{"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":"humain-airtrunk-3bn-2025","event_date":"2025-10-28","published":"2026-10-03","category":"investment","importance":2,"title":{"en":"HUMAIN and Blackstone-backed AirTrunk plan data center campus with $3bn start","ar":"هيوماين و«إير ترنك» المدعومة من بلاكستون تخططان لحرم مراكز بيانات باستثمار أولي بقيمة 3 مليارات دولار"},"summary":{"en":"On 28 October 2025 HUMAIN and AirTrunk, backed by Blackstone and CPP Investments, announced a partnership to build and operate data centers in Saudi Arabia, with an initial investment of about $3 billion. CEO Tareq Amin suggested the partnership could widen to include BlackRock, KKR and DigitalBridge. At FII9 he also said HUMAIN targets a dual listing on the Saudi exchange and Nasdaq within three to four years.","ar":"أعلنت هيوماين و«إير ترنك»، المدعومة من بلاكستون و«سي بي بي إنفستمنتس» (CPP Investments)، في 28 أكتوبر 2025 شراكة لبناء مراكز بيانات في السعودية وتشغيلها باستثمار أولي يبلغ نحو 3 مليارات دولار. وألمح الرئيس التنفيذي طارق أمين إلى إمكانية توسيع الشراكة لتشمل بلاك روك و«كي كي آر» و«ديجيتال بريدج». كما قال في النسخة التاسعة من مبادرة مستقبل الاستثمار إن هيوماين تستهدف إدراجاً مزدوجاً في السوق المالية السعودية وفي ناسداك خلال ثلاث إلى أربع سنوات."},"entities":["HUMAIN","AirTrunk","Blackstone","CPP Investments"],"figures":[{"label":"initial investment","label_ar":"الاستثمار الأولي","value":3,"unit":"USD bn"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/humain-and-blackstone-backed-airtrunk-announce-partnership-to-build-state-of-the-art-data-centers-in-the-kingdom-of-saudi-arabia/","publisher":"Blackstone","title":"HUMAIN and Blackstone-backed AirTrunk announce partnership to build data centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia","published":"2025-10-28"},{"url":"https://enterpriseam.com/ksa/2025/10/29/humain-steals-the-show-at-fii9-with-usd-3-bn-center-push-aramco-backing-and-product-launches/","publisher":"Enterprise","title":"Humain steals the show at FII9 with USD 3 bn center push, Aramco backing and product launches","published":"2025-10-29"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-airtrunk-3bn-2025","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/humain-airtrunk-3bn-2025","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-airtrunk-3bn-2025.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/humain-airtrunk-3bn-2025.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/humain-airtrunk-3bn-2025.jpg"}}