Amazon Web, HUMAIN to launch $5B AI Zone in Saudi Arabia

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) and HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s newly created company responsible for driving AI innovation across the Kingdom and globally, announced plans to invest more than $5 billion in a strategic partnership to build a groundbreaking “AI Zone” in the Kingdom.

This first-of-a-kind AI Zone will bring together multiple innovative capabilities, including dedicated AWS AI infrastructure and servers with world-class semiconductors, UltraCluster networks for faster AI training and inference, AWS services like SageMaker and Bedrock, and AI application services such as Amazon Q to advance Saudi Arabia’s mission to be a world leader in AI, according to a press release.

AWS previously announced and is currently building an AWS infrastructure region in Saudi Arabia that will become available in 2026. Amazon is investing $5.3 billion (about SAR 19.88 billion) in Saudi Arabia to develop this new region for AWS.

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.

According to data available with Argaam, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday announced the launch of HUMAIN, a new PIF-owned company that aims to become a global leader in artificial intelligence.