President Donald Trump said on Friday the United Arab Emirates and the United States had agreed to create a path for the Gulf country to buy some of the most advanced artificial intelligence semiconductors from U.

Yesterday the two countries also agreed to create a path for the UAE to buy some of the word’s most advanced AI semiconductors from American companies," Trump said in remarks from Abu Dhabi. The UAE has invested heavily in AI infrastructure in recent years with the aim of becoming a global hub for the technology.

President Trump and the President of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, unveiled the first phase of a new 5 gigawatt artificial intelligence campus in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.