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. …
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Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream
… 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 was Silicon Valley’s bet on the future. Trump has put it in the crosshairs
… The Gulf got chips, cloud infrastructure, and a fast-track to economic diversification beyond oil. …
U.S. and Israel’s War on Iran
… 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. …
Silicon Valley keeps misreading China’s role in tech
… Nvidia works with TSMC to produce chips in the U.S. , while also going ahead with a new R&D center in Shanghai. …
Nations priced out of Big AI are building with frugal models
… 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. …
From Chile to the Philippines, meet the people pushing back on AI
… Kinyua moved to CloudFactory, another data annotation contractor, and also began doing clickwork on Remotasks for extra income. …