US-UAE multi-billion dollar AI data campus deal far from finalised, sources say

A multi-billion dollar deal to build one of the world’s largest data centre hubs in the United Arab Emirates with U.S. technology is far from being concluded due to persistent concerns around security, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The U.S. and the wealthy Gulf state unveiled the massive artificial intelligence campus project set to contain a cluster of powerful data centres during President Donald Trump’s two-day visit to Abu Dhabi last month.

The planned 10-square-mile (26-sq-km) site is being funded by G42, an Emirati…