TOKYO — SoftBank Group announced Thursday the launch of the Stargate UAE artificial intelligence infrastructure development project, beginning with a 200-megawatt data center expected to go live in the Middle Eastern country by 2026.
Construction will be led by G42, an AI development company funded by Microsoft and others. The data center, whose capacity is expected to reach 1 gigawatt in the future, will be operated by ChatGPT developer OpenAI and Oracle.
