Amazon (AMZN) Web Services said on Wednesday that it has expanded its deal with Saudi Arabian artificial intelligence firm Humain to deploy Nvidia (NVDA) GPUs, as well as Amazon’s own Trainium processors.
As part of the deal, AWS and Humain will deploy up to 150,000 accelerators in a data center known as an “AI Zone” in Riyadh. Some of the 150,000 accelerators includes Nvidia’s GB300 GPUs. AWS will also become Humain’s preferred AI partner globally, and the two companies will bring more AI compute and services from Saudi Arabia to customers worldwide.
“This marks a pivotal moment in our commitment to our partnership with Humain,” said AWS executive Tanuja Randery in a statement. “By combining Humain’s local expertise and investment with AWS AI solutions—including our advanced infrastructure, hardware partnerships with NVIDIA, the transformative AI platform Amazon Bedrock, and AI solutions for business users including Amazon Quick Suite—we’re establishing a world-class innovation hub that will serve customers across Saudi Arabia and around the globe.”
“The AI Zone represents the beginning of a multi-gigawatt journey for Humain and AWS. From inception, this infrastructure has been engineered to serve both national priorities and the world’s accelerating demand for AI compute,” said Tareq Amin, CEO of Humain. “What truly sets this partnership apart is the scale of our ambition and the innovation in how we work together. Through a groundbreaking commercial model and a shared commitment to global market expansion, we are creating an ecosystem that will shape the future of how AI ideas can be built, deployed, and scaled for the whole world.”
Amazon shares were fractionally lower in afternoon trading, while Nvidia shares were up around 1.5%.