The Compute Coast: The UAE's AI Economy and the Data-Centre Build-Out
The UAE leads the world in everyday use of generative AI and is building one of the largest AI computing campuses on earth. The next twelve months should see its data-centre capacity more than double.
Driverless on the Road: Robotaxis in the UAE and the World to 2028
Fully driverless robotaxis now carry fare-paying passengers in both Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and with operators planning fleets in the hundreds and then thousands, Dubai's goal of more than 4,000 self-driving taxis and limousines by 2030 sets the pace for the UAE's next two years.
The Electric Turn: The World's Electric Car Share in 2027
One in four new cars sold worldwide in 2025 was electric, and with more than 20 million sold, a share expected to reach 28% in 2026, record monthly shares in China, strong growth in Europe and a steady stream of new models, the question for 2027 is how far the world's electric car share will climb, and whether it passes 30%.
Global Semiconductor Sales in 2027
Worldwide semiconductor sales reached USD 791.7 billion in 2025, up 25.6% on the USD 630.5 billion of 2024, led by logic and memory chips. Growth has picked up sharply in 2026: sales in the first half were about USD 702 billion, up 102% on the first half of 2025, and sales from January to August passed USD 1 trillion. The industry's official sales statistics body forecast in June 2026 that sales could reach about USD 1.51 trillion in 2026 and about USD 1.91 trillion in 2027. This study asks how large worldwide semiconductor sales could be in calendar year 2027.