capacity.
The UAE, one of the world’s top oil exporters, has made AI a central pillar of its economic diversification strategy, with ambitions to become a global leader in artificial intelligence by 2031. The country has faced U.S. restrictions on the export of high-end chips to China and other regions, but recent diplomatic cooperation has led to closer AI partnerships between Washington and Abu Dhabi.
The investment marks one of Microsoft’s largest technology commitments in the Middle East and underscores the strategic importance of AI infrastructure in shaping the UAE’s post-oil economy.
