As President Donald Trump’s tour of the Middle East gathers momentum, OpenAI is positioning itself at the heart of a geopolitical realignment that could reshape where A.I. is developed—and who controls its future. The company is in talks to build a data center in the United Arab Emirates, Bloomberg reported, a pivotal move for both the creator of ChatGPT and a Gulf nation eager to establish itself as a tech hub.
This isn’t OpenAI’s first engagement with the Emirates. In 2023, it partnered with G42...