War in the Gulf could tilt the cloud race toward China
… These deals include major AI and cloud partnerships, such as a planned 5-gigawatt data center campus in Abu Dhabi and expanded access to advanced U.S. …
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The UAE’s OPEC exit frees up oil wealth as it bets big on AI
… The UAE is emerging as one of the few nations with the wealth, energy, and partnerships to finance data centers at home while investing in U.S. gas infrastructure to generate electricity for data centers there. “The binding constraints in AI are no longer only chips or large language models,” Hafez… …
Data centers should benefit the cities that power them
… Data centers, AI-related investment, and other technology-driven industries depend on reliable infrastructure, regulatory certainty, and long-term planning. Importantly, the opportunity extends beyond the construction of data centers themselves. …
Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream
… A significant share of that investment is earmarked for data centers and AI campuses. …
“Data embassies” and safeguarding digital assets during wartime
… Their size makes them easy targets, so firms may pick resilience over the efficiency that hyperscalers offer, Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, a professor of internet governance and regulation at the University of Oxford, told Rest of World . “It’s very possible that we see a move away from hyperscalers … …
The Gulf was Silicon Valley’s bet on the future. Trump has put it in the crosshairs
… Several major data center projects in the UAE are already reportedly under review. …
Pushing back from Big Tech: Africa’s hard road to AI sovereignty
… They are now pushing for data sovereignty, local talent, and better terms from foreign providers, the experts said. “Africa’s push for digital sovereignty cannot mean total independence from global AI supply chains,” Rachel Adams, founder of the Global Center on AI Governance, told Rest of World . … …
Indigenous group in Brazil takes TikTok to court over planned data center
… With more than 180 data centers already commissioned, authorities are now expecting an influx of hyperscalers — large-scale data centers designed to withstand the increased computational demands that come with AI. …
The Gulf has billions to spend on AI. It still needs Nvidia
… Its leaders, Soliman said, know exactly what they are choosing. “The Gulf’s current path is the opposite of diversification,” he said. “They are accelerating integration through massive data centers and direct U.S. partnerships rather than chasing expensive and uncertain independence. …
Big Tech’s Gulf megaprojects are trapped between two war choke points
… Drones struck three AWS data centers over the weekend, two in the UAE and one in Bahrain. …