The Trump administration announced it will work with the United Arab Emirates to build the largest artificial-intelligence data center outside of the US, as President Donald Trump attended a state dinner in Abu Dhabi.
The two countries’ pledge to deepen AI collaboration comes as some in Trump’s administration have reportedly soured on possibly supplying the Gulf with advanced semiconductors. The UAE and US have a preliminary agreement to allow Abu Dhabi to import 500,000 advanced Nvidia AI chips annually, according to Reuters, and Washington this week loosened curbs on selling semiconductors to Gulf nations.
Trump’s visit to the UAE comes at the end of a Middle East tour that centered on chips, defense, and investment: Saudi Arabia reached deals to buy $142 billion of defense equipment, while Qatar agreed to purchase 210 Boeing aircraft.