Saudis chase AI crown


A rendering of the planned DataVolt data centre complex on the Saudi coast. Saudi Arabia is pouring money into data centres and working with US and Chinese tech giants, landing its AI ambitions in the middle of a geopolitical tussle for tech power. — NEOM/The New York Times

IN northwest Saudi Arabia near the Red Sea, a planned US$5bil data centre is set to offer enough computing muscle for deve­lopers as far away as Europe to train and build artificial intelligence (AI).

On the opposite coast, another multibillion-dollar complex is being designed for AI creators in Asia and Africa.

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