Saudi Arabia and NVIDIA Unite to Build 500 MW AI Factories, Powering the “Age of Reasoning”
SAUDI ARABIA,14TH MAY 2025-Saudi Arabia and NVIDIA have announced a landmark alliance to position the kingdom as a global AI superpower, with plans to create sovereign AI factories powered by 500,000 NVIDIA GPUs in the build-up.
The collaboration constitutes a watershed moment placed at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation, in line with its far-reaching Vision 2030.
During a state visit by the U.S. President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Jensen Huang spoke about the fact that this is the foundation of the AI infrastructure.
“AI, like electricity and the internet, is essential infrastructure for every nation,”
Huang said. “Together with HUMAIN, we are building AI infrastructure for the people and companies of Saudi Arabia to realize the bold vision of the Kingdom.”
“Our partnership with NVIDIA is a bold step forward in realizing the Kingdom’s ambitions to lead in AI and advanced digital infrastructure,” said Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN.
“Together, we are building the capacity, capability and a new globally enabled community to shape a future powered by intelligent technology and empowered people.”
The Company at the center of the initiative is HUMAIN, an AI company supported by the Saudi Arabian PIF. HUMAIN will oversee the building of AI factories up to 500MW, launching with an 18,000-node NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell supercomputer. Powered by NVIDIA InfiniBand networking, these AI factories will offer extreme performance for large-scale AI workloads.
In parallel, it will launch the first NVIDIA Omniverse Cloud in Saudi Arabia, supporting simulation, robotics, and digital twin development. SDAIA will further support a sovereign AI infrastructure with 5,000 Blackwell GPUs to foster research in agentic and physical AI.
“This partnership with NVIDIA reflects SDAIA’s commitment to harnessing and advancing the potential of data and AI through continuous innovation,”
said H.E. Dr. Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi, president of the SDAIA.
“It marks a significant step toward positioning the Kingdom as a leader among data- and AI-driven economies, and in building a knowledge-based society and an advanced digital economy aligned with the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030.”
Alongside Aramco Digital, it is building the AI engineering and robotics center of excellence. NVIDIA will then train thousands of developers and AI professionals locally, enhancing domestic AI talent and digital sovereignty.
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