AMD and Saudi Arabia's new AI firm, Humain, are joining forces in a $10 billion investment to build AI infrastructure over the next five years. The project aims to deploy 500 megawatts of AI compute capacity, utilising AMD's full spectrum of AI compute and ROCm open software. This collaboration seeks to establish an open, scalable, and resilient AI infrastructure, accessible to enterprises, start-ups, and sovereign markets. Humain will manage the end-to-end delivery, including hyperscale data centres and sustainable power systems, while AMD provides its AI compute portfolio.
The AI superstructure will stretch from Saudi Arabia to the United States, with initial deployments already underway. AMD's CEO, Lisa Su, highlighted the investment as a significant step in advancing global AI infrastructure, while Humain's CEO, Tareq Amin, emphasised the democratisation of AI, ensuring access is limited only by imagination. The partnership combines Saudi Arabia's resources with AMD's technology to power AI workloads across various sectors. The project is expected to reach multi-exaflop capacity by early 2026, incorporating AMD Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs, Pensando DPUs, and Ryzen AI processors.
Other companies such as Amazon Web Services are also investing heavily in Saudi Arabia, with plans to build an "AI Zone" in the kingdom. These investments align with Saudi Arabia's push to secure a foothold in the global AI economy, with mandates for local data storage driving international companies to establish facilities in the region.
