Data Center Atlas
HUMAIN Al-Saad hyperscale AI data centre campus
Announced
Saudi Arabia · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
HUMAIN, the AI company owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, plans a 6 GW hyperscale AI data centre campus on a 24 square kilometre site in the Al-Saad area of east Riyadh, to be built in two phases across six plots. HUMAIN tendered the campus enabling infrastructure in May 2026, covering high-voltage distribution, two substations, a 2,000 MVA bulk supply point, water, sewage, roads and fibre. In September 2026 Dammam-based Al-Yamama was reported as the selected contractor under an early contractor involvement process. Neither the contract value nor the total project cost has been disclosed.
Source record as of 2026-09-27 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
HUMAIN Al-Saad hyperscale AI data centre campus
Announced last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Riyadh, Riyadh Province, SA. Sources place the site in the Al-Saad area of east Riyadh. OpenStreetMap Nominatim did not resolve that district, so coordinates are the Riyadh city centroid from Nominatim. MEED; MEED; Enterprise AM; Construction Review Online
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 6,000 MW | Planned · Campus · Unspecified | 2026-09-24 | MEED; MEED; Enterprise AM | |
| Power capacity | 1,000 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · Each of six plots | 2026-09-24 | MEED says the campus spans six plots delivered in two phases, each with 1 GW; the figure is read as per plot because six plots of 1 GW match the 6 GW total. Enterprise AM uses similar wording. | MEED; MEED |
| Land area | 2,400 hectares | Reported · Campus | 2026-09-24 | Reported as 24 square kilometres, converted exactly to hectares. | MEED; MEED; Enterprise AM; Construction Review Online |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUMAIN | Developer | Client for the campus infrastructure works; supported by advisers Hatch, Egis and JLL. | MEED; MEED; Enterprise AM |
| Al-Yamama Company for Trading & Contracting | Builder | Selected for the campus enabling infrastructure package under an early contractor involvement process. Construction Review notes that this is not yet a final appointment for all construction works. | MEED; Enterprise AM; Construction Review Online |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05 | Other | Actual | HUMAIN tendered the campus enabling infrastructure package, with proposals due on 8 May. | MEED; Enterprise AM |
| 2026-09 | Other | Actual | Al-Yamama reported as winner of the enabling infrastructure contract. | MEED; Enterprise AM; Construction Review Online |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Enabling works include a 380/132/33 kV distribution network, two substations of 500 MVA and 200 MVA, and a 2,000 MVA bulk supply point. | MEED; MEED; Enterprise AM |
Status is announced because only site enabling works have been contracted; no source reviewed reports data hall construction or a delivery date. MEED coverage is partly paywalled, and the other reports appear to draw on it.
Related projects: humain riyadh, humain dammam
Sources for these details
- Humain tenders infrastructure for 6GW data centre campus — MEED; 2026-05-04 · Archived source
- Contractor wins 6GW data centre campus infrastructure — MEED; 2026-09-24
- Al Yamama takes the infrastructure contract for Humain's 6 GW Riyadh AI campus — Enterprise AM; 2026-09-27
- Al-Yamama Wins Infrastructure Contract for 6GW Humain AI Data Center Campus in Riyadh — Construction Review Online; 2026-09-24
On September 1, 2026, Saudi Electricity Company said its transmission arm National Grid SA signed an agreement to provide electricity services to HUMAIN's AI data-centre project in Saad, Riyadh, supporting its electrical-infrastructure readiness and future energy needs. This is utility power-readiness context only. No capacity, energisation date or substation is given, and the existing September 27 announced observation, status and locality-precision locator are unchanged. evidence
Saudi Electricity Company (Saudi Energy) · published 2026-09-01
- Companies
- Developer: HUMAIN (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: HUMAIN (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: HUMAIN (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Al-Yamama Company for Trading & Contracting (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Al-Yamama Company for Trading & Contracting (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: Al-Yamama Company for Trading & Contracting (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Contractor wins 6GW data centre campus infrastructure evidence row
MEED · published 2026-09-24 · Trade publication - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
Not reviewed against imagery not_
reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 30 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 24.63890, 46.71600
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Sources place the site in the Al-Saad area of east Riyadh. OpenStreetMap Nominatim did not resolve that district, so coordinates are the Riyadh city centroid from Nominatim.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- db21518c
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Yamama takes the infrastructure contract for Humain's 6 GW Riyadh AI campus Archived copy | Enterprise AM News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Role: Builder, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Enterprise AM | df48d41eadb9388020ba5b06aa249a82fd2e98c65c311f108746cca85eb816c5Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Al-Yamama Wins Infrastructure Contract for 6GW Humain AI Data Center Campus in Riyadh Archived copy | Construction Review Online Trade publication | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Other, Role: Builder | source-terms-not-recorded | Construction Review Online | 9bb62147fa8eaf09bce4e0175a4162e6e8627ea207dad81ade2f1495b8e7d494Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Contractor wins 6GW data centre campus infrastructure Archived copy | MEED Trade publication | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Role: Builder, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | MEED | 9fe53b9801cec0737a04ef04d5f1f4267c4703fc04a2c0f3ae1f30d002ed320bFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Humain tenders infrastructure for 6GW data centre campus Archived copy | MEED Trade publication | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Land Area, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | MEED | 0c6dd56d6a570aab40f3bee1054d87344f41ddbdfbf80ce215b6c02d74227330Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Saudi Energy Signs Three Strategic Agreements at LEAP 2026 to Advance Power Infrastructure for Data Centers and AI Archived copy | Saudi Electricity Company (Saudi Energy) Company disclosure | Grid connection context | all-rights-reserved | Saudi Electricity Company | cdd8790178f3934578a59721ae98e73e533585e8615992e6d6f2fbc131c3365fRetained source material; see source provenance |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). HUMAIN Al-Saad hyperscale AI data centre campus [site vcc-site-a226e4ce3df02dee4be7]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-a226e4ce3df02dee4be7/
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