HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack artificial intelligence capabilities globally, and DataVolt, a Saudi-based developer and operator of sustainable digital infrastructure, have announced at LEAP an expanded partnership to develop 100MW of the 360MW AI-ready data center at Oxagon,the industrial city on the Red Sea coast in NEOM.
The facility will form part of the 360MW first phase of DataVolt’s planned AI data center campus at Oxagon. With construction now underway, the project moves from planning into execution, delivering high-density digital infrastructure designed to support the rapidly growing compute requirements of advanced artificial intelligence.
The project brings together HUMAIN’s capabilities across the AI stack with DataVolt’s expertise in developing, financing, delivering and operating large-scale digital infrastructure.
Construction underway
“AI ambition only matters when you can turn it into infrastructure, compute and capacity that customers can use. That is what this partnership with DataVolt is about. Construction is underway, 100MW is moving forward, and we are building with the speed and scale that the next era of AI demands,” observed Tareq Amin, CEO, HUMAIN.
For DataVolt, the groundbreaking marks the start of construction on the 360MW first phase of its wider planned 1.5GW Oxagon campus. The development builds on DataVolt’s broader infrastructure pipeline across Saudi Arabia and Central Asia and its experience structuring and delivering capital-intensive digital infrastructure projects.
Milestone
“Breaking ground at Oxagon is an important milestone as we move forward with the first 360MW phase and build the infrastructure required to support AI compute at scale,” asserted Rajit Nanda, CEO, DataVolt.
“The ability to secure the power, land and connectivity needed to grow is becoming critical to the economics of AI. As progress on the first phase of DataVolt’s AI campus accelerates, Oxagon is bringing these advantages together to create a strong proposition for companies building the infrastructure required for the next generation of AI,” added Eng. Aiman Al-Mudaifer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Office, NEOM.
