Ooredoo earlier this week signed a partnership with Nvidia, marking the chipmaker's first large-scale entry into the Middle East market. The companies did not disclose the value of the deal.
The deal will see thousands of Nvidia's GPUs deployed in 26 data centers across Qatar and five other countries: Kuwait, Oman, Algeria, Tunisia and the Maldives. These chips will help the data centers process massive amounts of information, which will feed AI chatbots and other tools, essential components of a country's AI infrastructure.the sale of certain advanced chips to some Middle Eastern nations, over fears the technology could be intercepted by China.
A tug of war between China and the United States has played out in the race to obtain and protect the latest artificial intelligence technology. The United Arab Emirates' top AI group G42 vowed to phase out Chinese hardware to appease Washington,Gulf states are leveraging their vast energy wealth to try to become pioneers in artificial intelligence, investing in developing the technology and importing massive quantities of chips used in AI data centers.