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Microsoft to ship 60,000 Nvidia AI chips to UAE under US-approved deal

  • Monday, Microsoft announced it secured U.S. Department of Commerce export licenses to ship more than 60,000 Nvidia chips to the United Arab Emirates, the first under President Donald Trump's administration.
  • Delayed by U.S. export controls, the project was held up by restrictions on Nvidia processors and follows a deal struck between President Donald Trump and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan to build an AI data center campus in Abu Dhabi.
  • Microsoft had already accumulated more than 21,000 Nvidia GPUs in the UAE and licenses authorize shipping the equivalent of 60,400 additional A100 chips, including GB300 Grace Blackwell GPUs.
  • Microsoft will invest $15.2 billion in the UAE over four years, including $5.5 billion for AI infrastructure and training a million residents by 2027.
  • Critics say the deal undermines U.S. export-control diplomacy by creating back-channels, while Microsoft says it's using the chips for OpenAI, Anthropic, and local benefits, adding, `While the chips are powerful and the numbers are large, more important is their positive impact across the UAE.
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Microsoft announced on Monday a series of investments worth $15.2 billion, essentially in artificial intelligence (IA), in the United Arab Emirates until 2029, and claimed to have obtained a license to import advanced chips into the Gulf country. The US technology giant has invested $7.3 billion in the country since 2023, as part of an initiative supported by the governments of the United States and the United Arab Emirates, said its president, …

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DPL News broke the news in on Sunday, November 2, 2025.
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