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The war in Iran is complicating plans by Gulf nations to spend more than $300 billion on data centers, chips and other AI investments, crimping a potential source of funding for power-hungry tech companies.
Countries such as the UAE and Saudi Arabia have become big destinations for data centers. Local firms are developing the projects, along with U.S. companies such as xAI, OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle and Google, which are drawn to the region for its cheap energy.
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