Abu Dhabi Fund Director Pledges Faster U.S. Investment
Khaldoon Al Mubarak met Trump administration officials in Washington and said the UAE would speed up its decade-long $1.4 trillion investment plan. The UAE has announced more than $100 billion in deals since May 2025.
SemaforKhaldoon Al Mubarak, managing director of Mubadala and chairman of the UAE Executive Affairs Authority, visited Washington last week and pledged to accelerate investments in technology and energy infrastructure. ” The UAE has announced more than $100 billion in investment and trade deals since President Donald Trump’s May 2025 visit to the Gulf, according to the US-UAE Business Council.
Mubarak met several Trump administration officials, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Vice President JD Vance, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The UAE’s decision to leave OPEC is expected to generate additional oil revenue for reinvestment, according to the UAE Embassy in the U.S.
AI investment firm MGX participated in Anthropic’s most recent fundraise and joined a BlackRock-led consortium that acquired Aligned Data Centers for $40 billion. G42 expanded its U.S. data center footprint and is building a 5GW UAE-US AI Campus in Abu Dhabi, with 500MW scheduled to come online this year.
UAE aluminum firm EGA and Century Aluminum formed a joint venture to build a smelter in Inola, Oklahoma. U.S. exports to the UAE reached $31.4 billion in 2025, creating a $23.8 billion trade surplus, the largest in the Middle East and North Africa, according to the UAE Embassy.
Abu Dhabi’s newest sovereign wealth fund L’imad announced last month it would work with BlackRock’s infrastructure arm and Singapore’s Temasek to invest $30 billion in central Asia and the Middle East.
