Countries / Asia-Pacific and Middle East
Qatar
Qatar has an older national AI strategy and a new USD 20 billion state-backed AI infrastructure venture with Brookfield.
Qai, a subsidiary of the Qatar Investment Authority, and Brookfield announced on 9 December 2025 a USD 20 billion joint venture to invest in AI infrastructure in Qatar and selected overseas markets, including an Integrated Compute centre to widen regional access to high-performance compute, with government support for skills and supply chain. The National AI Strategy for Qatar dates from 2019 and sets out six pillars. No AI law or data centre rule was read. For someone seeking compute, the venture is an announcement; we found no source showing capacity is live.
AI policy and activity
The 2019 strategy is organised around six pillars aligned with Qatar National Vision 2030. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology also runs a GovAI programme and an AI Committee, per its site listings (not read in detail).
Power and grid
No Qatar-specific grid constraint was found in the sources read.
Data centres and compute
| Site | Where | Status | Notes and source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Compute centre (Brookfield and Qai venture) Brookfield and Qai (QIA) | Qatar (site not stated) | Planned | Primary. QIA release refers to fully integrated AI facilities and an Integrated Compute centre; no capacity in MW or timeline was given on the page read. (source) |
Rules and programmes
| Instrument | Kind | Status | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Artificial Intelligence Strategy for Qatar 2019 | Policy | In force from 1 January 2019 | Primary. Executive summary read; the day and month of adoption are not confirmed, and the effective_on value is the year only. |
| Brookfield and Qai USD 20 billion AI infrastructure partnership | Programme | Proposed from 9 December 2025 | Primary, QIA newsroom. Announced 9 December 2025; Brookfield would invest through its AI Infrastructure Fund. Announcement, not a facility. |
Checked on 2 October 2026 and due for review by 1 January 2027. Many sources are trade press or law-firm summaries rather than official texts, and statuses such as reported or unconfirmed are shown as the source gives them. This is a summary, not legal advice. If something is wrong or out of date, tell us.