Saudi Arabia's AI Infrastructure Gets a Boost from AMD and Cisco
Three major companies - AMD (NASDAQ: AMD), Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), and HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack AI solutions - have announced that they are expanding Saudi Arabia's AI infrastructure. The collaboration is focused on building an open, high-performance AI platform in the Kingdom.
The production deployment of AMD Instinct MI355X GPU-based AI infrastructure, built on Cisco Silicon One-based AI networking, has now gone live in Saudi Arabia and is serving HUMAIN customers in the region and beyond. This marks a significant milestone in the companies' work to build an open, large-scale AI platform in Saudi Arabia.
According to the partners, they plan to deploy up to 250 MW of AI infrastructure as part of the next phase of the buildout beginning in 2027. This will significantly expand Saudi Arabia's AI capacity and is on track to deploy up to 1 GW of AI infrastructure by 2030.
The platform is designed to give governments, enterprises, research institutions, and developers access to advanced AI capabilities through a platform that brings together open models, open software, and locally operated infrastructure. This will enable organizations to build AI capabilities aligned with their languages, cultures, regulatory requirements, and national priorities.