Saudi Aramco is taking a 49% stake in Humain and plans to contribute approximately $2.6 billion in 2026, along with its own artificial intelligence technology. Humain was founded in May 2025 by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), with the goal of developing the country into a global AI hub.
The company builds data centers, develops cloud services and trains AI models, including the Arabic-language model ALLaM. Humain plans to reach three gigawatts of data center capacity by 2030 and aims to serve customers in Saudi Arabia and international markets.
The company’s commercial activity is already expanding. AMD said in late August that infrastructure developed with Cisco and Humain was serving customers both inside and outside Saudi Arabia.
Aramco intends to use Humain’s technology in its own operations while also generating revenue by selling AI solutions. Through its investment arm, Wa’ed Ventures, the energy company also holds a stake in South Korean AI chip developer Rebellions.
The expansion has been affected by the Iran war, prompting Humain to strengthen security at its data centers. CEO Tareq Amin told Semafor in September that Saudi Arabia was using Aramco’s experience protecting oil infrastructure as a model. Despite the conflict, Humain has not reported a decline in demand.
Sources: The Decoder.