President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that a company from the UAE will invest $20 billion to build data centers in the U.S., primarily in the Midwest and Sun Belt.

P resident-elect Donald Trump announced that Dubai-based real estate firm Damac plans to invest $20 billion into building data centers in the US. The announcement was made at Trum

Dubai developer DAMAC Properties will invest at least $20 billion "over a very short period of time" in the U.S., primarily in data centers in the middle of the country, President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday, as the company's billionaire founder and CEO, Hussain Sajwani, stood nearby.

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Hussain Sajwani, an Emirati billionaire businessman who founded the property development giant DAMAC Properties, will invest $20 billion in new data centers across the United States.

Now, Sajwani, who has had close ties with Trump and his family over the years, seemingly has plans to supercharge the firm’s U.S. investment. Sajwani, who is in his early 70s, was at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach when Trump made the announcement of Damac’s data centers bet.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a $20 billion new investment to build data centers across the United States. At a news conference at his home in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said the investor is Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, chairman of DAMAC properties.

Dubai property firm Damac Properties plans to invest $20B in data centers across the U.S., President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort. The investments will be made across the Midwest and Sunbelt regions.

UAE property firm Damac is to invest billions of dollars into developing data centers in the US. Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, President-elect Donald Trump announced the company would be investing “at least $20 billion over a very short period of time” into data centers.

"We can use initially our own financial resources, but then [in the] second phase we can use [a] third party's money," Sajwani said of the planned investment.