The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has partnered with NVIDIA Corporation in a bid to propel the country into a global powerhouse in AI, cloud and enterprise computing, digital twins, and robotics.

NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang made the announcement during the sidelines of the state visit of U.S. President Donald Trump in Riyadh where the American leader met with His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia.

In a statement, Huang said NVIDIA will be partnering with HUMAIN, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, to focus on AI.

“AI, like electricity and 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.”

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HUMAIN will leverage NVIDIA platforms and expertise to establish Saudi Arabia as an international AI powerhouse. Furthermore, combining cutting-edge infrastructure, frontier AI models, immersive digital platforms and human capital development.

According to NVIDIA, HUMAIN is making a major investment to build AI factories in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a projected capacity of up to 500MW. Most importantly, they will be powered by several hundred thousand of NVIDIA’s most advanced GPUs over the next five years. The first phase of deployment will be an 18,000 NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell AI supercomputer with NVIDIA InfiniBand networking.

These hyperscale AI data centers will provide a secure foundational infrastructure for training and deploying sovereign AI models at scale. Thus, enabling industries across Saudi Arabia and worldwide to accelerate innovation and digital transformation.

The NVIDIA Omniverse platform, which HUMAIN will deploy, will act as a multi-tenant system to drive acceleration of the new era of physical AI and robotics through simulation, optimization and operation of physical environments by new human-AI-led solutions. This will allow industries such as manufacturing, logistics and energy to create fully integrated digital twins, boosting efficiency, safety and sustainability while fast-tracking the Kingdom’s journey toward Industry 4.0.

To support this transformation, HUMAIN and NVIDIA will collaborate on large-scale upskilling and training initiatives, providing thousands of Saudi citizens and developers with hands-on experience in advanced AI, simulation, robotics and digital twin technologies. 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.

14 May 2025