The U.S. has granted permission for G42, a datacenter AI company from the UAE, to procure advanced Nvidia AI processors, such as the H100 and H200, Semafor reports. This approval is a significant step forward for G42 in particular, which already collaborates with Cerebrus on various markets, and the UAE in general, which strides to diversify its economy into new markets, which happen to be AI.
G42 has been working for quite a long time to secure Nvidia's H100 processors, which are now beginning to be deployed. The UAE has made substantial investments in its AI infrastructure, focusing on data security as it attempts to become a major player in the global AI market. However, given the dominance of Nvidia in the AI sector generally due to the versatility of the CUDA technology, it is close to impossible to build a competitive infrastructure without Nvidia's GPUs.
