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. AI chips. …
… 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. AI chips. …
… Security deals focused on keeping advanced chips away from China, not on protecting the buildings that house them. For years, Gulf leaders made a simple promise to Silicon Valley: Bring your data, your models, and your chips, and we will give you stability. …
… The Gulf got chips, cloud infrastructure, and a fast-track to economic diversification beyond oil. …
… By Indranil Ghosh China Outside China 9 April 2026 War in the Gulf could tilt the cloud race toward China Strikes on U.S. data centers highlight the risks of concentration and the growing role of geopolitics in cloud competition. …
… Nvidia works with TSMC to produce chips in the U.S. , while also going ahead with a new R&D center in Shanghai. …
… China is developing its own AI cloud and semiconductor supply chain, and its open-source models have quickly become the foundation for developers and builders worldwide. Countries including India, Mexico, and Malaysia also aim to reduce their reliance on expensive chip imports. …
… Kinyua moved to CloudFactory, another data annotation contractor, and also began doing clickwork on Remotasks for extra income. …