Pledge more than US$ 5bn joint investment in AI infrastructure and AI training
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s newly created company responsible for driving AI innovation across the Kingdom and globally, recently announced plans to invest US$ 5bn-plus in a strategic partnership to build a groundbreaking ‘AI Zone’ in the Kingdom.
AWS previously announced and is currently building an AWS infrastructure region in Saudi Arabia that will become available in 2026. Amazon is investing US$ 5.3bn in Saudi Arabia to develop this new region for AWS.
The new AI Zone announced is an additional investment to grow global and local demand for advanced AI services in the Kingdom and is part of AWS’s long-term commitment to bring its world-class infrastructure and services to Saudi Arabia, according to a press statement.
This collaboration aligns with Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and builds upon the Kingdom’s pledge in 2024 to invest in building an AI-powered economy, representing a significant step towards realizing Saudi Arabia’s ambitions to become a global AI leader.
Developing AI solutions
Through this collaboration, HUMAIN plans to develop AI solutions using AWS technologies for its end customers. Further, HUMAIN will work with AWS on the development of a unified AI agent marketplace, simplifying the discovery, deployment, and management of AI software for the Saudi Arabia government.
Key sectors, such as government, energy, healthcare, and education, will be able to accelerate their transformation, envisioning AI-powered tools that can personalize learning experiences for students, help provide early disease diagnoses for patients, and unleash productivity across core upstream and downstream processes for government administration.
“This new collaboration with HUMAIN lays the foundation for the intelligent era, accelerates our innovation momentum, grows our talent, and reinforces Saudi Arabia’s position as a global partner of choice in the age of AI,” said HE Eng. Abdullah Alswaha, Minister of Communications and Information Technology.
AI-powered startup
AWS and HUMAIN will also work together to advance an AI-powered startup sector in the Kingdom, providing access to the broadest and deepest set of cloud technology tools and programs, including AWS Activate, and helping Saudi Arabia’s most ambitious founders and entrepreneurs scale their businesses.
“This collaboration to build an AI Zone in Saudi Arabia will enable innovations across all industries using AWS’s advanced AI offerings and reflects our commitment to support Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030,” affirmed Matt Garman, CEO, Amazon Web Services.
“Together, we will empower customers with cost-effective and secure cloud technologies, fuel innovation and economic growth across the nation, and enable HUMAIN to appeal to customers globally,” he concluded.
