Huawei proposed building AI data centers for Egypt’s military, surveillance, and public sectors.
The proposal includes exporting over 2,000 high-end Ascend 950-series AI chips. This sale would mark one of the first major overseas deployments of this advanced hardware.
The US State Department responded by asking Nvidia, AMD, and Microsoft to provide a competing offer. The move directly tests US efforts to curb China’s global technological influence.
Success would grant China a strategic AI foothold in the Middle East and Africa.