Inside HUMAIN and Infra's US$1.2bn AI Data Centre Project

HUMAIN, an AI company based in Saudi Arabia, has established a framework agreement with Infra worth up to US$1.2bn, aiming to hyperscale AI and digital infrastructure projects. 

The company is backed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) – Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund for the government – while Infra is financing the AI projects of HUMAIN and accelerating their delivery.

The crux of the investment

The main intention of the funding from Infra is to expand the capacity of Saudi Arabia's AI data centres, deploying GPUs for AI training, with HUMAIN aiming to support further scaling of its AI strategy.

Infra and HUMAIN are planning to develop up to 250MW of AI data centre capacity. The companies plan to discuss the launch of an AI data centre investment platform, which would also aid global and local investment in HUMAIN's AI strategy.

Tareq Amin, CEO at HUMAIN, says: "Demand growth for advanced compute is intensifying and this Framework Agreement positions HUMAIN to respond with speed and scale.

"In partnership with Infra, our goal is to deliver world-class AI data centre infrastructure that enterprises can rely on as their compute needs grow more complex.”

Saudi Arabia's AI commitment

Saudi Arabia is rapidly positioning itself as an AI leader, targeting $20bn in AI investments by 2030, as stated in its National Strategy for Data and AI.

The country recently placed 32nd in Microsoft's AI Diffusion Report 2025, which analyses the top countries using AI and ranks countries by the number of users of AI products.

The goal of HUMAIN is to solidify the united commitment that the country has to AI infrastructure, as Eng. Esmail Alsallom, CEO of Infra, explains: "Today’s Framework Agreement is an important step in expanding Infra’s role of unlocking infrastructure investment opportunities in the Kingdom.  

"Our partnership with HUMAIN will activate new pathways to grow institutional investment and develop the digital economy through enabling AI infrastructure."

Data centre demand

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 seeks investment to diversify the economy as Saudi aims to emerge as a global technology hub.

The data centre sector's megawatt load is projected to expand at a 29% growth rate from 2024 through 2030, including an increase in AI investments.

A national data centre strategy released by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) targets around 1.5 GW of data centre capacity by 2030, as Saudi's technology landscape continues to evolve. 

Further projects

In addition to releasing AI workforce solutions such as HUMAIN One, an all-in-one AI agent, and HUMAIN IQ, a generative chatbot, the firm has also partnered with global companies for data centre development.

HUMAIN has secured agreements with Elon Musk's xAI and data centre specialist AirTrunk, which is backed by Blackstone, for further projects across Saudi Arabia. 

In November 2025, HUMAIN and xAI signed an agreement focused on designing, building and operating low-cost data centres, as well as the deployment of xAI's Grok models across the country.

xAI CEO Elon Musk said: "The future of intelligence will be engineered through massive and efficient compute combined with the most advanced AI models. HUMAIN’s capabilities enable us to build that future faster in Saudi Arabia. 

"This collaboration represents the first of its kind partnership to deploy xAI’s Grok across an entire country."

Last year, HUMAIN also partnered with NVIDIA to construct AI data centres with up to 500 megawatts (MW) of capacity over a five-year period.

In its mission as a regional technology hub, Saudi Arabian AI companies such as HUMAIN are collaborating with tech giants in a bid to solidify the Kingdom's position as a regional and global hub for AI.