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title: "HUMAIN breaks ground on first data centers in Riyadh and Dammam"
url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-breaks-ground-riyadh-dammam-2025"
language: "en"
event_date: "2025-08-25"
published: "2026-10-03"
last_verified: "2026-10-03"
category: "Data Centers"
publisher: "Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# HUMAIN breaks ground on first data centers in Riyadh and Dammam

- Event date: 25 August 2025 (2025-08-25)
- Topic: Data Centers
- In this story: HUMAIN, Nvidia, Riyadh, Dammam
- URL: https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-breaks-ground-riyadh-dammam-2025

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.

## Key figures

- initial capacity per site (target): 100 MW
- long-term target: 6.6 GW

## Sources

1. [Saudi's Humain to Open Data Centers With US Chips in Early 2026](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-25/saudi-s-humain-to-open-data-centers-with-us-chips-in-early-2026) — Bloomberg, 2025-08-25
2. [Saudi's Humain to launch data centers with US chips in early 2026, Bloomberg News reports](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/saudis-humain-launch-data-centers-191120744.html) — Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg), 2025-08-25
3. [Saudi Arabia's AI co. Humain looking for US data center equity partner, targets 6.6GW by 2034](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/) — DatacenterDynamics

Archive report. Written in 2026 from contemporary sources and dated to the day the event happened.

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