NVIDIA to Help Build AI Factories in Saudi Arabia

<p align&equals;"left">HUMAIN&comma; the new full AI value chain subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund&comma; has announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA&comma; the world leader in AI computing infrastructure&comma; to drive the next wave of artificial intelligence development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The two organizations will leverage NVIDIA platforms and expertise to establish Saudi Arabia as a global leader in AI&comma; GPU cloud computing and digital transformation to drive innovation and growth worldwide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The news comes on a visit by President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia and a &dollar;600-billion commitment by the country to invest in the United States&comma; building economic ties that will endure for generations to come&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The partnership underscores HUMAIN’s mission to position Saudi Arabia as an international AI powerhouse — combining cutting-edge infrastructure&comma; frontier AI models&comma; immersive digital platforms and human capital development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Powering AI Factories of Tomorrow<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>HUMAIN is making a major investment to build AI factories in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a projected capacity of up to 500 megawatts powered by several hundred thousand of NVIDIA’s most advanced GPUs over the next five years&period; The first phase of deployment will be an 18&comma;000 NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell AI supercomputer with NVIDIA InfiniBand networking&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These hyperscale AI data centers will provide a secure foundational infrastructure for training and deploying sovereign AI models at scale&comma; enabling industries across Saudi Arabia and worldwide to accelerate innovation and digital transformation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Unlocking the Era of Physical AI With NVIDIA Omniverse<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>HUMAIN will deploy the <a title&equals;"NVIDIA Omniverse™" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nvidia&period;com&sol;en-us&sol;omniverse&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener">NVIDIA Omniverse<&sol;a> platform as a multi-tenant system to drive acceleration of the new era of physical AI and robotics through simulation&comma; optimization and operation of physical environments by new human-AI-led solutions&period; This will allow industries such as manufacturing&comma; logistics and energy to create fully integrated digital twins&comma; boosting efficiency&comma; safety and sustainability while fast-tracking the Kingdom’s journey toward Industry 4&period;0&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Enabling the Kingdom’s AI Ecosystem Through Workforce Transformation<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To support this transformation&comma; HUMAIN and NVIDIA will collaborate on large-scale upskilling and training initiatives&comma; providing thousands of Saudi citizens and developers with hands-on experience in advanced AI&comma; simulation&comma; robotics and digital twin technologies&period; This effort will contribute to building a robust national AI ecosystem and align with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 goals of economic diversification and digital leadership&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;AI&comma; like electricity and internet&comma; is essential infrastructure for every nation&comma;” said Jensen Huang&comma; founder and CEO of NVIDIA&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Together with HUMAIN&comma; we are building AI infrastructure for the people and companies of Saudi Arabia to realize the bold vision of the Kingdom&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We thank NVIDIA for their strategic partnership with the Kingdom&period; This collaboration with HUMAIN marks a turning point&comma; building the AI factories of the future&comma; unlocking compute and powering the next era of physical AI&comma;” said His Excellency Eng&period; Abdullah Alswaha&comma; Minister of Communications and Information Technology&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This lays the groundwork for a new industrial revolution&comma; anchored in advanced infrastructure&comma; talent and global ambition&period; This is how Saudi Arabia continues to lead as a partner of choice in shaping the future of AI&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Our partnership with NVIDIA is a bold step forward in realizing the Kingdom’s ambitions to lead in AI and advanced digital infrastructure&comma;” said Tareq Amin&comma; CEO of HUMAIN&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Together&comma; we are building the capacity&comma; capability and a new globally enabled community to shape a future powered by intelligent technology and empowered people&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;