AMD, Cisco, and Humain Form Joint Venture for Middle East Data Centers
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, networking giant Cisco Systems, and Saudi AI startup Humain are launching a joint venture to build data centers in the Middle East. The unnamed partnership will break ground with a 100-megawatt facility in Saudi Arabia, with full capacity already leased by generative video firm Luma AI.
The collaboration emerges amid heightened tech diplomacy between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, following President Trump's May visit to Riyadh. Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is financing Humain's data center ambitions, while AMD and Cisco take minority stakes. Humain CEO Tareq Amin leads the project, which targets 1 gigawatt of capacity by 2030 to serve Asia, Europe, and beyond.