HUMAIN to deploy 600,000 NVIDIA GPUs across KSA, USA
HUMAIN, NVIDIA announced deepening Partnership at US-Saudi Investment Forum
#SaudiArabia #datacentres - The Saudi Public Investment Fund’s AI company HUMAIN and NVIDIA have announced an expanded strategic partnership, together with plans to deploy up to 600,000 of NVIDIA’s latest AI infrastructure technologies over the next three years including Blackwell (GB300) platforms. Originally announced in May with a plan to deploy several hundred thousand NVIDIA GPUs in Saudi Arabia over five years with a projected capacity of 500 megawatts, plans have been revised to add deployments in the US market. The announcement was made at the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington DC.
HUMAIN also announced that it is working with NVIDIA Nemotron open models to train HUMAIN Chat models and advancing physical AI initiatives using NVIDIA Omniverse libraries. The deepened partnership aligns with parallel announcements including the partnership with New York-headquartered American sovereign AI infrastructure company Global AI to deploy AI infrastructure in the USA.
SO WHAT? - HUMAIN’s planned 600,000 NVIDIA GPU deployment over three years ranks as one of the largest committed AI infrastructure buildouts globally, positioning HUMAIN alongside hyperscale cloud providers in scale. A key difference between this week’s announcement and the announcement in May, is the addition of the USA as a core market for deployment. This combined with the US plans included in both AMD and Global AI partnerships, highlight the new focus that HUMAIN has on building out infrastructure for the US market.
Here are some key points about this partnership announcement:
Saudi Arabia’s national AI company HUMAIN and NVIDIA have announced an expanded strategic partnership, together with plans to deploy up to 600,000 of NVIDIA’s latest AI infrastructure technologies over the next three years including NVIDIA Blackwell (GB300) platforms. AI infrastructure deployments will include Saudi Arabia and the USA.
HUMAIN also formed strategic partnership with New York-headquartered American sovereign AI infrastructure company Global AI to develop large-scale AI data centres and compute capacity in the United States powered by NVIDIA technologies including GB300 AI infrastructure connected with NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking.
HUMAIN will use NVIDIA Nemotron open technologies to train HUMAIN Chat, an Arabic conversational AI application powered by HUMAIN’s ALLAM large language model, built to bring AI to over 400 million Arabic speakers enabling people to create, learn and connect in their own language, culture and context.
The partnership expansion includes building one of the world’s most advanced Connected Digital Twin ecosystems including Giga-Projects for economic development, powering next-generation capabilities across energy, manufacturing, smart cities, logistics, aviation and large-scale infrastructure development using NVIDIA Omniverse libraries.
HUMAIN will also integrate NVIDIA Omniverse libraries with its national AI stack, combining HUMAIN’s advanced compute infrastructure, cutting-edge foundation models and AI agents with NVIDIA’s end-to-end digital-twin and simulation technologies for physical AI applications.
The developments build on foundations established during HUMAIN’s launch in May 2025, where the NVIDIA collaboration was first unveiled as part of HUMAIN’s mission to deliver end-to-end AI solutions and global-scale compute capability across next-generation data centres, hyper-performance infrastructure, advanced AI models and transformative solutions.
ZOOM OUT - The NVIDIA partnership update comes the same week as the US Department of Commerce authorises export of NVIDIA’s advanced Blackwell AI chipsets to HUMAIN, which can now purchase up to 35,000 NVIDIA Blackwell chips (GB300s). The approval means that existing plans to deploy NVIDIA infrastructure can proceed without delay. A significant policy shift from Biden-era restrictions on high-end AI chip exports to the Gulf, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are currently the only two countries not classified as Tier 1 for US technology exports to receive NIVIDIA GB300 approvals. The authorisations are conditioned on rigorous security and reporting requirements, with the Bureau of Industry and Security monitoring ongoing compliance.
[Written and edited with the assistance of AI]
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