{"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-breaks-ground-riyadh-dammam-2025","event_date":"2025-08-25","published":"2026-10-03","category":"datacenters","importance":2,"title":{"en":"HUMAIN breaks ground on first data centers in Riyadh and Dammam","ar":"هيوماين تبدأ إنشاء أول مراكز بياناتها في الرياض والدمام"},"summary":{"en":"HUMAIN began construction of its first data centers in Riyadh and Dammam in late August 2025, with initial capacity of up to 100 MW each and a launch then expected in the second quarter of 2026, according to CEO Tareq Amin, as reported by Bloomberg. The company planned to use Nvidia chips for which it had received local regulatory approval, and set a longer-term goal of about 6.6 GW over the next decade. In September 2026 HUMAIN launched an Nvidia-powered AI cloud with 1.1 MW of operational capacity.","ar":"بدأت هيوماين في أواخر أغسطس 2025 إنشاء أول مراكز بياناتها في الرياض والدمام بسعة أولية تصل إلى 100 ميغاواط لكل منها، وكان الإطلاق متوقعاً حينها في الربع الثاني من 2026، بحسب الرئيس التنفيذي طارق أمين كما نقلت «بلومبرغ». وخططت الشركة لاستخدام شرائح إنفيديا التي حصلت على موافقة تنظيمية محلية، ووضعت هدفاً أطول أمداً يبلغ نحو 6.6 غيغاواط خلال عقد. وفي سبتمبر 2026 أطلقت هيوماين سحابة للذكاء الاصطناعي تعمل بتقنيات إنفيديا بسعة تشغيلية 1.1 ميغاواط."},"entities":["HUMAIN","Nvidia","Riyadh","Dammam"],"figures":[{"label":"initial capacity per site (target)","label_ar":"السعة الأولية لكل موقع (مستهدف)","value":100,"unit":"MW"},{"label":"long-term target","label_ar":"المستهدف طويل الأمد","value":6.6,"unit":"GW"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/saudi-s-humain-to-open-data-centers-with-us-chips-in-early-2026","publisher":"Bloomberg","title":"Saudi's Humain to Open Data Centers With US Chips in Early 2026","published":"2025-08-25"},{"url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudis-humain-launch-data-centers-191120744.html","publisher":"Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg)","title":"Saudi's Humain to launch data centers with US chips in early 2026, Bloomberg News reports","published":"2025-08-25"},{"url":"https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/saudi-arabias-ai-co-humain-looking-for-us-data-center-equity-partner-targets-66gw-by-2034-with-subsidized-electricity/","publisher":"DatacenterDynamics","title":"Saudi Arabia's AI co. Humain looking for US data center equity partner, targets 6.6GW by 2034","published":null}],"verification":"corrected","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-breaks-ground-riyadh-dammam-2025","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/humain-breaks-ground-riyadh-dammam-2025","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-breaks-ground-riyadh-dammam-2025.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/humain-breaks-ground-riyadh-dammam-2025.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/humain-breaks-ground-riyadh-dammam-2025.jpg"}}