du, NextGenAI launch AI supercluster: Telecom du and NextGenAI are partnering to develop an AI supercluster featuring a liquid-cooled GPU facility with over 13 MW capacity, according to a press release.

The details: The new supercluster will be developed at du’s Dubai Silicon Oasis data center, and is set to be powered by the latest NVIDIA B300 GPUs and will include direct-to-chip liquid cooling to allow for higher performance and energy efficiency.

ICYMI- du recently unveiled plans to develop a 500k sqm AI Park in Dubai’s Warsan district to host hyperscale data centers with 1GW in capacity. The telco is also building an AED 2 bn hyperscale data center in the Emirates for Microsoft, which will be its main tenant.

On the chip front, the US recently greenlit the export of several USD bns worth of Nvidia chips to the UAE, however exports are limited to US-linked data center infrastructure. du deployed its first supercluster using Nvidia chips last year in Dubai Silicon Oasis.

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du also partnered with cyber resilience and data protection solutions firm Commvault to offer digital infrastructure providers, government institutions, and businesses with cybersecurity solutions, according to a press release. The tie-up looks to provide entities in the UAE and GCC with data security, resilience, and recovery solutions.

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