Microsoft’s AI efforts in the U.A.E. get a big boost

WALL STREET JOURNAL

Microsoft said it has secured U.S. approval to ship Nvidia chips to the United Arab Emirates and would boost its investment there, two wins for the Middle East in the rapidly evolving artificial-intelligence race.

In a blog post Monday, the tech giant said the Trump administration has approved its plans to send chips to the U.A.E. for building data centers needed to train AI models. The approval was expected as part of a deal between the two nations that was first announced in May. Other companies involved include ChatGPT maker OpenAI and Oracle.

Microsoft also said it would invest an additional $8 billion on data centers, cloud computing and other AI projects in the Gulf state over the next four years.

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