Humain, a global artificial intelligence company based in Saudi Arabia building end-to-end AI capabilities, and AirTrunk, a data centre platform in the Asia Pacific region, have agreed to establish a strategic partnership to build data centres in Saudi Arabia.
The initial project is said to involve an approximately US$3 billion investment for a data centre campus in Saudi Arabia.
Humain is owned by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), and AirTrunk is backed by Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
Humain, AirTrunk and Blackstone say they will develop a long-term strategic partnership focused on financing, developing, and operating next-generation data centres and AI infrastructure across Saudi Arabia.
Humain will lead national efforts to deliver large-scale, AI-ready infrastructure. Blackstone and AirTrunk, will lead development.
The partners say they will cooperate across several key areas, including data centre design, construction and operation; financing through equity and debt; and go-to-market initiatives to attract hyperscalers and enterprise clients. The partnership will also focus on developing local talent and capabilities.
According to the Data Centre Dynamics website, details of any planned facilities built under the partnership have not yet been shared.
It also notes that Humainis an AI venture established in May 2025 as a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) with the aim of delivering 6.6GW of data centre capacity over the next decade.
It adds that the company isdevelopingits own data centres as well as using capacity from other operators to host thousands ofNvidiaandAMDGPUs, as well as hardware fromGroqandQualcomm.
