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Cerebras aims to deploy AI infrastructure in UAE,

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Stargate, CEO says

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Company plans to file for IPO again "shortly", CEO says

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Firm aims to grow data centers number to 12-15 in next 6-8

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By Federico Maccioni

DUBAI, Oct 13 (Reuters) - AI chip startup Cerebras

Systems aims to deploy its infrastructure to the United Arab

Emirates to support the Gulf state's rapidly growing AI sector,

as well as markets in India and Pakistan, CEO Andrew Feldman

told Reuters on Monday.

"I'm very confident that there will be big clusters here of

our gear," including "megawatts worth of equipment" for the

Stargate project, Feldman, referring to the first phase of the

world's largest planned set of AI data centres outside the

United States.

California-based Cerebras makes high-performance AI chips

and systems designed to speed up the training and deployment of

large AI models, competing with industry leader Nvidia NVDA.O in

the rapidly expanding AI chip market.

Among its largest clients is Abu Dhabi-backed cloud and AI

firm G42, which signed a deal in 2023 to acquire supercomputers

from the startup.

G42's past ties to China have attracted scrutiny in

Washington, due to concerns around Beijing's access to advanced

semiconductors including via third parties such as the UAE,

which has been spending billions of dollars on its AI push,

looking to leverage its strong relations with the U.S. to secure

access to the technology.

Technology giants, including Nvidia ( NVDA ) and OpenAI, are working

with G42 to build Stargate UAE, the first phase of an AI campus

project announced in May under a multi-billion dollar deal which

however has not been finalised amid security concerns due to the

UAE's close ties to China, Reuters has previously reported,

citing sources.

Cerebras-built computers for G42 have so far remained in the

U.S., with Middle East deals requiring export licences from the

Trump administration.

Cerebras this month filed to withdraw its plans for a U.S.

listing, after raising $1.1 billion in a funding round that

valued the company at $8.1 billion.

New investors include 1789 Capital, a fund in which Donald

Trump Jr is a partner.

Feldman said the company will use the proceeds to scale up

manufacturing and finance the new data centres, aiming to grow

to as many as 12 or 15 sites from six over the next months.

Cerebras still intends to go public, Feldman said, adding it

has an "intention to refile it as quickly as we can", without

providing a timeline.