Exus Renewables agreed to buy 60% of Masdar’s nine wind farms in Portugal, repowering from 144 MW to 164 MW, plus 110 MW solar co-development.
Air Arabia will launch daily non-stop flights between Sharjah and Rome Fiumicino on July 1, 2026, using Airbus A320neo aircraft, with tickets on sale.
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed met Indonesia’s President Prabowo in Abu Dhabi to advance CEPA cooperation in trade, energy, AI and food security.
Business
Exus Renewables agreed to buy 60% of Masdar’s nine wind farms in Portugal, repowering from 144 MW to 164 MW, plus 110 MW solar co-development.
Dubai International Chamber said Asia supplied 46.9% of multinationals it attracted in 2025, bringing 64 MNCs and 309 SMEs to Dubai.
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise agreed to buy Macquarie AirFinance for about $7 billion in cash, creating a combined aircraft leasing fleet of 1,029 aircraft.
Travel
flydubai will start twice-daily Dubai DXB to Bangkok, Don Mueang flights on Sept. 15, 2026, lifting Thailand service to 28 weekly flights via Emirates codeshare.
Etihad Airways carried 2.2 million passengers in January 2026, up 29% year on year, with a 89.9% load factor and a 127-aircraft fleet. Adds Calgary, Luxembourg.
Airfares to Colombo jumped ahead of the Feb 15 India vs Pakistan T20 World Cup match, with some India routes near Dh4,000 and extra Dubai flights.
Technology
OpenAI will take 100MW of AI data center capacity in India from Tata’s TCS HyperVault, scalable to 1GW, under its OpenAI for India initiative.
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled met PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi at the AI Impact Summit, as UAE and India advanced health, finance and AI compute deals.
At India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, PM Narendra Modi called for human centric AI, glass box safety rules and data sovereignty, citing India’s AI Mission.
UAE Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed arrived in New Delhi for the India AI Impact Summit, through Feb 20, highlighting talks on responsible AI governance.
India opened the five-day AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, with UN chief Antonio Guterres joining talks on People Planet Progress Feb 16-20 now.
Official YouTube app now appears in the visionOS App Store, giving Apple Vision Pro users a signed-in experience with subscriptions, playlists, and Shorts today.
Samsung says HBM4 high-bandwidth memory deliveries start in Q1 2026, adding 11.7 Gbps products as AI data centers raise demand for advanced chips worldwide now.
FDA says it is deploying AI internally to handle repetitive review tasks, alongside new guidance aimed at reliable AI evidence in approvals in reviews and filings.
Microsoft launched Maia 200, a new AI inference accelerator for Azure, built on TSMC 3nm with 216GB HBM3e and multi-PFLOP throughput.
South Korea ICT exports rose over 12 percent in 2025, led by semiconductors, as global demand for AI data centers and high performance chips accelerated worldwide.
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