From Oil to AI: How the Middle East Is Reinventing Itself

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The Middle East is on a mission to become the world’s third AI superpower — and it’s spending big to make it happen. With over $150 billion projected in AI investments by 2033, the UAE and Saudi Arabia are turning oil wealth into tech dominance. From massive data centers to exclusive NVIDIA chip deals and homegrown AI models, the region is rising fast in the global AI race. But can it outpace South Korea — and navigate U.S.-China tensions in the process? WooGlobe Ref : WGA333807 For licensing and to use this video, please email licensing@wooglobe.com

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00:00The Middle East is ditching oil for AI, and it's not just talk.

00:04The UAE and Saudi Arabia are pouring billions into becoming the world's third AI superpower after the U.S. and China.

00:11Microsoft alone is investing over $15 billion in the UAE,

00:15building mega data centers, and shipping in NVIDIA's most powerful chips.

00:19We're talking hundreds of thousands of AI accelerators

00:22and even a new data center the size of 26 square kilometers,

00:26powered like five nuclear reactors.

00:28Saudi Arabia is going even bigger with its own AI company, Humane,

00:32backed by the crown prince himself, and a goal to hit 6 gigawatts of data power.

00:37They've launched their own AI models too,

00:40like the UAE's K2 Sync, rivaling OpenAI's models with a fraction of the size.

00:45All this is happening while South Korea builds its own chip empire to compete.

00:49But here's the twist.

00:51U.S.-China tensions might throw a wrench into the Middle East AI dreams.

00:55Still, with oil money turning into AI power,

00:58the region might just reshape the future of technology.

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