Data center campus
HUMAIN (Riyadh & Dammam flagship data centers)
HUMAIN is an announced AI data center campus. 1.90 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.
Under construction · Private land · Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) · Riyadh, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia
Capacity: announced vs energized
Announced
1.90 GW
claimed
Contracted
not recorded
Under construction
0.20 GW
reported
Energized
0 GW
reported
Announced-to-energized gap: 1.90 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.
| Source | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announced | 1.90 GW | 2026-01-01 | claimed | journalist report |
| Energized | 0 GW | 2026-07-31 | reported | journalist report |
| Under construction | 0.20 GW | 2026-01-01 | reported | journalist report |
The deal
- developer
- HUMAIN · PIF-owned sovereign AI company, launched May 2025.
- financier
- Public Investment Fund (PIF) · Sole owner / sovereign backer.
- chip supplier
- Nvidia, AMD, Qualcomm · Nvidia 18,000 GB300 (Riyadh) + hundreds of thousands more; $10B AMD deal; Qualcomm up to 200MW.
- construction
- MIS (Middle East Specialized Cables / contractor consortium) · Awarded HUMAIN AI data center construction project.
Power
- Power source
- grid
- Grid operator
- Saudi Electricity Company (SEC)
- Interconnection
Financial structure
- Debt financing framework to develop up to 250MW
- $1.2B. Up to $1.2bn financing framework to fund additional AI data center capacity. journalist report
- AMD strategic AI infrastructure deal
- $10B. Multi-year AMD compute buildout; may become a JV with AMD equity in a Saudi fund. journalist report
Sources
- Humain breaks ground two data centers, first facilities expected Q2 2026 · Data Center Dynamics
- Saudi AI venture Humain buys 18,000 Nvidia GB300 chips · Data Center Dynamics
- Nvidia to send 18,000 AI GPUs to Saudi Arabia's state-backed AI data centers · Tom's Hardware
- PIF-backed Humain secures up to $1.2bn to expand AI infrastructure · Arab News
68549634-6d59-45db-864b-212966f675e3 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.