HUMAIN, DataVolt Partner on 100MW AI Data Center at NEOM

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: HUMAIN and DataVolt have expanded their partnership to jointly develop 100MW of a 360MW AI-ready data center at Oxagon, NEOM’s industrial city on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast.

The project forms part of the 360MW first phase of DataVolt’s planned AI data center campus at Oxagon, with construction now underway. The first 100MW of capacity is expected to become available in 2028.

HUMAIN, a Public Investment Fund (PIF) company focused on full-stack artificial intelligence capabilities, and Saudi-based DataVolt announced the expanded partnership at LEAP.

The facility is being designed to support high-density artificial intelligence and cloud computing workloads, integrating renewable energy sources, advanced cooling technologies and high-performance computing clusters.

First 100MW Expected in 2028

The development combines HUMAIN’s capabilities across the AI technology stack with DataVolt’s experience in developing, financing, delivering and operating large-scale digital infrastructure.

Designed for next-generation accelerated computing, the facility will provide the infrastructure needed to deploy AI compute at significant scale.

Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN, said: “AI ambition only matters when you can turn it into infrastructure, compute and capacity that customers can use. That is what this partnership with DataVolt is about. Construction is underway, 100MW is moving forward, and we are building with the speed and scale that the next era of AI demands.”

The 100MW development represents part of DataVolt’s wider planned AI infrastructure footprint at Oxagon.

DataVolt Advances 1.5GW Oxagon Campus

The start of construction marks the beginning of the 360MW first phase of DataVolt’s planned 1.5GW campus at Oxagon.

The development builds on DataVolt’s wider infrastructure pipeline across Saudi Arabia and Central Asia, as well as its experience delivering capital-intensive digital infrastructure projects.

Rajit Nanda, CEO of DataVolt, said: “AI infrastructure at this scale demands more than capital and capacity, but disciplined execution, from power and engineering through construction and operations. Our partnership with HUMAIN brings together our complementary capabilities with a clear focus on delivery and bringing world class digital infrastructure capacity to the Kingdom. Breaking ground at Oxagon is an important milestone as we move forward with the first 360MW phase and build the infrastructure required to support AI compute at scale.”

Oxagon Infrastructure to Support AI Compute

The companies expect the project to benefit from Oxagon’s industrial infrastructure, including pre-zoned industrial land, large-scale energy resources and subsea cable connectivity linking the region with Europe and Africa.

These capabilities are intended to support the power requirements, connectivity and operating efficiency associated with large-scale AI infrastructure.

Eng. Aiman Al-Mudaifer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NEOM, said: “Breaking ground on the HUMAIN and DataVolt project is an important demonstration of the industrial ecosystem taking shape at Oxagon. The ability to secure the power, land and connectivity needed to grow is becoming critical to the economics of AI. As progress on the first phase of DataVolt’s AI campus accelerates, Oxagon is bringing these advantages together to create a strong proposition for companies building the infrastructure required for the next generation of AI.”

AI Infrastructure Demand Accelerates

The project comes as global demand for AI computing infrastructure increases requirements for power, high-density data center capacity and facilities capable of supporting increasingly powerful computing systems.

The HUMAIN-DataVolt partnership is intended to combine AI capabilities with large-scale infrastructure delivery, creating a pathway from data center capacity to deployable AI compute.

The companies said the 100MW development marks the next stage of their partnership and a significant step in the development of large-scale AI infrastructure at Oxagon.