Infra and Humain Partner to Build AI Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s National Infrastructure Fund (Infra) and the kingdom’s global artificial intelligence (AI) company Humain announced a $1.2 billion strategic financing framework agreement to expand AI and digital infrastructure projects in Saudi Arabia.

The framework agreement includes nonbinding financing terms of Humain’s development of as much as 250 megawatts of hyperscale AI data center capacity to support AI training and inference for the company’s customers around the world, the organizations said in a Wednesday (Jan. 21) press release.

Infra and Humain also agreed to explore the establishment of an AI data center investment platform that facilitate global and local institutional investors’ support of further scaling of Humain’s AI strategy, according to the release.

Humain, which is a company of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund Public Investment Fund (PIF), delivers data centers; infrastructure and cloud platforms; AI models; and AI solutions, per the release.

“Demand growth for advanced compute is intensifying, and this Framework Agreement positions Humain to respond with speed and scale,” Humain CEO Tareq Amin said in the release. “In partnership with Infra, our goal is to deliver world-class AI data center infrastructure that enterprises can rely on as their compute needs grow more complex.”

Infra, which is Saudi Arabia’s lead development financing partner for infrastructure, focuses on achieving the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 and the Saudi Green Initiative, according to the release.

“Today’s Framework Agreement is an important step in expanding Infra’s role of unlocking infrastructure investment opportunities in the Kingdom,” Infra CEO Esmail Alsallom said in the release. “Our partnership with Humain will activate new pathways to grow institutional investment and develop the digital economy through enabling AI infrastructure.”

It was reported in May 2025 that Humain wants to become the AI leader in the Middle East and a major player in AI infrastructure, investment and chip design — areas typically dominated by long-established U.S. and Chinese tech giants.

PYMNTS reported in June 2025 that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are locked in a high-stakes race to be the main AI tech hub in the Middle East and that both countries are spending, and attracting, veritable fortunes for their ambitions.