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Microsoft Keeps Qatar's AI at Home

Microsoft now serves Azure OpenAI models from its Qatar Central region, so Qatari government agencies can run generative AI without data leaving the country.

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Microsoft Qatar general manager and a Qatari ministry official at MWC26 Doha
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