South Korea joins UAE’s U.S.-backed ‘Stargate’ AI data center project
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South Korea signed a strategic framework agreement with the UAE to collaborate on the Stargate project, an effort to build massive AI data centers in the Gulf. The first 1GW phase is led by UAE’s G42 with partners including OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, Cisco and SoftBank; Korea aims to deepen AI investment, supply chain and R&D ties.
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