HUMAIN Secures $667 Million for AI Computing and Energy Infrastructure
National Infrastructure Fund (Infra) and HUMAIN signed two financing agreements worth up to SAR 2.5 billion ($667 million) for AI computing capacity and energy infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, according to Sabq. The deals are the first phase of a financing framework worth up to $1.2 billion established in January 2026.
The first facility provides up to SAR 1.1 billion ($293.3 million) to purchase GPUs with about 25 megawatts of IT load capacity. The second provides up to SAR 1.4 billion ($373.3 million) for substations, power transmission infrastructure, and grid connections serving HUMAIN's AI data centers.
The energy infrastructure will support future data center expansion with IT loads of up to 1 gigawatt. These are the first deals completed through the fund's AI Data Center Financing Program.
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