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Iran attacks push UAE to spread out 5-GW AI campus project: Report
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Fusion42 · 11 September 2026 · Fusion42 review
The UAE is redesigning its 5-gigawatt AI campus project, initially planned as a large singular site in Abu Dhabi, into a dispersed network of data centers with enhanced physical and electronic defenses due to Iranian missile and drone attacks that damaged existing cloud infrastructure, including AWS sites.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Infrastructure, and 10 sources have reported it between 11 Sep 2026 and 14 Sep 2026.
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You must rethink data centre security due to rising regional drone threats. Spreading out capacity and adding air defences will reshape demand for resilient AI infrastructure in your markets.
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10 sources · first reported 11 Sep 2026 · latest 14 Sep 2026
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