a question for arbitrary union of compact sets

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Is the "if arbitrary union of compact sets is compact then the topological space is finite or the union is finite" proposition correct? If it is correct then how can we prove it?

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Any infinite space in the cofinite topology has the property that all of its subsets are compact and so the union of compact subsets is automatically compact too.

Note that this space is just $T_1$, if $X$ were Hausdorff (or even just KC) then “any union of compact subsets is compact” implies that $X$ is finite and discrete.