AMD and Humain, Saudi Arabia’s artificial intelligence enterprise backed by the Public Investment Fund, have announced plans for an investment of up to $10 billion to develop a large-scale AI infrastructure ecosystem spanning Saudi Arabia and the United States.
The partnership will deploy up to 500 megawatts of AMD-based AI computing capacity over the next five years, creating a network of AI computing centres designed to support enterprise, startup and sovereign workloads.
The companies said the infrastructure will be built around an open and scalable model, with the aim of providing wider access to high-performance computing while supporting the growing global demand for AI applications.
Humain will oversee the end-to-end infrastructure delivery, including hyperscale data centres, sustainable power systems and global fibre interconnections. AMD will provide its AI computing portfolio and ROCm open software ecosystem.
AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su said the investment marks a significant step towards building global AI infrastructure and expanding access to high-performance computing.
Humain CEO Tareq Amin said the partnership is intended to broaden access to advanced computing and enable businesses and innovators to develop AI applications without infrastructure constraints.
As part of the collaboration, AMD and Humain are also introducing an “AI in a Box” solution for Saudi enterprises. The turnkey platform will allow organisations to deploy and test AI applications without initially requiring hyperscale infrastructure.
Powered by AMD Instinct GPUs and AMD EPYC CPUs, the solution is designed for sectors including oil and gas, financial services and manufacturing. Companies can begin with smaller AI workloads, assess their value and scale computing capacity as their requirements grow.
Separately, AMD, Humain and Cisco, through a joint venture, plan to deploy up to 1 gigawatt of AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia by 2030.
The initiatives add to Saudi Arabia’s expanding AI infrastructure push as the Kingdom seeks to establish itself as a global technology and AI hub under its wider digital transformation agenda.