Overview
- The Abu Dhabi hub opened on September 22 as the first Nvidia AI Technology Center in the Middle East and will host joint teams with additional hiring planned.
- Research will focus on humanoids, robotic arms, four‑legged robots, autonomous systems and large language models, with hardware designed for real‑time robotic control.
- TII will adopt Nvidia’s Thor edge GPU to drive advanced robotics development, according to chief executive Najwa Aaraj.
- Nvidia said the launch extends its global NVAITC network into robotics in the Middle East for the first time.
- The partnership builds on TII’s prior use of Nvidia chips for its Falcon models, while a separate multi‑billion Abu Dhabi data‑centre plan announced in May remains unfinalised due to reported security concerns.