By Andrew Mills
作者：安德魯·米爾斯
Doha, June 23 (Reuters) - Nvidia Has Signed a Deal to Deploy Its Artificial Intelligence Technology at Data Centres Owned by Qatari Telecoms Group Ooredoo in Five Middle Eastern Countries, Ooredoo's CEO Told Reuters.
卡塔爾電信集團Ooredoo首席執行官告訴路透社，英偉達已簽署協議，在五個中東國家的Ooredoo數據中心部署其人工智能技術。
The Agreement Marks Nvidia's First Large-Scale Launch in a Region to Which Washington Has Curbed the Export of Sophisticated U.S. Chips to Stop Chinese Firms From Using Middle Eastern Countries as a Back Door to Access the Newest AI Technology.
協議標誌着英偉達在該地區的首次大規模推出，美國政府限制華爲等中國公司使用中東國家作爲進入最新人工智能技術的後門，這也是爲什麼英偉達沒有披露交易價值。出售精密的美國芯片，華盛頓已限制出口。這將使Ooredoo成爲該地區首家能夠爲卡塔爾，阿爾及利亞，突尼斯，阿曼，科威特和馬爾代夫的數據中心客戶提供直接訪問英偉達人工智能和圖形處理技術的公司，Ooredoo在一份聲明中說。
It Will Make Ooredoo the First Company in the Region Able to Give Clients of Its Data Centers in Qatar, Algeria, Tunisia, Oman, Kuwait and the Maldives Direct Access to Nvidia's AI and Graphics Processing Technology, Ooredoo Said in a Statement.
提供技術將使Ooredoo更好地幫助其客戶部署生成式人工智能應用程序。
Providing the Technology Will Allow Ooredoo to Better Help Its Customers Deploy Generative AI Applications, Nvidia's Senior Vice President of Telecom Ronnie Vasishta Said.
英偉達電信業務高級副總裁羅尼·瓦西什塔表示：“我們的B2B客戶會因此協議訪問到他們的競爭對手18到24個月之後才能接受的服務。”
"Our B2B Clients, Thanks to This Agreement, Will Have Access to Services That Probably Their Competitors (Won't) for Another 18 to 24 Months," Ooredoo's CEO Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo Told Reuters in an Interview.
Ooredoo首席執行官阿齊茲·阿魯斯曼·法赫魯在接受路透社採訪時表示：“我們的B2B客戶將因爲這個協議訪問到其他公司（可能）在未來18至24個月內無法接觸的服務。”
The Companies Did Not Disclose the Value of the Deal, Which Was Signed on the Sidelines of the Tm Forum in Copenhagen on June 19.
公司沒有透露這個協議的價值，這個協議在6月19日丹麥哥本哈根的Tm論壇上籤署。
Ooredoo Also Would Not Disclose Exactly What Type of Nvidia Technology It Will Be Installing in Its Data Centres, Saying That It Depends on Availability and Customer Demand.
Ooredoo還沒有透露將在其數據中心中安裝什麼類型的英偉達技術，稱這取決於供應和客戶需求。
Washington Allows the Export of Some Nvidia Technology to the Middle East, but Curbs Exports of the Company's Most Sophisticated Chips.
華盛頓允許向中東地區出口一些英偉達技術，但限制出口該公司最先進的芯片。
Ooredoo Is Investing $1 Billion to Boost Its Regional Data Centre Capacity by 20-25 Additional Megawatts on Top of the 40 Megawatts It Currently Has, and Plans to Almost Triple That by the End of the Decade, Fakhroo Said.
Ooredoo正在投資10億美元，以提高其區域數據中心容量，目前是40兆瓦，在本十年末計劃增加20-25兆瓦，法赫魯說。
The Company Has Carved Out Its Data Centers Into a Separate Company Following a Similar Move Last Year to Create the Middle East's Largest Tower Company in a Deal With Kuwait's Zain and Dubai's Tasc Towers Holding.
該公司已將其數據中心劃分爲一個單獨的公司，類似去年與科威特的Zain和迪拜的Tasc Towers Holding達成協議，創建了中東最大的塔架公司。
Ooredoo Also Has Plans to Carve Out Its Undersea Cables and Fiber Network Into a Separate Entity, Fakhroo Said.
Ooredoo還計劃將其海底電纜和光纖網絡劃分爲一個單獨的實體公司。
(Reporting by Andrew Mills; Editing by Jan Harvey)
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