(MENAFN) Major technology corporations supplying hardware, platforms, and software for artificial intelligence (AI) are forming significant partnerships as the sector experiences rapid growth.

Chips—particularly graphics processing units (GPUs)—remain the cornerstone of AI architectures, with US chip manufacturer Nvidia commanding over 80% of the worldwide AI chip market.

On the infrastructure front, Amazon Web Services (AWS) leads the cloud computing arena with a 29% share, trailed by Microsoft Azure at 20%, Google Cloud at 13%, and China’s Alibaba Cloud at 4%.

As the industry gains momentum, both investments and collaborations are accelerating. ChatGPT creator OpenAI recently inked a "$38 billion deal" with AWS to secure high-end computing capabilities for the next seven years. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated that the partnership will help broaden access to "advanced AI tools."

According to the agreement, AWS will provide the cloud infrastructure, while Nvidia chips will underpin the hardware.

OpenAI has also finalized additional arrangements, including a contract with US chipmaker AMD for a six-gigawatt computing setup, alongside a separate September collaboration with Nvidia to construct and deploy a minimum of 10 gigawatts of AI data centers—each gigawatt necessitating up to $100 billion in investment.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is enhancing its own AI infrastructure.

The company recently agreed to a "$9.7 billion deal" with data center operator IREN to expand processing capacity and, last month, acquired a 27% stake in OpenAI, valuing the startup at $135 billion.

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