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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Science
Virginia Pietromarchi

Stargate: What is Trump’s new $500bn AI project?

Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words 'Artificial Intelligence AI' in this illustration taken, February 19, 2024 [Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters]

US President Donald Trump has announced a private sector investment to fund infrastructure for artificial intelligence, with the goal of outpacing rival nations in the business-critical technology.

Calling it the largest AI infrastructure project in history “by far”, Trump said the joint venture called Stargate will build data centres and create more than 100,000 jobs in the United States.

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