By Alexander Cornwell, Rami Ayyub and Timour AzhariSept 11 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates is quietly revising plans for a 5-gigawatt AI data center project – one of the biggest outside the U.S. – after the Iran war prompted a rethink of how and where critical infrastructure should be built, six people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

In light of recent attacks linked to Iran, the UAE is re-evaluating its extensive AI data center project. Officials are contemplating distributing facilities nationwide and…

Originally envisaged as a 10-square-mile (26-square-kilometer) campus in Abu Dhabi, the project will now likely comprise a network of data centers spread across the UAE.