{"id":707356,"date":"2025-05-18T14:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nieuws.marketing\/strategie_nieuws\/?p=707356"},"modified":"2025-05-18T15:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T13:29:07","slug":"openai-geplande-datacentrum-abu-dhabi-zou-groter-zijn-dan-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nieuws.marketing\/strategie_nieuws\/openai-geplande-datacentrum-abu-dhabi-zou-groter-zijn-dan-monaco\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI: ‘Geplande datacentrum Abu Dhabi zou groter zijn dan Monaco’"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"OpenAI:

OpenAI: ‘Geplande datacentrum Abu Dhabi zou groter zijn dan Monaco’<\/p><\/div>\n

Ook omgeving Europa zullen het aantal AI-servers moeten gaan toenemen. OpenAI\u2019s <\/span>geplande <\/span>datacentrum <\/span>in <\/span>Abu <\/span>Dhabi <\/span>zou <\/span>groter <\/span>zijn <\/span>dan <\/span>Monaco <\/span><\/strong>en <\/span>dat <\/span>is <\/span>geen <\/span>overdreven <\/span>beeldspraak. <\/span>Volgens <\/span>een <\/span>nieuw <\/span>rapport <\/span>van <\/span>Bloomberg <\/span>is <\/span>OpenAI <\/span>van <\/span>plan <\/span>om, <\/span>in <\/span>samenwerking <\/span>met <\/span>het <\/span>in <\/span>Abu <\/span>Dhabi <\/span>gevestigde <\/span>technologieconglomeraat <\/span>G42, <\/span>een <\/span>datacentrumcampus <\/span>van <\/span>maar <\/span>liefst <\/span>5 <\/span>gigawatt <\/span>te <\/span>ontwikkelen <\/span>in <\/span>de <\/span>Verenigde <\/span>Arabische <\/span>Emiraten. <\/span>Dit <\/span>megaproject, <\/span>dat <\/span>onder <\/span>de <\/span>noemer “<\/span>Stargate” <\/span>valt, <\/span>zou <\/span>zich <\/span>uitstrekken <\/span>over <\/span>ongeveer <\/span>26 <\/span>vierkante <\/span>kilometer, <\/span>dat <\/span>is <\/span>bijna <\/span>twee <\/span>keer <\/span>zo <\/span>groot <\/span>als <\/span>het <\/span>prinsdom <\/span>Monaco. Zo meldt nieuwssite Bloomberg mei 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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De <\/span>campus <\/span>zou <\/span>qua <\/span>stroomverbruik <\/span>gelijkstaan <\/span>aan <\/span>vijf <\/span>kernreactoren <\/span>en <\/span>vormt <\/span>daarmee <\/span>een <\/span>van <\/span>de <\/span>grootste <\/span>AI-<\/span>infrastructuurprojecten <\/span>ter <\/span>wereld. <\/span>Ter <\/span>vergelijking: <\/span>OpenAI\u2019s <\/span>eerste <\/span>Stargate-<\/span>campus <\/span>in <\/span>de <\/span>Verenigde <\/span>Staten, <\/span>die <\/span>momenteel <\/span>wordt <\/span>gebouwd <\/span>in <\/span>Abilene, <\/span>Texas, <\/span>is <\/span>ontworpen <\/span>voor <\/span>een <\/span>capaciteit <\/span>van <\/span>1,2 <\/span>gigawatt \u2014 <\/span>minder <\/span>dan <\/span>een <\/span>kwart <\/span>van <\/span>de <\/span>geplande <\/span>site <\/span>in <\/span>Abu <\/span>Dhabi.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Deze <\/span>ambitie <\/span>komt <\/span>voort <\/span>uit <\/span>een <\/span>bredere <\/span>samenwerking <\/span>tussen <\/span>OpenAI <\/span>en <\/span>de <\/span>VAE, <\/span>die <\/span>al <\/span>in <\/span>2023 <\/span>begon <\/span>met <\/span>een <\/span>strategisch <\/span>partnerschap <\/span>met <\/span>G42. <\/span>CEO <\/span>Sam <\/span>Altman <\/span>prees <\/span>toen <\/span>tijdens <\/span>een <\/span>toespraak <\/span>in <\/span>Abu <\/span>Dhabi <\/span>de <\/span>vooruitziende <\/span>blik <\/span>van <\/span>het <\/span>land: \u201c<\/span>De <\/span>VAE <\/span>sprak <\/span>al <\/span>over <\/span>AI <\/span>voordat <\/span>het <\/span>populair <\/span>werd.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Toch <\/span>is <\/span>het <\/span>project <\/span>niet <\/span>zonder <\/span>controverse. <\/span>G42 <\/span>wordt <\/span>geleid <\/span>door <\/span>Sheikh <\/span>Tahnoon <\/span>bin <\/span>Zayed <\/span>Al <\/span>Nahyan, <\/span>de <\/span>nationale <\/span>veiligheidsadviseur <\/span>van <\/span>de <\/span>VAE <\/span>en <\/span>broer <\/span>van <\/span>de <\/span>heerser <\/span>van <\/span>het <\/span>land. <\/span>In <\/span>de <\/span>VS <\/span>zijn <\/span>er <\/span>zorgen <\/span>geuit <\/span>dat <\/span>de <\/span>nauwe <\/span>banden <\/span>tussen <\/span>G42 <\/span>en <\/span>China <\/span>mogelijk <\/span>kunnen <\/span>leiden <\/span>tot <\/span>ongewenste <\/span>toegang <\/span>van <\/span>Chinese <\/span>instanties <\/span>tot <\/span>geavanceerde <\/span>Amerikaanse <\/span>technologie <\/span>via <\/span>deze <\/span>samenwerking.\u00a0<\/span>Met <\/span>deze <\/span>nieuwe <\/span>campus <\/span>verstevigt <\/span>OpenAI <\/span>zijn <\/span>positie <\/span>als <\/span>wereldleider <\/span>in <\/span>AI-<\/span>infrastructuur \u2014 <\/span>en <\/span>plaatst <\/span>het <\/span>zichzelf <\/span>letterlijk <\/span>en <\/span>figuurlijk <\/span>op <\/span>de <\/span>wereldkaart, <\/span>met <\/span>een <\/span>datacentrum <\/span>dat <\/span>Monaco <\/span>in <\/span>omvang <\/span>overstijgt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Techcrunch zegt aanvullend:<\/p>\n

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These concerns focused on G42\u2019s \u201cactive relationships<\/a>\u201d with blacklisted entities, including Huawei and Beijing Genomics Institute, as well as ties to individuals connected to China\u2019s intelligence efforts.<\/p>\n

Following pressure from U.S. lawmakers, G42\u2019s CEO\u00a0told Bloomberg<\/a>\u00a0in early 2024 that the company was shifting its strategy, saying: \u201cAll of our China investments that were previously made are already divested. Because of that, of course, we have no need anymore for any physical China presence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Soon after, Microsoft \u2014 a major shareholder in OpenAI with its own broader interests in the region \u2014 announced a\u00a0$1.5 billion investment<\/a>\u00a0in G42, and its president, Brad Smith, joined G42\u2019s board of directors.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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