The Gulf's AI Boom Hangs by a Thin Fiber The Gulf region's ambition to become a major player in the global artificial intelligence market is being held hostage by an unlikely culprit: fragile undersea cables.
These critical infrastructure assets carry approximately 95 percent of international data traffic, and their fragility has transformed them from technical necessities into strategic vulnerabilities.
For years, Gulf countries have invested heavily in building AI infrastructure, luring hyperscalers and positioning themselves as future exporters of compute capacity.