Saudi Arabia’s HUMAIN and NVIDIA partner to drive AI development

Investing.com -- HUMAIN, a full AI value chain subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, has announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), a global leader in AI computing infrastructure. The partnership aims to drive the next wave of artificial intelligence development and establish Saudi Arabia as a global leader in AI, GPU cloud computing, and digital transformation.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman recently initiated HUMAIN under the Public Investment Fund (PIF) to develop and oversee artificial intelligence technologies. This partnership aligns with HUMAIN’s mission of positioning Saudi Arabia as an international AI powerhouse, combining advanced infrastructure, frontier AI models, digital platforms, and human capital development.

HUMAIN plans to build AI factories in Saudi Arabia with a projected capacity of up to 500 megawatts, powered by several hundred thousand of NVIDIA’s advanced GPUs over the next five years. The first phase of deployment includes an 18,000 NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell AI supercomputer with NVIDIA InfiniBand networking. These hyperscale AI data centers will provide a secure foundational infrastructure for training and deploying AI models at scale, enabling industries across Saudi Arabia and worldwide to accelerate innovation and digital transformation.

HUMAIN will also deploy the NVIDIA Omniverse platform as a multi-tenant system to drive the acceleration of physical AI and robotics through simulation, optimization, and operation of physical environments by human-AI-led solutions. This will allow industries such as manufacturing, logistics, and energy to create fully integrated digital twins, boosting efficiency, safety, and sustainability while fast-tracking the Kingdom’s journey toward Industry 4.0.

To support this transformation, HUMAIN and NVIDIA will collaborate on large-scale upskilling and training initiatives, providing thousands of Saudi citizens and developers with hands-on experience in advanced AI, simulation, robotics, and digital twin technologies. This effort aligns with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 goals of economic diversification and digital leadership.

Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA, compared AI to essential infrastructure like electricity and the internet. He expressed his enthusiasm for the partnership with HUMAIN, noting it will help build AI infrastructure for the people and companies of Saudi Arabia. Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN, echoed these sentiments, stating the partnership represents a bold step in realizing the Kingdom’s ambitions to lead in AI and advanced digital infrastructure.

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