HUMAIN and NVIDIA are expanding their strategic collaboration to deploy a multi-phase programme of up to 84MW of AI compute infrastructure in Saudi Arabia.
This joint initiative involves deploying approximately 27,000 next-generation NVIDIA GPUs connected across HUMAIN Cloud and dedicated AI infrastructure environments.
The rollout begins in Q4 2026 with 14MW of NVIDIA Blackwell HGX B300 systems featuring roughly 6,000 GPUs. These initial units will connect using NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking.
Following this first phase, HUMAIN expects to deploy 70MW of NVIDIA Vera Rubin infrastructure starting in June 2027.
This includes a planned 50MW dedicated to frontier-scale AI workloads for a client based in the US and a further 20MW to support HUMAIN Cloud operations. HUMAIN expects to start bringing the latter online in July/August 2027.
All Vera Rubin deployments will run on the NVIDIA DSX AI Factory Platform.
HUMAIN is backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and plans to deliver nearly 3GW of total data centre capacity by 2030.
The company aims to increase this portfolio to more than 6GW by 2034 while creating an integrated ecosystem connecting models, platforms and compute resources.
For our clients, this means faster access to advanced infrastructure, greater ability to train and deploy frontier AI models, and a platform that can scale with them without requiring them to build that infrastructure themselves.
Delivering scalable compute capacity
“We are moving quickly to bring the next generations of NVIDIA accelerated computing into Saudi Arabia at meaningful scale,” says Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN.
“This deployment gives our customers a clear pathway from Blackwell B300 capacity beginning in 2026 to Vera Rubin in 2027, ensuring they can access the compute they need as their AI workloads grow in scale and complexity.
Customers accessing HUMAIN Cloud will gain access to this dedicated infrastructure to train and fine-tune sophisticated AI models.
“Intelligence is the world’s next great industry,” says Raj Mirpuri, Vice President of Global AI Clouds and Infrastructure Ecosystem at NVIDIA.
“HUMAIN is bringing together energy, infrastructure and ambition to build a new engine of intelligence for the world.
“With NVIDIA Vera Rubin and Blackwell Ultra, we’re expanding the computing foundation for developers and companies to build the next generation of intelligent systems.”
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