Nvidia To Expand To Middle East; Signs Deal With Qatar's Ooredoo

Qatar's Ooredoo Group made a major announcement that it is becoming an NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP). With this collaboration, the Qatari telecom group is leveraging NVIDIA’s advanced accelerated computing platform to help enable the AI revolution in the region.

According to a statement released on June 23, Ooredoo is developing an AI-ready platform powered by NVIDIA’s full-stack innovation across systems, software, and services. This platform will help governments, businesses, and startups securely handle their private datasets. It is worth mentioning that governments, enterprises, and startups in Qatar, Algeria, Tunisia, Oman, Kuwait, and the Maldives will have access to NVIDIA's latest full-stack AI platform with this collaboration. The company is also planning to deploy thousands of NVIDIA Tensor Core GPUs in its AI data centres to support the region.

Ooredoo's latest deal with the tech giant is part of its larger aim to enhance AI infrastructure in the MENA region. Both companies have not yet disclosed the value of the deal, which was signed during TMForum’s DTW24 in Copenhagen. "By providing NVIDIA’s full-stack AI computing platform to customers, Ooredoo will help make it easier for their customers to deploy generative AI applications and services," said Ronnie Vasishta, Nvidia's senior vice president of telecom.