Saudi AI Startup Humain and AWS Launch Major AI Hub in Riyadh

Editorial Team

Last updated 21-11-2025

3 min

Humain has announced a major partnership expansion with Amazon Web Services in Riyadh.

They will deploy around 150,000 advanced AI chips in a new "AI Zone" data centre.

This initiative marks a first in the Kingdom, featuring state-of-the-art NVIDIA and AWS chips.

AWS will serve as Humain’s preferred AI partner, expanding services regionally and globally.

The partnership aims to position Riyadh as a leading AI hub, enhancing local capabilities.

It’s not every day you see a Saudi AI company making headlines in Washington, but that’s exactly what happened when Humain announced a major expansion of its partnership with Amazon Web Services. The two sides are gearing up to deploy as many as 150,000 advanced AI chips in a new “AI Zone” data centre right in the heart of Riyadh. When I first started covering the startup scene for Arageek, seeing numbers like that in the region felt like wishful thinking… and believe it or not, here we are.

The announcement came during the Saudi–US Investment Forum, and it marks a pretty bold step for both sides. The facility is the first of its kind in the Kingdom and will rely on cutting-edge NVIDIA GB300s alongside AWS’s Trainium chips, which are designed specifically for high‑intensity AI training. I reckon this mix of hardware shows just how serious the region has become about owning a slice of the global AI race, rather than simply consuming whatever comes from abroad.

Under this expanded agreement, AWS becomes Humain’s preferred global partner for artificial intelligence. That said, it’s not just a fancy title; the plan is to provide AI computing services from Saudi Arabia to clients both regionally and worldwide. On the flip side, AWS gets a strategic foothold in a rapidly growing market, avoiding the usual faff of negotiating smaller deals here and there.

The move is expected to support businesses across multiple sectors by giving them access to infrastructure capable of handling the increasingly heavy workloads of modern AI applications. I’ve heard founders in Riyadh joke that training a model locally used to feel like trying to run a marathon in flip‑flops — well… I mean, this could finally change that.

Both companies say they want to help position Riyadh as an AI hub, speeding up the transfer of global expertise into the country while also boosting local capabilities in the digital economy. If they manage to pull this off, plenty of startups across the MENA region — including those we see regularly popping up on Arageek — might find themselves chuffed to bits with the new opportunities. And yes, I’m definately curious to see how fast this new AI Zone powers up in the months ahead.

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