According to documents reviewed by Bloomberg, the proposal includes 1,408 of Huawei’s top-tier Ascend 950-series chips for training AI models, as well as several hundred additional units for inference clusters, which are the systems required to run AI applications once they are developed.
The tender highlights Huawei’s growing role as a direct competitor to Nvidia Corp.
and marks a significant push by the Chinese company to export advanced AI hardware to key international markets.
This expansion has triggered concern in Washington, where U.S.
officials are reportedly preparing a counteroffer to prevent the Chinese firm from securing the contract.
The outcome of the bid could determine whether Egypt’s future AI infrastructure is built on Chinese or American technology.
Huawei’s proposal outlines an ambitious 12-month timeline for the complete buildout of the AI training cloud and inference systems.
If the bid is successful, the deal would provide Egypt with a rapid deployment of data center capacity while solidifying Huawei's presence in the region.
The competition for the project now sits at the center of a technological and diplomatic standoff between the U.S.
and China over the global supply of AI chips and infrastructure.