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Gulf’s $250 billion computing race collides with water dilemma and revenue drain abroad

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The pace of building computing and artificial-intelligence infrastructure in the Gulf states is accelerating, with pledged investments exceeding $250 billion, as a strategic effort to reduce reliance on oil revenues and diversify national economies. Yet this expansion, expected to raise the region’

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Saudi Arabia moves open data to the heart of the economy with its first national index and three governance platforms

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Saudi Arabia moves open data to the heart of the economy with its first national index and three governance platforms

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The building of an AI economy starts with addressing its heaviest invisible bottlenecks: how to convert government records from isolated islands into flowing, reliable digital assets that support decision-making and feed algorithms. In this context, the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA)

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Smart targeting platforms accelerate bombing to a thousand targets daily but face the dilemma of deceptive targets and complex environments

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Smart targeting platforms accelerate bombing to a thousand targets daily but face the dilemma of deceptive targets and complex environments

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Thousands of hours of satellite imagery and drone footage stream onto the screens of modern military command rooms, where the challenge is no longer the abundance of reconnaissance data but the speed at which algorithms can process those scenes, detect targets and calculate

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Dual hedging strategy: How middle countries combine Washington chips and open Chinese models?

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Dual hedging strategy: How middle countries combine Washington chips and open Chinese models?

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The capitals seeking a foothold in the AI race find themselves facing a sharp polarisation equation that pushes toward a binary choice: either joining the Washington-led “Bax Silicon” alliance to obtain the latest chips and supply-chain shares, or joining the “Global

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After attacks on data centres risk costs become part of the Gulf's computing gamble

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After attacks on data centres risk costs become part of the Gulf's computing gamble

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Computing capacity is no longer just a matter of chips, land and power. An EnterpriseAM report poses a more pressing question for Gulf AI plans: what happens when data centres themselves become part of regional conflict calculations? The report says enthusiasm for building

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Warning on the Gulf’s bet on data centres, Mo Joodah calls for smaller local agents

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Warning on the Gulf’s bet on data centres, Mo Joodah calls for smaller local agents

Listen to this article Read by Anchor When the region talks about artificial intelligence, the size of the infrastructure can easily appear as sufficient proof of seriousness. But Mo Joodah, the former commercial lead at Google’s X lab and a business and government adviser, asks a different question in

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Bex Silica faces the Chinese alliance as computing pull narrows options for technological neutrality

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Bex Silica faces the Chinese alliance as computing pull narrows options for technological neutrality

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The pace of technological polarization between Washington and Beijing is accelerating, with each forming international camps and blocs, especially in artificial intelligence, placing dozens of governments and companies in an escalating dilemma between benefitting from the strengths of both powers and avoiding loss.

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Washington transfers Maven technology to Saudi Arabia to speed military decision making with a smart targeting tool for the joint command

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Washington transfers Maven technology to Saudi Arabia to speed military decision making with a smart targeting tool for the joint command

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The United States is providing direct intelligence support to Saudi Arabia that includes a field targeting tool based on artificial intelligence, in the context of countering attacks by the Yemeni Houthi group. Reports cited by Deutsche Welle, quoting U.S. sources responsible for

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US smart targeting system in Yemen war speeds strikes despite terrain and civilian challenges

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US smart targeting system in Yemen war speeds strikes despite terrain and civilian challenges

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Around two hundred U.S. soldiers stationed in a joint operations room in Saudi Arabia, carrying a digital tool that maps the battlefield moment by moment, in an effort to curb the escalating Houthi attacks on airports and oil facilities. The system that

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Sky-blue light identifies autonomous vehicle as U.S. regulations dismantle steering-wheel and pedal requirements

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Sky-blue light identifies autonomous vehicle as U.S. regulations dismantle steering-wheel and pedal requirements

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Standardized Light Signal on Public Roads:The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the United States has proposed new standards for lighting autonomous vehicles, including a strongly directed option to use teal-blue lights to clearly indicate that the vehicle is operating in

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Egypt targets five billion dollars to support five thousand startups with a joint fund and permanent licences

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Egypt targets five billion dollars to support five thousand startups with a joint fund and permanent licences

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Egyptian government disclosed during the Egypt 2026 Forum sessions a practical shift in managing entrepreneurship, through an executive plan that aims to attract five billion dollars of venture capital investment and support five thousand startups. The announcement, presented by the Minister of

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G42 signs AI agreements with Greece covering health care, education and smart cities

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G42 signs AI agreements with Greece covering health care, education and smart cities

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The Emirati G42 group signed a series of agreements with government and private entities in Greece, targeting the build out of artificial intelligence infrastructure and its use in healthcare, education, public services and smart cities. The agreements were concluded during an official Emirati

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UAE-France agreements link artificial intelligence to computing infrastructure and energy

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UAE-France agreements link artificial intelligence to computing infrastructure and energy

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Not all artificial-intelligence partnerships take the form of a new model or a ready-to-use platform. In the UAE-France Business Dialogue in Abu Dhabi, institutions and companies from both countries signed memoranda of understanding and contracts in energy, artificial intelligence

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Sal Logistics sees artificial intelligence redraw the map of Saudi air cargo

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Sal Logistics sees artificial intelligence redraw the map of Saudi air cargo

Listen to this article Read by Anchor In airport warehouses, where paper once set the pace of work, algorithms now decide when a shipment moves and where it goes. Sal Logistics, the logistics arm of Saudia, did not stop at automating the existing process but reengineered the entire operation around

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Norwegian Finnish initiative calls for advanced models to be subject to an Atomic-energy-like protocol for border inspection oversight

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Norwegian Finnish initiative calls for advanced models to be subject to an Atomic-energy-like protocol for border inspection oversight

Listen to this article Read by Anchor International diplomacy reveals a sharp dilemma that goes beyond the logic of traditional polarization; today the world stands on the brink of a genuine multipolarity in which a dominant power capable of imposing order alone is absent, while a technological acceleration re-arms

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British re-arm infrastructure against model risks with new bio-security lab and agency defences

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British re-arm infrastructure against model risks with new bio-security lab and agency defences

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Concerns that artificial intelligence could be harnessed to produce weapons and biological risks have moved beyond theoretical warnings to directly impact sovereign defence budgets. The British government has decided to allocate £100 million to establish a national AI bio-security laboratory, a step

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Washington removes Chinese DeepSearch from its civilian agencies and bans software built on its models

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Washington removes Chinese DeepSearch from its civilian agencies and bans software built on its models

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued an order requiring civilian federal agencies to remove all artificial intelligence technologies from the Chinese company "DeepSearch," an action that began to be implemented in late July before it was publicly disclosed on

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Fid AI platform and unified portal: UAE sets standards for infrastructure and self-assessment of AI agents

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Fid AI platform and unified portal: UAE sets standards for infrastructure and self-assessment of AI agents

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The United Arab Emirates places software infrastructure and data at the forefront of its plan to convert half of the governmental sectors, operations, and services into AI-agent-supported models within two years, unveiling a federal technology architecture that goes beyond isolated conversational

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Trump calls for cash returns from AI data centers to calm voters

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Trump calls for cash returns from AI data centers to calm voters

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The expansion of artificial intelligence data centers in the United States has shifted from a purely technical infrastructure issue to a direct electoral dilemma that pressures the White House. In a striking tactical retreat before the midterm elections scheduled for November 3, President

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Human expands its partnership with Nvidia to 84 megawatts, allocating 50 megawatts to an American client

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Human expands its partnership with Nvidia to 84 megawatts, allocating 50 megawatts to an American client

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Saudi company Human announced the expansion of its partnership with Nvidia to develop an AI computing infrastructure of 84 megawatts, comprising about 27,000 advanced GPUs, revealing a notable shift in the regional data-center model, with 50 megawatts of future capacity earmarked

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Marman AI joins UAE’s Future Companies, betting on tax compliance and data sovereignty

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Marman AI joins UAE’s Future Companies, betting on tax compliance and data sovereignty

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The UAE Ministry of Economy and Tourism listed the "Marman AI" platform, specialized in e-invoicing and digital compliance, as part of the "Future Companies 100" initiative, a step that reflects the shift of financial transaction infrastructure from traditional

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One hundred billion dollars under test as regional risks redraw the Gulf’s computing map

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One hundred billion dollars under test as regional risks redraw the Gulf’s computing map

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Gulf capitals continue building more than $100 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure projects without a full halt to operations, even though more than seven months have passed since Amazon Web Services data centers suffered direct damage from Iranian drone attacks, and Houthi

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G42 exports its computing system and intelligent agents to Greece through five companies

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G42 exports its computing system and intelligent agents to Greece through five companies

Listen to this article Read by Anchor The G42 group and five companies in its investment portfolio signed broad memoranda of understanding with partners from the government and private sector in Greece, a move that shifts the weight of advanced computing infrastructure from the Gulf to Southern Europe. The signing

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Humaine signs first Neom complex deals for 50 MW to Nebius with Nvidia processors

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Humaine signs first Neom complex deals for 50 MW to Nebius with Nvidia processors

Listen to this article Read by Anchor Only six weeks have passed since construction began in the Oxagon industrial city within Neom, and the new AI complex has already secured its first commercial commitment for operational capacity. Saudi company Humaine and its partner Data Vault have signed a preliminary framework

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Hiomane contracts move Saudi AI computing from deals to tests, as MIS expands its data center to 250 MW in Sep 2026 and orders top 135 % of 2025 revenue

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Hiomane contracts move Saudi AI computing from deals to tests, as MIS expands its data center to 250 MW in Sep 2026 and orders top 135 % of 2025 revenue

Listen to this article Read by Anchor When the Public Investment Fund launched the company "Hiomane" in May 2025 to develop an integrated national AI system, attention focused on billions of investment commitments and expansion promises. Today, that roadmap has begun to materialize in concrete and generators; projects

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