Chinese tech giant Huawei has submitted a tender to build Egypt's AI data centers, offering to supply 1,408 Ascend 950 processors for AI model training and 600 Ascend 950 or 910B chips for two computing clusters, with a proposed 12-month build timeline. Meanwhile, the US State Department is reportedly working on a counteroffer through companies including Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices Inc, and Microsoft Corp. The winner of this contract will gain an opportunity to strengthen political and economic ties with Egypt, a strategically important country controlling the Suez Canal and located at the crossroads of Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia.