The U.S. tech giants like OpenAI, Nvidia, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) now seated at the table, the Middle East is rewriting the rules of the global AI game. This isn’t just about algorithms and data centers. Power, geopolitics, and the audacious question of whether a region built on black gold can mint its own digital Midas touch. The Gulf wants to become the Silicon Valley of Sand . Saudi Arabia’s $100 billion AI fund? That’s not a rainy-day savings account - it’s a declaration of war on irrelevance. The United Arab Emirates, meanwhile, is playing real-life SimCity with projects like Falcon LLM, a family of AI models that sound like they belong in a Marvel movie. And Qatar? They’re handing out Boeing 747s as party favors while quietly building one of the world’s largest data centers. If this feels like a fever dream, it’s because it is - one fueled by cheap energy, geopolitical chess moves, and a sprinkle of Trump-era deal-making magic. But why does any of this matt...
