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HUMAIN Riyadh AI data centre
The relationship to another recorded project is unresolved. This record is retained without adding to site or project totals.
One of the first two data centres of HUMAIN, the Public Investment Fund's AI company, under construction in Riyadh as of August 2025. HUMAIN's chief executive said each of the two initial sites, in Riyadh and Dammam, would open with up to 100 MW, using US chips including NVIDIA's latest accelerators, with launch targeted for the second quarter of 2026 (headlines said early 2026). The sources reviewed give no district, building details or investment figure, and no later progress report was found.
This record reports under construction as of 2025-08-26. Arab News (Reuters); Capacity
Location: Riyadh, Riyadh Province, SA. Sources name Riyadh only. Coordinates are the OpenStreetMap Nominatim centroid of Riyadh city, not the site. Arab News (Reuters); Capacity
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | up to 100 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · Initial capacity | 2025-08-26 | Reuters, citing Bloomberg, gives up to 100 MW of initial capacity for each of the Riyadh and Dammam sites. Capacity's write-up of the same interview does not split the figure by site. | Arab News (Reuters) |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUMAIN | Developer | Arab News (Reuters); Capacity |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | First operational | Planned | Reports of the August 2025 interview give both early 2026 and the second quarter of 2026 as the launch target. | Arab News (Reuters); Capacity |
Both sources report the same Bloomberg interview with HUMAIN's chief executive. The second-quarter 2026 launch target has passed, and no source opened for this record confirms whether the site is operating. Whether this site is related to HUMAIN's separate 6 GW Al-Saad campus in east Riyadh is not stated in any source reviewed.
Related projects: humain dammam, humain al saad riyadh
Sources for these details
- Saudi Arabia's Humain to launch data centers with US chips in early 2026, Bloomberg News reports — Arab News (Reuters); 2025-08-26
- How Humain plans to use US chips in new Saudi Arabia AI data centres — Capacity; 2025-08-26 · Archived source
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