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France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)<\/a> agreed on Thursday to a framework accord for a 1-gigawatt data centre dedicated to artificial intelligence that represents investments of between $30-$50 billion, the French presidency said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

President Emmanuel Macron hosted his Emirati counterpart Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan on Thursday evening ahead of a summit on artificial intelligence in Paris next week that will gather around 100 countries to focus on AI’s potential.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The February 10-11 summit also aims to put France and Europe on the AI map as they try to rival the U.S. and China, which have taken a lead on the energy-intensive technology.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

“The two leaders expressed their desire to create a strategic partnership in the field of AI and committed to exploring collaborations on projects and investments supporting the development of the AI \u200b\u200bvalue chain,” a joint Franco-Emirati statement said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They said the investments would be in both French and Emirati AI<\/a>, the UAE-giant, the acquisition of cutting-edge chips, data centres, talent development, as well as the establishment of virtual data embassies to enable the establishment of sovereign AI and cloud infrastructures in both countries.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

An announcement on the first investments will be made at the Choose France summit later this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The French government earlier on Thursday said it had located 35 sites to host AI data centres.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Content Courtesy – Reuters<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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