UAE infrastructure moves underground - Semafor

The UAE is considering moving parts of two of its largest infrastructure projects underground to guard against future attacks. One is the 5-gigawatt AI data center project underway with US technology partners, Reuters reported. Originally planned as a 10-square-mile campus in Abu Dhabi, the project is now likely to be a network of facilities dispersed across the country, with air defense systems and some underground construction among the modifications under consideration, according to the outlet.

Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths told the Financial Times that the multibillion-dollar project to relocate Dubai’s main airport south of the city may include underground fuel storage tanks. The changes will not shrink the plan to ferry 250 million passengers a year through the new hub, he said.