Saudi Arabia plans to deepen cooperation with US tech giants, invest heavily in building multiple gigawatt data centers

Humain, an artificial intelligence company backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, plans to announce a series of new deals with U.S. companies tomorrow as the country is planning to pour billions of dollars into a plan to become the world's third-largest artificial intelligence nation, according to U.S. financial media Semafor. Humain is planning to partner with companies including Amazon, AMD, xAI, and GlobalAI to announce the construction of multiple gigawatt-scale data centers, according to people familiar with the matter. The deals are expected to follow U.S. approval of deals to sell large quantities of semiconductors to Saudi Arabia, the people said. It is unclear how many of these agreements are new and substantive, or just an indication of progress on the deal announced during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Riyadh in May. Humain CEO Tareq Amin has previously said he expects to have access to U.S.-made AI chips when the first data centers open in early 2026.