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Is the future of AI infrastructure in the Middle East?

According to experts in the industry, the gulf might just contain the perfect qualities for the big data scramble

Middle East AI

As much of the world scrambles to implement fast-moving data and compute strategies to secure their share of the AI dividend, the Middle East appears to be emerging as an ideal beneficiary.

The governments of the GCC have been among the most aggressive investors in AI with tens of billions going towards infrastructure capacity. These nations are not content to simply support integration of the technology; they are looking to develop a fully sovereign ecosystem.

Naturally this leaves the door open to opportunities for firms elsewhere to be a part of it.

There is plenty of activity to that end already in the works. Earlier this week the London-based Pure Data Centres Group announced it had secured £2bn in financing to support a major growth push....