UAE calls for more sustainable energy solutions to power booming data centre industry
The UAE is calling for more global co-operation to design sustainable solutions to power the growing data centre industry, which is a major component for the future technology-driven economy, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Suhail Al Mazrouei said on Tuesday.
With artificial intelligence as an emerging driver for society, governments should be 'very open to new ideas when it comes to efficiency improvement', Mr Al Mazrouei told the World Utilities Congress in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
'The demand is growing and growing very strongly with more power required for data centres. It's overwhelming, I can tell you, even for a country like us in the UAE,' he said.
Mr Al Mazrouei's comments come after last week's launch of Stargate UAE, a mega data centre project to be built in Abu Dhabi by AI major G42, OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia, Cisco and SoftBank Group.
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