Masdar broke ground at the site in October 2025 and expects to begin operations in 2027. It is being built in Abu Dhabi by Masdar and Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), and is likely to deliver power to AI data centres, based on the comments by EWEC and Masdar executives around making the UAE “a global hub for artificial intelligence research” and “redefining the role of renewable energy for the information age”, but no formal offtake or power supply agreement has been announced.

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Additional reporting by Cameron Murray.

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