Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Huawei has signed a memorandum of understanding worth $5 billion with its Saudi partners for AI infrastructure cooperation. At the same time, containers loaded with Ascend series servers and AI equipment are being shipped in bulk to ports in Southeast Asia and the Middle East from the Huawei base in Bantian, Shenzhen. In the first half of 2026, the export value of AI computing equipment in China has reached 18 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 75%. From NEOM New City in Saudi Arabia to AI City in the United Arab Emirates, from Brazil's digital island to Southeast Asian data centers, domestic computing solutions are rapidly expanding in emerging markets.

5 billion US dollars leverage the Middle East market

In June 2026, the Saudi National Housing Corporation signed a strategic agreement with Huawei to jointly promote the deployment of AI, data centers, and smart city technologies, with a total contract value exceeding $500 million. Huawei has also signed a memorandum of cooperation with Saudi digital solution providers to collaborate in the fields of artificial intelligence, smart city applications, and IT infrastructure. Saudi Telecom Bahrain Branch has also signed an agreement with Huawei to deeply integrate AI, cloud computing, and big data technologies. The $5 billion memorandum of cooperation will push Huawei's layout in the Middle East computing market to a new height. Large scale projects such as Saudi NEOM New City and UAE AI City have purchased Chinese computing power solutions.

Export explosion from equipment to the entire chain

In the first half of 2026, China's AI computing equipment exports amounted to approximately 18 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 75%. Domestic servers and AI devices are exported in large quantities to emerging markets in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. Jiangsu, as a core production area, exported wires and cables worth 19.93 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.9%. The fiber optic industry is experiencing an explosion, and the prices of related fiber optic products have risen significantly. The export value of transformers from Changzhou was 1.04 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 62%. Overseas customers are even stationed in factories to lock in production capacity, and the delivery schedule has reached 2027 or even 2028. From fiber optic cables, transformers to diesel generator sets, China's computing power supporting full chain is being deployed overseas. Keywords: High tech News Network, Computing Power, Technology Going Global

Emerging markets become the main battlefield

Southeast Asia and the Middle East are the fastest-growing markets for imported computing power, with an annual growth rate of over 60%. The Computing Power Overseas Ecological Plan jointly initiated by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology has been launched to promote the export of new digital service trade. On the track of the global computing infrastructure market with a size of about 920 billion US dollars, Chinese manufacturers are quickly occupying their positions in overseas markets with their cost-effectiveness advantages and complete industrial chains. The proportion of overseas revenue of multiple leading enterprises continues to increase. From device exports to digital services, from single point breakthroughs to deep system cultivation, the second act of China's computing power going global is beginning.Editor/Gao Xue