Updated:AMD and Qualcomm have also signed a partnership with HUMAIN. The AMD-HUMAIN partnership includes a $100 billion purchase and will help HUMAIN build a next-generation AI cloud computing platform. The partnership with Qualcomm will involve building an advanced AI data center, hybrid AI across the edge and cloud, and cloud-to-edge services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Qualcomm will provide HUMAIN with advanced AI and processor solutions.
As for collaborating with AMD and Qualcomm simultaneously, HUMAIN's consideration is that the supply of artificial intelligence technology will not be restricted to a single industry player.
During a state visit with US President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia. HUMAIN, an AI-focused subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund, will purchase hundreds of thousands of NVIDIA's new GPUs over the next five years to build an AI factory in Saudi Arabia with up to 5 megawatts of computing power.
The first phase will deploy an AI supercomputer equipped with 1.8 NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell superchips, operating over NVIDIA InfiniBand networking. This collaboration will also propel Saudi Arabia into the global hyperscale AI competition through sovereign AI infrastructure and expertise.
“AI is as essential to every nation as electricity and the internet,” said Jensen Huang. “Together with HUMAIN, we are building the AI infrastructure for Saudi Arabia’s people and businesses, enabling the Kingdom’s ambitious vision.”
“Our collaboration with NVIDIA is a significant step in achieving Saudi Arabia’s ambitious goal of leading in AI and advanced digital infrastructure,” said Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN. “Together, we are building capabilities, capabilities, and a new global community to shape a future powered by intelligent technology and empowered talent.”
HUMAIN will deploy Saudi Arabia's first NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud, leveraging digital twin technology to simulate and test various physical AI solutions. NVIDIA will also strengthen Saudi Arabia's local AI computing ecosystem and train thousands of developers, equipping them with the skills to use accelerated computing and AI to solve complex problems.
NVIDIA and the Saudi Data & AI Authority (SDAIA) will collaborate to deploy up to 5000 Blackwell GPUs to build a sovereign AI factory and power smart city solutions. NVIDIA and SDAIA will also train scientists and engineers from government agencies and universities to develop and deploy both physical and agent-based AI models.
Aramco Digital, the digital and technology subsidiary of Saudi Aramco, will develop AI computing infrastructure and collaborate with NVIDIA's startup ecosystem to build an AI enterprise platform. It will also establish an engineering and robotics center of excellence integrated with NVIDIA platforms.
NEWS: NVIDIA and HUMAIN, an AI subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, announced plans to build AI factories that will transform the country into a global AI leader.
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang participated in a state visit today to share how this effort… pic.twitter.com/4Au6NxvTQ6
— NVIDIA Newsroom (@nvidianewsroom) May 13, 2025
AMD is proud to announce a landmark agreement with @HUMAINAI, @InvestSaudi's new AI enterprise, to build the world's most open, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient AI infrastructure, stretching from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States: https://t.co/abGvOFjdK4 pic.twitter.com/jNLVhYtDTn
- AMD (@AMD) May 13, 2025
Qualcomm Technologies and HUMAIN are collaborating up to develop state-of-the-art #HAVE data centers in Saudi Arabia, delivering #hybrid edge-to-cloud AI services.
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— Qualcomm MEA (@Qualcomm_MEA) May 13, 2025
