Israel’s “AI czar” is pushing plans to expand the country’s artificial intelligence and semiconductor capabilities, according to reports from Financial Post and Bloomberg. The initiatives include efforts to attract major U.S. and Asian semiconductor producers to support local or linked chipmaking capacity. The government’s focus is also on scaling data center infrastructure to meet growing computing demand from AI development and deployment. Both sources describe the effort as part of a broader strategy to maintain and strengthen Israel’s position in regional technology leadership. The reporting notes that the data center expansion is intended to increase capacity as AI workloads grow. The accounts align on the main thrust—developing chip and AI infrastructure and expanding data center capacity—while emphasizing that Israel is seeking external semiconductor partners from large global suppliers in addition to building domestic capability. No figures, timelines, or specific company names are provided in the excerpts.