HUMAIN partners with Global AI for US data infrastructure
NVIDIA Cloud Partner to enable sovereign infrastructure builds in USA
#SaudiArabia #UnitedStates #datacentres - Saudi Arabia’s national AI company HUMAIN has announced a strategic partnership with New York-headquartered Global AI to build out sovereign AI infrastructure in the USA and globally. Announced at the US-Saudi Investment Forum, the partnership aims to create globally competitive AI data centre and compute services for enterprises, public-sector entities and AI model developers. Campuses would be designed for high-density compute supporting advanced AI workloads, large-scale model training and secure inference operations. Plans for off-premises, air-gapped architecture include ng NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultraplatforms connected with NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking as initial compute capacity.
SO WHAT? - Following the formation of a groundbreaking $10 billion joint venture with US AI infrastructure firm AMD to create a global AI hyperscaler, this week’s Global AI deal is now the second HUMAIN AI infrastructure partnership to specify building out AI infrastructure in the USA. The move signals HUMAIN’s increasing preparedness to invest in US operations, despite its clear Saudi-first mandate. The reality is that considering the Saudi government’s commitment to invest one trillion dollars in the US economy, with technology a major focus area, HUMAIN is best placed to orchestrate US AI, technology and digital infrastructure projects.
Here are some key points about this announcement:
HUMAIN has announced a strategic partnership with New York-headquartered Global AI to deliver large-scale sovereign AI data centre and compute capacity in the USA and globally. The announcement was made during the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington during the official visit of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.
The partnership aims create globally competitive infrastructure for enterprises, public-sector entities and AI model developers seeking compute capacity with data-sovereignty controls that maintain strict isolation whilst accessing advanced hardware capabilities.
The facilities will be designed or high-density compute supporting advanced AI workloads, large-scale model training and secure inference operations, with off-premises, air-gapped architecture including NVIDIA AI infrastructure and comprehensive data-sovereignty controls.
The infrastructure will provide AI services for enterprise, public-sector and AI-model-development partners, enabling model training, large-scale inference and sovereign-cloud integration within locally governed ecosystems with access to latest NVIDIA AI infrastructure.
Initial compute capacity will feature NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Ultraplatforms connected with NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking, providing high-performance interconnect for distributed AI workloads across the data centre facilities.
Global AI operates as an NVIDIA Cloud Partner, enabling the partnership to leverage NVIDIA’s reference architectures and support infrastructure whilst maintaining sovereign control over operations and data management within American regulatory frameworks.
HUMAIN CEO Tareq Amin stated Saudi Arabia is firmly on track to become the third pillar of global AI infrastructure, with commitment towards developing compute capacity in the United States securing strategic foothold providing strength and scale to fuel global AI innovation.
ZOOM OUT - Global AI was co-founded by Dr John E Kelly III, who serves as Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, alongside Sami Issa as Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. The company positions itself as an American sovereign AI infrastructure provider focused on deploying secure, locally governed compute environments that maintain data sovereignty whilst enabling access to advanced AI capabilities.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]