US-based AI giant Nvidia has partnered with Ooredoo, Qatar's telecom giant, to implement artificial intelligence technologies across its data centers in Qatar, Algeria, Tunisia, Oman, Kuwait, and the Maldives, Reuters reported. This new development comes against US restrictions on AI exports to the Middle East.

Defying US Curbs on AI Exports

Nvidia has embarked on this collaboration with Ooredoo amid heightened US controls on the export of AI technology to prevent China's access through the Middle East. This partnership enables Ooredoo to directly integrate Nvidia's AI and graphics processing capabilities into its regional data centers.

The agreement signifies Nvidia's entry into the Middle Eastern market and highlights Ooredoo's efforts to enhance its data center capabilities. According to Ooredoo's CEO, Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo, the partnership grants the firm exclusive access to Nvidia's technologies ahead of competitors.

While the financial details of the agreement remain undisclosed, the scope reportedly involves substantial investments by Ooredoo to initially expand its data center Data Center A data center is a building or network used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.This generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls, and various security devices. Large data centers are industrial scale operations using as much electricity as a small town.Over the past decade, data center space has been growing at an incredible rate. This has increased as more A data center is a building or network used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.This generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls, and various security devices. Large data centers are industrial scale operations using as much electricity as a small town.Over the past decade, data center space has been growing at an incredible rate. This has increased as more Read this Term capacity by 20-25 megawatts, with plans to triple this capacity by the end of the decade. This expansion will enable Ooredoo to strengthen its infrastructure in collaboration with regional partners.

Surging Adoption of AI

Nvidia has seen an increase in the uptake of its AI services in the recent past. Towards the end of last year, an AI cloud Cloud The cloud or cloud computing helps provides data and applications that can be accessed from nearly any location in the world so long as a stable Internet connection exists. Categorized into three cloud services, cloud computing is segmented into Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). In terms of trading, the versatility of the cloud service allows retail traders the ability to test out new trading strategies, backtest pre-existing conc The cloud or cloud computing helps provides data and applications that can be accessed from nearly any location in the world so long as a stable Internet connection exists. Categorized into three cloud services, cloud computing is segmented into Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS). In terms of trading, the versatility of the cloud service allows retail traders the ability to test out new trading strategies, backtest pre-existing conc Read this Term-computing organization funded by cryptocurrency billionaire Jed McCaleb invested approximately $500 million in Nvidia's advanced chips. The company mentioned that this investment aims to enhance AI computing by addressing the shortage of AI chips.

Voltage Park's CEO, Eric Park, told Reuters that the company had secured 24,000 Nvidia H100 chips designed to cater to the demands of large AI models used for various applications, including text generation, coding, image processing, video analysis, and audio synthesis. The firm aims to lease computing capacity to businesses engaged in AI projects.

Recently, Nvidia surpassed Wall Street expectations in its quarterly performance, highlighting its dominance in the semiconductor space. Nvidia reported $26 billion in the first-quarter revenue for fiscal year 2025, a substantial 262% increase from the same period last year. Similarly, the firm posted $22 billion in the previous quarter's revenue, up nearly 270% year over year.