AWS to deploy 150,000 AI accelerators in Riyadh AI Zone
Multi-Gigawatt AI infrastructure targets global customers
#SaudiArabia #ArtificialIntelligence - US cloud computing company Amazon Web Services (AWS) and HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s national artificial intelligence company have announced plans to deploy up to 150,000 AI accelerators in a AI campus facility designated as an “AI Zone” in Riyadh. The infrastructure will feature US semiconductor company NVIDIA’s latest GB300 AI systems and AWS’s Trainium AI accelerators supporting AI training and inference workloads. AWS becomes HUMAIN’s preferred AI partner globally, with the companies collaborating to deliver AI compute and services from Saudi Arabia to customers worldwide. The announcement was made at the US-Saudi Investment Forum.
SO WHAT? - AWS and HUMAIN formed a strategic partnership in May 2025 with AWS announcing plans to invest more than $5 billion in AI infrastructure, AWS services and talent development in Saudi Arabia. The AWS deployment of 150,000 AI accelerators in Riyadh will rank amongst the largest concentrations of AI computing capacity globally. This mega-deal and others support Saudi Arabia’s ambition to compete directly in global AI infrastructure and compute services markets rather than solely serving domestic demand.
Here are some key points about this announcement:
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and HUMAIN have announced plans to deploy up to 150,000 AI accelerators in a AI campus facility designated as an “AI Zone” in Riyadh. Chipsets will include NVIDIA’s GB300 AI infrastructure and AWS’s Trainium chips, supporting both AI model training and inference workloads.
AWS becomes HUMAIN’s preferred AI partner globally under the expanded partnership, with the two companies collaborating to bring AI compute and services from Saudi Arabia to customers worldwide.
HUMAIN will join the AWS Solution Provider Program, enabling customers to access AWS services through a unified platform to accelerate AI adoption across the region and internationally, advancing the strategic partnership announced in May 2025 to invest more than $5 billion in AI infrastructure and services.
The AI Zone will support global enterprises and technology innovators whilst serving Saudi Arabia’s national AI needs and global compute demand, with specialised AWS generative AI services including Amazon Bedrock, Amazon AgentCore and Amazon SageMaker providing customers access to leading foundation models through a single platform.
Amazon Bedrock abstracts infrastructure management, enabling customers to access foundation models without selecting or managing underlying compute infrastructure, whilst providing best-in-class models optimised across diverse, high-performance AI chip infrastructures including NVIDIA and AWS silicon.
AWS and HUMAIN will collaborate to accelerate AI adoption across Saudi public and private sectors, develop advanced Arabic large language models including ALLAM, HUMAIN’s Arabic-first model, and create a unified AI agent marketplace for government services.
Furthermore, AWS will train 100,000 Saudi citizens in cloud computing and generative AI through Amazon Academy in collaboration with the Public Investment Fund (PIF). The training will also support the Kingdom’s dedicated initiative to train 10,000 women as part of workforce preparation for an AI-powered economy projected to contribute $130 billion to Saudi GDP by 2030.
The partnership features what the companies describe as a groundbreaking commercial model and shared commitment to global market expansion, with the infrastructure engineered from inception to serve both national priorities and accelerating worldwide demand for AI compute capacity.
ZOOM OUT - HUMAIN operates as a Public Investment Fund company delivering full-stack AI capabilities across next-generation data centres, hyper-performance infrastructure and cloud platforms, advanced AI models including Arabic large language models, and transformative AI solutions combining sector insight with execution. The company’s end-to-end model serves public and private sector organisations with a core mission to drive intellectual property leadership and talent development globally. The partnership with AWS reflects Saudi Arabia’s broader strategy to diversify the economy, with the Kingdom positioning itself as a regional AI hub. Therefore, HUMAIN and its partners are now building AI infrastructure with international customers in mind.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]