"His Highness asked Mohammad Al Gergawi to build a state-of-the-art campus on a artificial lake with four office buildings to house the technology companies that Dubai hoped to entice to rent those offices. instead of paying for it from the Dubai budget, Sheikh Mohammed asked Al Gergawi to seek a commercial bank loan for the project. he told him that he wanted Internet City to be built and operated-required to perform-like a private sector investment, Al Gergawi managed to obtain $54 million from HSBC."