Saudi’s Humain Rejects Huawei Chips to Secure U.S. Tech Partnerships
Humain, the Saudi Arabian AI venture backed by the Public Investment Fund, has explicitly ruled out using Huawei's Ascend chips in its infrastructure. CEO Tareq Amin's declaration at Riyadh's Future Investment Initiative signals a strategic alignment with U.S. technology providers—a MOVE designed to bypass geopolitical tensions and secure access to NVIDIA, AMD, and Qualcomm's advanced AI accelerators.
The decision reflects growing Middle Eastern tech ambitions navigating U.S.-China trade restrictions. Humain's $3 billion data center partnership with Blackstone and potential collaborations with BlackRock and KKR underscore the kingdom's push to become a global AI compute hub. Amin, formerly of Aramco Digital, aims to position Humain as the world's third-largest computing capacity provider by 2030.
