Huawei pitches AI chips to Egypt in test of US tech diplomacy
If successful, the project would mark early but meaningful progress for China’s campaign to challenge American dominance in global AI infrastructure.
Huawei Technologies Co proposed building AI data centers in Egypt for military, surveillance and public-sector use, according to Chinese and US sources. The Egyptian government received a 12-month infrastructure plan outlining the export of 1,408 of Huawei's top-end Ascend 950-series chips for AI training, plus an additional 600 chips or 910B models for inference clusters.
This presents a test of US tech diplomacy as Washington seeks to counter China's global chip ambitions, assembling a consortium of companies including Nvidia, AMD, and Microsoft. The Egyptian foreign affairs ministry did not respond to inquiries about the proposal. For Huawei, this move demonstrates its global chip ambitions and could mark a significant step in challenging American dominance in AI infrastructure.
The project could also provide Huawei with a foothold in Africa's second-largest economy and the Middle East, areas where the US has invested heavily in AI data center markets.
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