US EditionMicrosoft to ship 60,000 Nvidia AI chips to UAE under US-approved deal
Microsoft received U.S. export licenses in September 2025 to ship over 60,000 Nvidia AI chips, backing a $15.2 billion investment to boost AI and cloud projects in the UAE.
- Monday, Microsoft announced it secured U.S. Department of Commerce export licenses to ship more than 60,000 Nvidia chips to the United Arab Emirates, the first under President Donald Trump's administration.
- Delayed by U.S. export controls, the project was held up by restrictions on Nvidia processors and follows a deal struck between President Donald Trump and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan to build an AI data center campus in Abu Dhabi.
- Microsoft had already accumulated more than 21,000 Nvidia GPUs in the UAE and licenses authorize shipping the equivalent of 60,400 additional A100 chips, including GB300 Grace Blackwell GPUs.
- Microsoft will invest $15.2 billion in the UAE over four years, including $5.5 billion for AI infrastructure and training a million residents by 2027.
- Critics say the deal undermines U.S. export-control diplomacy by creating back-channels, while Microsoft says it's using the chips for OpenAI, Anthropic, and local benefits, adding, `While the chips are powerful and the numbers are large, more important is their positive impact across the UAE.
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