{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"groq-aramco-digital-inference-plan-2024","event_date":"2024-09-17","published":"2026-10-03","category":"datacenters","importance":2,"title":{"en":"Groq and Aramco Digital plan 'world's largest' AI inference center","ar":"جروك وأرامكو الرقمية تخططان لما تصفانه بأكبر مركز للاستدلال بالذكاء الاصطناعي في العالم"},"summary":{"en":"In September 2024 Groq and Aramco Digital disclosed a plan to build what they called the world's largest AI inference data center in Saudi Arabia, starting with 19,000 language processing units (LPUs) and potentially expanding to 200,000. Groq's CEO said it should be running by the end of 2024, and the cost was put in the nine-figure range with Aramco funding. The CEO also said the site offers low-latency access to four billion people within 100 milliseconds. The partnership had been announced at LEAP 2024.","ar":"كشفت جروك (Groq) وأرامكو الرقمية في سبتمبر 2024 عن خطة لإنشاء ما وصفتاه بأكبر مركز بيانات للاستدلال بالذكاء الاصطناعي في العالم داخل السعودية، يبدأ بـ19 ألف وحدة معالجة لغوية ويمكن أن يتوسع إلى 200 ألف. وقال الرئيس التنفيذي لجروك إنه سيعمل بحلول نهاية 2024، وقُدّرت التكلفة بمئات الملايين بتمويل من أرامكو. وأضاف أن الموقع يتيح وصولاً بزمن استجابة منخفض إلى أربعة مليارات شخص خلال 100 ميلي ثانية. وكانت الشراكة قد أُعلنت في مؤتمر ليب 2024."},"entities":["Groq","Aramco Digital"],"figures":[{"label":"initial LPUs (LPUs)","label_ar":"وحدات المعالجة اللغوية الأولية","value":19000,"unit":"count"},{"label":"possible LPUs (LPUs)","label_ar":"وحدات المعالجة اللغوية المحتملة","value":200000,"unit":"count"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://the-decoder.com/oil-giant-builds-worlds-largest-ai-inference-center-in-saudi-arabia-with-us-chipmaker-groq/","publisher":"The Decoder","title":"Oil giant builds world's largest AI inference center in Saudi Arabia with US chipmaker Groq","published":"2024-09-17"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/groq-aramco-digital-inference-plan-2024","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/groq-aramco-digital-inference-plan-2024","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/groq-aramco-digital-inference-plan-2024.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/groq-aramco-digital-inference-plan-2024.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/groq-aramco-digital-inference-plan-2024.jpg"}}