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UAE: The MENA AI Hub

Building the AI backbone for the Middle East and North Africa

72
SARI Score
AED 165B
Investment
10M
Population
25x
Projected ROI

The UAE Advantage

Small nation, massive ambition — becoming the AI hub for 400M MENA citizens

⚠️ The Challenge

  • 10M population limits domestic AI talent pool
  • Regional competition from Saudi Arabia
  • Arabic AI models underserved globally
  • Energy costs for AI infrastructure
  • Regulatory complexity across MENA

✅ The Solution

  • FalconGPT — World's leading Arabic AI model
  • Regional AI infrastructure backbone
  • AI Free Zone attracting global talent
  • Sovereign cloud serving MENA governments
  • AI City in NEOM partnership

FalconGPT

The UAE's open-source foundation model already leads in Arabic AI capability

180B

Parameters — the largest open Arabic AI model

Investment Program

AED 165 Billion transforming UAE into the MENA AI capital

🖥️ Infrastructure

  • 50,000 GPUs by 2030
  • 3 sovereign data centers
  • MENA AI backbone network
  • Regional cloud platform

🎯 Outcomes

  • Regional AI hub status
  • 15,000 AI jobs created
  • AED 2T economic impact
  • MENA sovereignty preserved

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