«هيوماين» وصندوق البنية التحتية الوطني يوقّعان تمويلًا يصل إلى 2.5 مليار ريال لحوسبة الذكاء الاصطناعي وطاقة مراكز البياناتHUMAIN and the National Infrastructure Fund sign up to SAR 2.5 billion in financing for AI computing and data-centre power

The National Infrastructure Fund (Infra) and HUMAIN, one of the Public Investment Fund's companies, have signed two financing agreements worth up to SAR 2.5 billion ($667 million) in total, according to Asharq Al-Awsat. The aim is to support AI computing capacity and develop the power infrastructure that data centres in the Kingdom need. The agreements were signed in Riyadh on Sunday, attended by the PIF Governor, the Minister of Economy and Planning (who chairs Infra's board) and the Governor of the National Development Fund.

The financing is split into two facilities. The first, about SAR 1.1 billion ($293.3 million), is for buying and deploying graphics processing units (GPUs) with an IT load of about 25 megawatts. The second, up to SAR 1.4 billion ($373.3 million), is for power infrastructure at HUMAIN's data centres in the Kingdom, including substations, transmission and grid connections. That infrastructure is designed to support future expansion with IT loads of up to 1 gigawatt.

The two agreements are the first deals under Infra's AI data centre financing programme and the first phase of a framework agreement the two sides announced at Davos in January 2026, with non-binding financing terms of up to SAR 4.5 billion ($1.2 billion).

Infra CEO Eng. Esmail Al-Sallom said the aim is to unlock investment beyond the fund's own financing, and that the fund's role is to raise project readiness and bankability based on commercial viability and economic value. HUMAIN CEO Eng. Tareq Amin said scaling AI infrastructure requires significant investment and infrastructure able to keep pace with growth. The report does not give data-centre locations or a date for the new capacity to come online.