By Andrew Mills
作者为Andrew Mills
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.
多哈，6月23日（路透社） - Nvidia已签署协议，将其人工智能技术部署在卡塔尔电信集团Ooredoo在中东五个国家拥有的数据中心中，Ooredoo首席执行官告诉路透社。
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.
该协议标志着Nvidia在此地区的首次大规模发布，华盛顿曾限制出口复杂的美国芯片，以防止中国公司通过中东国家作为通向最新人工智能技术的后门。在其声明中，Ooredoo表示，这将使其成为该地区第一家能够为卡塔尔、阿尔及利亚、突尼斯、阿曼、科威特和马尔代夫的数据中心客户直接提供Nvidia人工智能和图形处理技术的公司。提供此项技术将使Ooredoo能够更好地帮助其客户部署生成式人工智能应用，该公司电信高级副总裁Ronnie Vasishta表示。“由于本协议，我们的B2B客户将能够获得其竞争对手需要18至24个月才能获得的服务，”Ooredoo首席执行官Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo在接受路透社采访时表示。这些公司没有透露这项交易的价值，该交易于6月19日在哥本哈根的Tm论坛的旁边签署。
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.
Ooredoo还不愿透露将在其数据中心中安装哪种类型的Nvidia技术，称这取决于可用性和客户需求。华盛顿允许将一些Nvidia技术出口到中东，但限制出口该公司最复杂的芯片。
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.
Ooredoo正在投资10亿美元，将地区数据中心的容量提高20-25兆瓦，这是其目前拥有的40兆瓦的两倍以上，而且计划在本十年末将其几乎增加三倍，Fakhroo表示。该公司已将其数据中心拆分为一个独立的公司，去年进行了类似的举措，在与科威特Zain和迪拜Tasc Towers Holding的交易中创建了中东最大的塔楼公司。Ooredoo还计划将其海底电缆和光纤网络拆分为一个单独的实体，Fakhroo表示。
"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.
“我们的B2B客户通过此协议，将会获得服务，可能会让他们的竞争对手在未来18到24个月里无法得到。” Ooredoo的首席执行官Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo在接受路透社采访时表示。
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.
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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也不愿透露将安装什么类型的英伟达技术在其数据中心，说这取决于可用性和客户需求。
Washington Allows the Export of Some Nvidia Technology to the Middle East, but Curbs Exports of the Company's Most Sophisticated Chips.
华盛顿允许将一些Nvidia技术出口到中东，但限制出口该公司最复杂的芯片。
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.
Fakhroo表示，Ooredoo正在投资10亿美元，将地区数据中心的容量提高20-25兆瓦，这是其目前拥有的40兆瓦的两倍以上，而且计划在本十年末将其几乎增加三倍。
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.
公司已将其数据中心拆分为一个独立的公司，去年进行了类似的举措，在与科威特Zain和迪拜Tasc Towers Holding的交易中创建了中东最大的塔楼公司。
Ooredoo Also Has Plans to Carve Out Its Undersea Cables and Fiber Network Into a Separate Entity, Fakhroo Said.
Ooredoo还计划将其海底电缆和光纤网络拆分为一个单独的实体，Fakhroo表示。
(Reporting by Andrew Mills; Editing by Jan Harvey)
（Andrew Mills报道;Jan Harvey编辑）
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