U.S. chipmaker Nvidia is set to collaborate with Saudi AI startup Humain, backed by the country's sovereign wealth fund, and will supply 18,000 chips to support a new data center project in the region.
The partnership was revealed Tuesday as part of a White House trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Saudi Arabia has been working to develop its artificial intelligence capacity and strengthen its cloud computing infrastructure with the help of foreign investment, reports UNB.
“AI, like electricity and internet, is essential infrastructure for every nation,” said Jensen Huang, founder of Nvidia.
“Together with Humain, we are building AI infrastructure for the people and companies of Saudi Arabia to realize the bold vision of the Kingdom.”
The cutting-edge Blackwell chips will be used in a 500 megawatt data center in Saudi Arabia, according to remarks at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh on Tuesday. The California company said its first deployment will use its GB300 Blackwell chips, which are among Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips at the moment, and which were only officially announced earlier this year.
Nvidia's state-of-the-art Blackwell chips will power a 500-megawatt data center in Saudi Arabia, as revealed at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh on Tuesday.
The California-based company announced that its first deployment will use its GB300 Blackwell chips, which are among Nvidia’s most advanced AI chips at the moment, and which were only officially announced earlier this year.
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