AI + Innovation (MENA) 
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Infrastructure 
Middle East leads on data-center construction costs, report finds
Lower building costs give the region a head start, while access to electricity remains a global bottleneck.
Gulf champions and Western firms are staying the course on AI infrastructure in the MIddle East, but more attacks could change their calculus
Construction continues across Saudi Arabia and the UAE, but soaring insurance premiums and costly defenses are changing the economics —…
Humain’s taking bids for its next data center project
The contract is worth about USD 1 bn
Investors are souring on AI debt
Data center bonds are falling well below face value
UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar: Three strategies for the AI race
The Big Three Gulf economies are all betting big on AI — but in very different ways
SoftBank seeks Gulf investors + Mubadala inks a deal with TSMC
And the UAE wants civil servants training their own AI agents
Thirsty machines
One key element: Ask the AI to help save water