This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. Supermicro (SMCI), a prominent player in the GPU-as-a-Service sphere and a leading retailer of liquid-cooled AI racks, has been hiring aggressively in Saudi Arabia, and that too before the announcement of a game-changer deal on Tuesday with the Kingdom's biggest AI player. As we noted in a dedicated post earlier today, Supermicro has now inked a "multi-year partnership agreement" with DataVolt, a leading Saudi data center company. While the granular details of this agreement have not been made public, the deal is worth as much as $20 billion, and will see Supermicro supply high-density GPU platforms and rack-scale liquid cooling systems to DataVolt over a number of years. According to Goldman Sachs, the deal could feasibly entail $5 billion in annual revenue and an annual EBIT of around $200 million for Supermicro, based on an assumed contract period of 5 years and a built-in margin of around 5 percent. Supermicro Jobs In Saudi Arabia This brings us to the crux of the matter. As per our own Google search, it appears that Supermicro has been seeking job candidates in Saudi Arabia for at least the past 4 weeks or so. The roles appear eclectic as well, ranging from Senior Service Engineer to Senior Sales Manager. Interestingly, and as mentioned earlier, Supermicro has been hiring in Saudi Arabia even before a formal announcement of its deal with DataVolt, indicating the high level of confidence that the world's leading retailer of liquid-cooled AI racks reserves for its newfound Saudi partners. In another bit of interesting development, Supermicro has just announced the DLC-2, its next-generation liquid-cooling technology that aims to deliver up to 40 percent savings in water and energy consumption for a given data center. The technology claims to reduce a data center's Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by up to 20 percent. Supermicro is able to achieve these savings by increasing the cold plate coverage of server components, allowing for a reduced number of fans operating at lower speeds. Additionally, Supermicro's DLC-2 liquid-cooling technology is reportedly able to capture 98 percent of the heat emitted by a given server rack, which allows for higher inlet liquid temperature (up to 45 degrees Celsius). The company notes: "The higher inlet temperature eliminates the need for chilled water, chiller compressor equipment cost, and additional power usage, saving up to 40% of data center water consumption." This is, of course, a critical advantage for data centers operating in the desert climate of Saudi Arabia, characterized by high day-time temperatures and sparse water resources. Deal of the Day