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Saudi Aramco x HUMAIN (49% stake)
PIF and Saudi Aramco announced on Nov. 1, 2026 the completion of a transaction under which Aramco, through a wholly owned subsidiary, acquired a 49% stake in HUMAIN, while PIF retains its 51% ownership. Aramco will contribute approximately $2.6 billion in cash to HUMAIN in 2026, in addition to AI, computing and digital assets.
The closing follows a non-binding term sheet signed by PIF and Aramco on Oct. 28, 2025.
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- 2026-11-01today
Who’s involved
HUMAIN is Saudi Arabia's Public-Investment-Fund-backed national AI champion, building large-scale NVIDIA GPU AI factories. Launched in 2025, it deployed an initial 18,000 NVIDIA GB300 cluster and announced plans for up to 600,000 GPUs over three years across the Kingdom and the US, with up to 500 MW of power. It is neocloud-shaped but sovereign-directed.
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- Saudi Aramco · investor partner
- Public Investment Fund (PIF) · investor partner
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