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U.S. chip maker Nvidia will partner with Saudi Arabia’s
sovereign wealth fund-owned AI startup Humain and will ship
18,000 chips to the Middle Eastern nation to help power a new
data center project.
The partnership was revealed Tuesday as part of a White House
trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Saudi
Arabia has been working to develop its artificial intelligence
capacity and strengthen its cloud computing infrastructure with
the help of foreign investment.
“AI, like electricity and internet, is essential infrastructure
for every nation,” said Jensen Huang, founder of Nvidia.
“Together with Humain, we are building AI infrastructure for the
people and companies of Saudi Arabia to realize the bold vision
of the Kingdom.”
The cutting-edge Blackwell chips will be used in a 500 megawatt
data center in Saudi Arabia, according to remarks at the Saudi-U.S.
Investment Forum in Riyadh on Tuesday. The California company
said its first deployment will use its GB300 Blackwell chips,
which are among Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips at the moment,
and which were only officially announced earlier this year.
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