Nvidia has agreed to share its artificial intelligence technology with Qatar’s Ooredoo telecom group while stopping short of disclosing the specifics.

The Silicon Valley chipmaker signed a deal that allows Ooredoo to use its equipment at data centers it owns in Qatar, Algeria, Tunisia, Oman, Kuwait and the Maldives, Reuters reports.

The agreement marks Nvidia’s first large-scale launch in a region to which Washington has curbed the export of sophisticated U.S. chips to stop Chinese firms from using Middle Eastern countries as a backdoor to access the newest AI technology, the news agency said.

Nvidia’s Senior Vice President of telecom Ronnie Vasishta told Reuters that providing the technology will allow Ooredoo to better help its customers deploy generative AI applications.

The companies did not describe exactly what elements of Nvidia’s technology will be shared with Ooredoo or the value of the deal, which was signed on the sidelines of the TM Forum in Copenhagen on June 19.