UAE: The next AI powerhouse?
We visit one of its vast new data centres, and hear how the country is navigating the US-China tech rivalry.
When US president Donald Trump visited the Middle East earlier this year, he announced a number of deals between the US and countries in the region.
One major deal was for a partnership to build a massive data centre in Abu Dhabi that is expected to be the largest artificial intelligence (AI) campus outside the US.
We ask whether the Gulf can become a major AI power - and at what geopolitical cost?
Produced and presented by Sameer Hashmi
(Image: US president Donald Trump and UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan unveiled a model of the AI campus. Credit: WAM)
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