Riyadh - Sharikat Mubasher: Saudi Arabia’s AI company HUMAIN established a strategic partnership with AirTrunk, the leading data center platform in the Asia Pacific region backed by Blackstone, to build state-of-the-art data centers in Saudi Arabia.

The partnership includes investing nearly $3 billion to build a data center campus in the Kingdom, the company announced in a press release yesterday.

This collaboration will combine HUMAIN’s trusted reputation as the national AI champion with AirTrunk’s proven track record and operational expertise with key cloud and AI customers to advance Saudi Arabia’s vision to become a global innovation hub.

Together, HUMAIN, AirTrunk, and Blackstone will develop a long-term strategic partnership focused on financing, developing, and operating next-generation data centers and AI infrastructure across the Kingdom.

Tareq Amin, Chief Executive Officer of HUMAIN, stated that the partnership marks a pivotal move toward creating scalable, secure, and sustainable data center capacity to support the rapid growth of AI and cloud computing. “This initiative not only accelerates Saudi Arabia’s technological advancement but also establishes a platform for long-term economic diversification and global competitiveness,” he added.

In turn, Robin Khuda, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at AirTrunk, commented: “Our strategic partnership with HUMAIN, a key player in the region, will support Saudi Arabia to realize its vision of being a data- and AI-driven economy. We’re bringing together the whole digital ecosystem, combining HUMAIN’s end-to-end AI capabilities, from infrastructure to models, with AirTrunk’s leading hyperscale data center capabilities.”

Meanwhile, Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder of Blackstone, said: “This initiative reinforces Blackstone’s position as one of the world’s leading investors in digital infrastructure and marks a commitment to deepening our presence in the Middle East.”

Moreover, all parties will cooperate across several key areas, including data center design, construction, and operation; financing through equity and debt; and go-to-market initiatives to attract hyperscalers and enterprise clients.