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How Nvidia's $500M bet on Israel could heap more suffering on Gaza
The chipmakerโs investment in an AI research data lab raises questions about how cutting-edge technology could be leveraged against Palestinians.
๐๐ค๐ฉ๐: ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ง๐ฎ 18๐ฉ๐. ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ก๐ก๐๐, ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐โ๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ง๐-๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐1 ๐๐๐ฃ๐ผ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ . ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ 2023 ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐โ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ. ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐'๐ผ๐ก๐ก๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐'๐จ ๐ฅ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ก'๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐$500 ๐ข๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ก๐๐.
๐๐ค๐ฉ๐: ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ช๐๐ง๐ฎ 18๐ฉ๐. ๐ผ๐ก๐๐๐ข๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ก๐ก๐๐, ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐โ๐จ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ค๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐ง๐-๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐1 ๐๐๐ฃ๐ผ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ . ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ 2023 ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ก๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐โ๐จ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ. ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐'๐ผ๐ก๐ก๐๐, ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐'๐จ ๐ฅ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ก'๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐$500 ๐ข๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ก๐๐.
![Nvidia employs over 4,500 workers in Israel with seven R&D centers](/uploads/2025/01/27/nvidia_employs_over_4_500_workers_in_israel_with_seven_r_d_centers__from_yokne___am__the_headquarters_of_mellanox__to_tel_aviv__west_jerusalem__ra___anana__and_beersheba_in_the_south_-_photo_-_reuters.jpeg)
๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐ค๐ฎ๐จ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง 4,500 ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐&๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ, ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐๐ค๐ ๐ฃ๐โ๐๐ข, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก ๐ผ๐ซ๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐
๐๐ง๐ช๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ข, ๐๐โ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ / ๐๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ค: ๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ
Since the beginning of the war, Israel's ground and air attacks in Gaza has killed nearly 47,000 people, over half of them women, children or older people.
Amid this devastation, Big Tech companies have long played a crucial role in strengthening Israelโs technological and military capabilities.
With companies like Nvidia, Intel, Google, and Microsoft investing heavily in Israelโs tech sector, the country was able to become a wealthy hub for investment in artificial intelligence and advanced computing.
This week, the worldโs most valuable chipmaker, Nvidia, reaffirmed its commitment to Israel, announcing a $500 million investment in a new AI research and engineering centre near Haifa.
Though a ceasefire is scheduled to come into effect on Sunday, the implications of Israel acquiring the most advanced Nvidia technology go far beyond the battlefield.
It can enhance Israelโs ability to track, monitor, and target individuals in densely-populated urban areas โ like in Gaza or the occupied West Bank โ with the support of advanced AI powered by Nvidiaโs chips.
Surveillance drones equipped with AI-powered facial recognition could be deployed more effectively, further harming the civilians in Gaza.
Nvidiaโs new facility at the Mevo Carmel Science and Industry Park will be among the largest and most powerful data centres in Israel.
The 10,000-square-metre lab will support Nvidiaโs R&D products and services being developed in Israel and will have an advanced AI data center infrastructure, with power capacity of up to 30-megawatt.
The center will also house cutting-edge Blackwell chips, known for their unparalleled AI training capabilities, alongside other advanced data processing units like BlueField-3 SuperNIC, Spectrum-X800 and Quantum-X800, which were developed in Israel.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ-๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ
The technologies Nvidia is developing have dual-use potential, meaning they can serve both civilian and military purposes. Blackwell chips, for example, offer four times the computing power of their predecessors, enabling faster AI model training.
These capabilities could be applied to surveillance systems, real-time facial recognition, and predictive analytics, all of which are integral to Israelโs security apparatus.
The Santa Clara-based companyโs previous project, the Israel-1 supercomputer, has already demonstrated its ability to process vast amounts of data for AI applications.
The chipmaker said it was the nationโs most powerful generative AI cloud supercomputer based on a new locally developed high-performance Ethernet platform.
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ: ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ'๐ฌ $๐.๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ?
https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/project-nimbus-why-are-big-tech-workers-protesting-israels-dollar12b-deal-18218290
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๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ
Nvidiaโs stock has witnessed an extraordinary surge, approximately 171 percent in 2024 alone, which translates to an increase of about $3.271 trillion in market value.
In 2020, Nvidia acquired Israelโs Mellanox Technologies Ltd., a company specializing in high-speed servers and storage switching solutions for supercomputers worldwide, in a $7 billion deal that expanded its Israel workforce by about 1,000 employees.
Last year, Nvidia donated $15 million to Israeli and foreign non-profit organisations that are supporting Israelis.
It noted that the donation was the largest humanitarian fundraiser in the company's 30-year-old history.
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๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ
๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฑ โ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐โ
https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/openais-battlefield-foray-led-by-self-described-radical-zionist-18240727
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Nvidia is not only providing financial support but also significantly contributing to local employment, with its operations in Israel employing over 4,500 workers in Israelโapproximately 15% of its global workforce.
Chipmaker has also collaborated with over 800 Israeli startups, some of which contribute directly to the countryโs military technology.
Mahmoud Al-Nawajaa, general coordinator of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, criticises Nvidiaโs role, stating the ongoing discussions within BDS about launching a broad boycott campaign against the company.
He explains the core principles of the boycott movement, and Nvidia's level of involvement in the Israeli war, the opportunities for forming broad alliances, and the likelihood of achieving success against both Israeli tech firms and international corporations.
Adding to this perspective, Alaa Sabry, a Norwegian-based computer scientist, emphasises the broader geopolitical implications of such partnerships.
โThe close collaboration between the US-based Big Tech companies and the Israeli government are seen as an extension of American imperial power, reinforcing global economic divides,โ he says.
โThe USโIsraeli relationship is depicted as one of apartheid, colonial conquest, and genocide, powered by American technological prowessโ.
Since the beginning of the war, Israel's ground and air attacks in Gaza has killed nearly 47,000 people, over half of them women, children or older people.
Amid this devastation, Big Tech companies have long played a crucial role in strengthening Israelโs technological and military capabilities.
With companies like Nvidia, Intel, Google, and Microsoft investing heavily in Israelโs tech sector, the country was able to become a wealthy hub for investment in artificial intelligence and advanced computing.
This week, the worldโs most valuable chipmaker, Nvidia, reaffirmed its commitment to Israel, announcing a $500 million investment in a new AI research and engineering centre near Haifa.
Though a ceasefire is scheduled to come into effect on Sunday, the implications of Israel acquiring the most advanced Nvidia technology go far beyond the battlefield.
It can enhance Israelโs ability to track, monitor, and target individuals in densely-populated urban areas โ like in Gaza or the occupied West Bank โ with the support of advanced AI powered by Nvidiaโs chips.
Surveillance drones equipped with AI-powered facial recognition could be deployed more effectively, further harming the civilians in Gaza.
Nvidiaโs new facility at the Mevo Carmel Science and Industry Park will be among the largest and most powerful data centres in Israel.
The 10,000-square-metre lab will support Nvidiaโs R&D products and services being developed in Israel and will have an advanced AI data center infrastructure, with power capacity of up to 30-megawatt.
The center will also house cutting-edge Blackwell chips, known for their unparalleled AI training capabilities, alongside other advanced data processing units like BlueField-3 SuperNIC, Spectrum-X800 and Quantum-X800, which were developed in Israel.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ-๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ
The technologies Nvidia is developing have dual-use potential, meaning they can serve both civilian and military purposes. Blackwell chips, for example, offer four times the computing power of their predecessors, enabling faster AI model training.
These capabilities could be applied to surveillance systems, real-time facial recognition, and predictive analytics, all of which are integral to Israelโs security apparatus.
The Santa Clara-based companyโs previous project, the Israel-1 supercomputer, has already demonstrated its ability to process vast amounts of data for AI applications.
The chipmaker said it was the nationโs most powerful generative AI cloud supercomputer based on a new locally developed high-performance Ethernet platform.
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๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐
๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ: ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ'๐ฌ $๐.๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ?
https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/project-nimbus-why-are-big-tech-workers-protesting-israels-dollar12b-deal-18218290
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๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฒ
Nvidiaโs stock has witnessed an extraordinary surge, approximately 171 percent in 2024 alone, which translates to an increase of about $3.271 trillion in market value.
In 2020, Nvidia acquired Israelโs Mellanox Technologies Ltd., a company specializing in high-speed servers and storage switching solutions for supercomputers worldwide, in a $7 billion deal that expanded its Israel workforce by about 1,000 employees.
Last year, Nvidia donated $15 million to Israeli and foreign non-profit organisations that are supporting Israelis.
It noted that the donation was the largest humanitarian fundraiser in the company's 30-year-old history.
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๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ
๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐โ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฑ โ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐โ
https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/openais-battlefield-foray-led-by-self-described-radical-zionist-18240727
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Nvidia is not only providing financial support but also significantly contributing to local employment, with its operations in Israel employing over 4,500 workers in Israelโapproximately 15% of its global workforce.
Chipmaker has also collaborated with over 800 Israeli startups, some of which contribute directly to the countryโs military technology.
Mahmoud Al-Nawajaa, general coordinator of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, criticises Nvidiaโs role, stating the ongoing discussions within BDS about launching a broad boycott campaign against the company.
He explains the core principles of the boycott movement, and Nvidia's level of involvement in the Israeli war, the opportunities for forming broad alliances, and the likelihood of achieving success against both Israeli tech firms and international corporations.
Adding to this perspective, Alaa Sabry, a Norwegian-based computer scientist, emphasises the broader geopolitical implications of such partnerships.
โThe close collaboration between the US-based Big Tech companies and the Israeli government are seen as an extension of American imperial power, reinforcing global economic divides,โ he says.
โThe USโIsraeli relationship is depicted as one of apartheid, colonial conquest, and genocide, powered by American technological prowessโ.
For more information:
https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/how-nvid...
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