The Persian Gulf’s richest states are pressing ahead with a major artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out despite wartime risk, according to Bloomberg Technology. Bloomberg reports that data centers have become repeated targets in the US war with Iran, but that has not stopped state-backed firms in the United Arab Emirates from continuing work on a large AI campus in Abu Dhabi. The campus is intended to add five gigawatts of computing, according to the report. The most specific details remain closely held. Bloomberg attributes the status of the Abu Dhabi project to people familiar with the matter, who said work continued after measures were added to protect workers at the peak of the war. The provided report does not name the firms involved or describe the protective measures. For investors and operators, the core signal is that Gulf AI infrastructure plans have not been paused by the conflict, at least in the UAE project Bloomberg describes. The region’s strategy still appears focused on building large-scale compute capacity, even as the physical infrastructure that supports AI becomes part of the risk map. Who benefits: Builders, suppliers and operators tied to the Abu Dhabi campus benefit if the project stays on track. Gulf governments and state-backed firms also benefit from continued progress toward local AI compute capacity. Who's exposed: Workers, contractors and infrastructure operators are exposed to the security risks Bloomberg describes. Customers depending on future Gulf-based compute capacity also face uncertainty if the conflict expands or targets shift.