Riyadh - Sharikat Mubasher: HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack artificial intelligence capabilities globally, expanded its partnership with DataVolt, a Saudi-based developer and operator of sustainable digital infrastructure, to develop 100MW of the 360MW AI-ready data center at Oxagon, the industrial city in NEOM.
The project, announced during LEAP 2026, combines HUMAIN’s capabilities across the AI stack with DataVolt’s expertise in developing, financing, delivering, and operating large-scale digital infrastructure, the PIF company stated in a press release yesterday.
The facility will form part of the 360MW first phase of DataVolt’s planned 1.5GW AI data center campus at Oxagon and is expected to integrate renewable energy sources, innovative cooling technologies, and high-performance computing clusters to support large-scale AI and cloud workloads, with the first 100MW anticipated to be available in 2028.
The facility will also provide the physical infrastructure required to deploy AI compute at significant scale, thereby meeting the demands of next-generation accelerated computing.
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.”
Rajit Nanda, CEO of DataVolt, commented: “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."
The HUMAIN-DataVolt partnership addresses the global demand for AI infrastructure by combining AI capabilities with infrastructure delivery at scale, creating a pathway from data center capacity to deployable AI compute.
LEAP2026 takes place from 31 August to 3 September under the theme “Into New Worlds,” bringing together thousands of companies, startups, investors, and technology experts. It is expected to attract more than 1,000 global speakers and experts, 1,800 technology companies, 600 startups, and 1,900 investors and venture capital representatives.