Data centers require enormous amounts of power and A. I. chips. Increasingly another important factor is at play: Is there enough local support for them? In the United States, the answer is increasingly no, as the backlash against data centers is rising.

And that’s causing some companies to look abroad to power their A. I. ambitions. In the latest example, the U.S.- based start-up Together AI on Monday announced a partnership with the Saudi Arabia artificial intelligence company Humain.

The deal will provide Together AI with 250 megawatts of electricity and 120,000 semiconductors from a Saudi-based data center. Together AI, which was valued at $8.3 billion in July and serves open-source artificial intelligence models to customers, will use Humain’s chips and offer a share of its revenue in exchange. Together AI said it expected business from the data center to bring in $5 billion annually.