NTT DATA Unveils Riyadh-Based AI Factory Lab to Boost Enterprise Adoption
NTT DATA is launching its AI Factory Lab in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to help organizations accelerate their adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). The lab will bring together NTT DATA's full stack AI solutions and services expertise with technologies from leading ecosystem partners, including Cisco and NVIDIA. This collaboration aims to scale AI with confidence by providing a secure and integrated foundation for infrastructure, platforms, and services.
The lab is scheduled to open in September 2026 and will support executive briefings, AI strategy workshops, and hands-on experiences to help organizations identify high-impact AI use cases, validate business outcomes, and accelerate adoption. NTT DATA's Executive Head of Infrastructure Solutions in the Middle East and Africa, Hani Nofal, stated that while interest in AI continues to grow, many organizations are looking for a practical path from experimentation to business outcomes.
The AI Factory Lab will feature interactive demonstrations of real-world AI use cases across various industries, including employee productivity, customer experience, intelligent operations, cybersecurity, and software development. Cisco will provide the critical AI infrastructure foundation for the lab, while NVIDIA will provide the accelerated computing platform and AI software technologies powering generative AI, agentic AI, computer vision, and digital twin workloads.