US EditionWhy the World’s Richest Man and the CEO of the Most Valuable Company Met with Saudi Officials
The 500 MW Saudi AI data center will be among the world's largest, using Nvidia GPUs to deploy xAI's Grok models and support sovereign AI capabilities.
- At the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C., Elon Musk, CEO of xAI and Tesla, announced a $25 Billion partnership with HUMAIN to build a 500 MW AI data center on Wednesday.
- Backed by the Public Investment Fund, Humain will provide Saudi infrastructure and funding to deploy xAI's Grok models and develop potential sovereign AI capabilities.
- Nvidia will supply the GPUs, likely including GB200/Blackwell or next-generation Nvidia chips, while xAI's Colossus 1 data center in Memphis represents around 300MW for scale comparison.
- Wednesday's announcements follow Tuesday's U.S.-Saudi Memorandum of Understanding, which the White House said safeguards U.S. technology while granting the Kingdom access to American systems.
- The onstage mix of big numbers and futuristic claims highlighted industry momentum as Musk briefly misstated the scale as 500 gigawatts before clarifying, and Nvidia announced a 100 megawatt data center for AWS.
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xAI and HUMAIN to deploy 500MW Grok data center in Saudi Arabia
xAI, Elon Musk's AI startup, has partnered with Saudi Arabia's state-backed HUMAIN to build a 500MW data center to host the Grok AI platform. The initiative aims to create a national AI infrastructure, combining large-scale GPU computing with advanced models to support public and private sectors across the Kingdom, according to Grok, , and .
Why the world’s richest man and the CEO of the most valuable company met with Saudi officials
By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia is strengthening its ties with American AI companies — announcing a flurry of new joint ventures worth billions of dollars. The country seeks to make its mark in the AI industry as its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, makes his first visit to the United States in years. Humain — an AI company backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund — announced a series of partnerships with prominent…
Why the world’s richest man and the CEO of the most valuable company met with Saudi officials
By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia is strengthening its ties with American AI companies — announcing a flurry of new joint ventures worth billions of dollars. The country seeks to make its mark in the AI industry as its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, makes his first visit to the United States in years. Humain — an AI company backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund — announced a series of partnerships with prominent…
Why the world’s richest man and the CEO of the most valuable company met with Saudi officials
By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia is strengthening its ties with American AI companies — announcing a flurry of new joint ventures worth billions of dollars. The country seeks to make its mark in the AI industry as its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, makes his first visit to the United States in years. Humain — an AI company backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund — announced a series of partnerships with prominent…
Why the world’s richest man and the CEO of the most valuable company met with Saudi officials
By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia is strengthening its ties with American AI companies — announcing a flurry of new joint ventures worth billions of dollars. The country seeks to make its mark in the AI industry as its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, makes his first visit to the United States in years. Humain — an AI company backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund — announced a series of partnerships with prominent…
Why the world’s richest man and the CEO of the most valuable company met with Saudi officials
By Hadas Gold, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia is strengthening its ties with American AI companies — announcing a flurry of new joint ventures worth billions of dollars. The country seeks to make its mark in the AI industry as its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, makes his first visit to the United States in years. Humain — an AI company backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund — announced a series of partnerships with prominent…
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