Source: Caixin.
On Sunday last week, Ooredoo, a telecommunications group in Qatar, announced a partnership with Nvidia, in which the company's datacenter in the East will use Nvidia's chips and technology. Ooredoo claims that this will allow its customers to be 18-24 months ahead of competitors in the deployment of AI applications.
Due to the technical restrictions of the US government, nvidia's advanced technology is prohibited from being exported to the Middle East. However, it has not stopped nvidia's business development in the region. Last Sunday, Ooredoo, the Qatar Telecommunications Group, announced that it has signed an agreement with nvidia to deploy its artificial intelligence technology in Ooredoo's data centers in several countries in the Middle East. This is also nvidia's first major business expansion in the Middle East. Ooredoo said in a statement that its data centers in Qatar, Algeria, Tunisia, Oman, Kuwait, and Maldives will directly provide their customers with nvidia's AI and graphics processing technology, which is also the first company in the Middle East capable of doing so. Ooredoo CEO Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo said that the company's B2B customers will be able to deploy AI technology ahead of their competitors by 18-24 months. The two companies did not disclose the specific value of the agreement, and Ooredoo did not explain what type of technology and chips it will arrange in the data center, only claiming that it depends on availability and customer demand.$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$The Middle East is the hotbed for global technology development after NVIDIA's business expansion in the region; despite the US government's restrictions on exporting high-tech to the Middle East, business opportunities still abound.
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Ooredoo announced last Sunday that they have signed an agreement with nvidia to deploy its artificial intelligence technology in the data centers in several countries in the Middle East, directly providing customers with nvidia's AI and graphics processing technology, which makes it the first company in the Middle East capable of doing so.
Ooredoo CEO Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo said that B2B customers will be able to deploy AI technology ahead of their competitors by 18-24 months.
The two companies did not disclose the specific value of the agreement. They only claimed that the type of technology and chips arranged in the data center will depend on availability and customer demand.
The Middle East is the hotbed for global technology development after NVIDIA's business expansion in the region.
Ronnie Vasishta, senior vice president of nvivia telecommunications, said that nvidia's technology will help Ooredoo better develop generating AI applications for customers.
Fakhroo says that Ooredoo will invest $1 billion in the expansion of data centers, and is expected to increase by 20-25 megawatts on the basis of the original 40 megawatts, increasing the number to three times higher until 2030.
Ooredoo has separated its data center into an independent company and plans to split its submarine cable and fiber optic network into another independent entity. These measures are part of Ooredoo's strategy to optimize operations and improve market competitiveness.
Nvidia has shown its ambition to root itself in the global market through this agreement. At present, Nvidia has occupied the dominant position in the AI chip industry in Europe and America, but it has been constrained in the "eastward" matter due to US export restrictions.
As the US is continuously enhancing its strategic position in the Middle East, observers point out that nvidia's restrictions in the Middle East market may be slightly relaxed if possible, making it more likely for the region to participate in the game of cutting-edge artificial intelligence.
In addition to nvidia, the leading player in the AI field, OpenAI, also pays close attention to the Middle East market. Its CEO, Sam Altman, visited the Middle East in April this year and obtained a huge financing from MGX, a technology investment company with UAE background.
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