AMD and HUMAIN Form Strategic, $10B Collaboration to Advance Global AI
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia's new AI enterprise, have announced a groundbreaking $10 billion collaboration to develop the world's most advanced AI infrastructure. The partnership aims to deploy 500 megawatts of AI compute capacity over the next five years, creating a network of AMD-based AI computing centers from Saudi Arabia to the United States.
The collaboration will leverage AMD's full AI compute portfolio, including AMD Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs, Pensando DPUs, Ryzen AI, and the ROCm open software ecosystem. HUMAIN will manage the infrastructure deployment, including hyperscale data centers, sustainable power systems, and global fiber interconnects. The project is scheduled to activate multi-exaflop capacity by early 2026, focusing on enterprise, startup, and sovereign markets.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) e HUMAIN, la nuova impresa saudita nel campo dell'IA, hanno annunciato una collaborazione rivoluzionaria da 10 miliardi di dollari per sviluppare l'infrastruttura di IA più avanzata al mondo. La partnership prevede di implementare 500 megawatt di capacità di calcolo IA nei prossimi cinque anni, creando una rete di centri di calcolo IA basati su AMD che si estenderanno dall'Arabia Saudita agli Stati Uniti.
La collaborazione sfrutterà l'intero portafoglio di calcolo IA di AMD, inclusi GPU AMD Instinct, CPU EPYC, DPU Pensando, Ryzen AI e l'ecosistema software aperto ROCm. HUMAIN gestirà la distribuzione dell'infrastruttura, comprendente data center hyperscale, sistemi di alimentazione sostenibili e interconnessioni globali in fibra ottica. Il progetto prevede di attivare una capacità multi-exaflop entro l'inizio del 2026, con un focus sui mercati enterprise, startup e sovrani.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) y HUMAIN, la nueva empresa de IA de Arabia Saudita, han anunciado una colaboración revolucionaria de 10 mil millones de dólares para desarrollar la infraestructura de IA más avanzada del mundo. La asociación tiene como objetivo desplegar 500 megavatios de capacidad de cómputo de IA en los próximos cinco años, creando una red de centros de computación IA basados en AMD desde Arabia Saudita hasta Estados Unidos.
La colaboración aprovechará toda la cartera de cómputo IA de AMD, incluyendo GPUs AMD Instinct, CPUs EPYC, DPUs Pensando, Ryzen AI y el ecosistema de software abierto ROCm. HUMAIN gestionará el despliegue de la infraestructura, que incluye centros de datos a escala hiperescalar, sistemas de energía sostenibles y conexiones globales de fibra óptica. El proyecto está programado para activar una capacidad multi-exaflop a principios de 2026, enfocándose en los mercados empresariales, startups y soberanos.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD)와 사우디아라비아의 새로운 AI 기업 HUMAIN이 세계에서 가장 진보된 AI 인프라를 개발하기 위한 100억 달러 규모의 혁신적인 협력을 발표했습니다. 이 파트너십은 향후 5년간 500메가와트의 AI 컴퓨팅 용량을 배치하여 사우디아라비아에서 미국까지 AMD 기반 AI 컴퓨팅 센터 네트워크를 구축하는 것을 목표로 합니다.
이번 협력은 AMD Instinct GPU, EPYC CPU, Pensando DPU, Ryzen AI, 그리고 ROCm 오픈 소프트웨어 생태계를 포함한 AMD의 전체 AI 컴퓨팅 포트폴리오를 활용합니다. HUMAIN은 하이퍼스케일 데이터 센터, 지속 가능한 전력 시스템, 글로벌 광섬유 연결 등 인프라 배치를 관리할 예정입니다. 이 프로젝트는 2026년 초까지 멀티 엑사플롭 용량을 활성화하는 것을 목표로 하며, 기업, 스타트업, 주권 시장에 중점을 둡니다.
AMD (NASDAQ : AMD) et HUMAIN, la nouvelle entreprise d'IA d'Arabie Saoudite, ont annoncé une collaboration révolutionnaire de 10 milliards de dollars pour développer l'infrastructure d'IA la plus avancée au monde. Le partenariat vise à déployer 500 mégawatts de capacité de calcul IA au cours des cinq prochaines années, créant un réseau de centres de calcul IA basés sur AMD, allant de l'Arabie Saoudite aux États-Unis.
La collaboration exploitera l'ensemble du portefeuille de calcul IA d'AMD, incluant les GPU AMD Instinct, les CPU EPYC, les DPU Pensando, Ryzen AI et l'écosystème logiciel ouvert ROCm. HUMAIN gérera le déploiement de l'infrastructure, comprenant des centres de données hyperscale, des systèmes d'alimentation durables et des interconnexions mondiales en fibre optique. Le projet prévoit d'activer une capacité multi-exaflop d'ici début 2026, en se concentrant sur les marchés des entreprises, des startups et des entités souveraines.
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) und HUMAIN, das neue KI-Unternehmen aus Saudi-Arabien, haben eine bahnbrechende 10-Milliarden-Dollar-Kooperation angekündigt, um die weltweit fortschrittlichste KI-Infrastruktur zu entwickeln. Die Partnerschaft zielt darauf ab, in den nächsten fünf Jahren 500 Megawatt KI-Rechenkapazität bereitzustellen und ein Netzwerk von AMD-basierten KI-Rechenzentren von Saudi-Arabien bis in die Vereinigten Staaten zu schaffen.
Die Zusammenarbeit nutzt AMDs komplettes KI-Rechenportfolio, einschließlich AMD Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs, Pensando DPUs, Ryzen AI sowie das offene Software-Ökosystem ROCm. HUMAIN wird die Infrastruktur bereitstellen und verwalten, darunter Hyperscale-Rechenzentren, nachhaltige Energiesysteme und globale Glasfaserverbindungen. Das Projekt soll bis Anfang 2026 eine Multi-Exaflop-Kapazität aktivieren und sich auf Unternehmens-, Startup- und souveräne Märkte konzentrieren.
- Massive $10B investment demonstrates strong market position and growth potential in AI infrastructure
- 500 megawatts deployment represents significant revenue opportunity over 5 years
- Strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia provides access to stable energy resources and new market
- Multi-exaflop capacity activation by 2026 positions AMD competitively in the AI chip market
- Full spectrum deployment of AMD products (GPUs, CPUs, DPUs) increases product adoption
- Significant capital investment required over 5-year period
- Potential geopolitical risks associated with Saudi Arabian partnership
- Heavy competition in AI chip market from established players
- Project execution risks given the scale and complexity of deployment
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AMD's $10B partnership with Saudi Arabia's HUMAIN creates significant AI infrastructure, strengthening AMD's position against NVIDIA in the growing AI chip market.
AMD has secured a landmark
The scope is immense: the partners aim to deploy 500 megawatts of AI compute capacity over the next five years, with multi-exaflop capacity targeted by early 2026. For context, 500MW is roughly equivalent to the power consumption of a small city and represents infrastructure that would rival the largest AI deployments currently in existence.
This partnership has three critical strategic implications for AMD:
- It provides a massive, guaranteed deployment for AMD's full AI product stack - Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs, Pensando DPUs and Ryzen AI - creating economies of scale and real-world validation at unprecedented levels
- It establishes AMD's ROCm software ecosystem as a viable alternative to NVIDIA's CUDA in large-scale AI deployments
- It strategically positions AMD in the Middle East, leveraging Saudi Arabia's energy resources and AI investments as part of their Vision 2030 economic diversification plan
The timing is particularly significant as it coincides with global AI infrastructure bottlenecks and challenges in securing enough computing resources for large AI workloads. By focusing on openness and accessibility, AMD is positioning itself as the silicon provider for democratized AI infrastructure, in contrast to more closed ecosystems.
The deal also reflects the geopolitical dimensions of AI infrastructure development, with Saudi Arabia making a clear statement about its ambitions to become a global AI hub through massive capital investment and strategic technology partnerships.
Multi-year collaboration will deploy up to 500 megawatts of AI infrastructure, powered by the full spectrum of AMD compute and enabled by AMD ROCm Open Software Ecosystem
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and HUMAIN, Saudi Arabia’s new AI enterprise, today announced a landmark agreement to build the world’s most open, scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient AI infrastructure, that will power the future of global intelligence through a network of AMD-based AI computing centers stretching from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States.
As part of the agreement, the parties will invest up to
“At AMD, we have a bold vision to enable the future of AI everywhere - bringing open, high-performance computing to every developer, AI start-up and enterprise around the world,” said Dr. Lisa Su, Chair and CEO, AMD. “Our investment with HUMAIN is a significant milestone in advancing global AI infrastructure. Together, we are building a globally significant AI platform that delivers performance, openness and reach at unprecedented levels.”
“This is not just another infrastructure play - it’s an open invitation to the world’s innovators,” said Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN. “We are democratizing AI at the compute level, ensuring that access to advanced AI is limited only by imagination, not by infrastructure.”
With initial deployments already underway across key global regions, the collaboration is on track to activate multi-exaflop capacity by early 2026, supported by next-gen AI silicon, modular data center zones, and a developer-enablement focused software platform stack built around open standards and interoperability.
Full-Spectrum AI at Scale
The collaboration will deliver a market-defining value proposition by combining the Kingdom’s energy resources, AI-ready workforce and forward-looking national AI policies with the AMD full-spectrum AI stack including:
- AMD Instinct™ GPUs, with industry-leading memory and inference performance.
- AMD EPYC™ CPUs, offering world-class compute density and energy efficiency.
- AMD Pensando™ DPUs, enabling scalable, secure, and programmable networking.
- AMD Ryzen™ AI, bringing on-device AI compute to the edge.
- AMD ROCm open software ecosystem with built-in support for all AI frameworks (PyTorch, SGLang, etc.)
About AMD
For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies. AMD employees are focused on building leadership high-performance and adaptive products that push the boundaries of what is possible. Billions of people, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research institutions around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. For more information about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the AMD (NASDAQ:AMD) website, blog, LinkedIn and X pages.
About Humain
HUMAIN, a PIF company, is a global artificial intelligence company delivering full-stack AI capabilities across four core areas - next-generation data centers, hyper-performance infrastructure & cloud platforms, advanced AI Models, including the world’s most advanced Arabic multimodal LLMs, and transformative AI Solutions that combine deep sector insight with real-world execution. HUMAIN’s end-to-end model serves both public and private sector organisations, unlocking exponential value across all industries, driving transformation and strengthening capabilities through human-AI synergies. With a growing portfolio of sector-specific AI products and a core mission to drive IP leadership and talent supremacy world-wide, HUMAIN is engineered for global competitiveness and national distinction. www.humain.ai
AMD, the AMD logo, AMD Instinct, AMD ROCm, EPYC, Pensando, Ryzen and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Cautionary Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) such as, the expected benefits of the collaboration between AMD and HUMAIN; the expected plans to deploy up to 500 megawatts of AI infrastructure over the next five years; the ability of AMD to provide its AMD AI compute portfolio and software ecosystem; and the ability of the collaboration to activate multi-exaflop capacity by 2026, which are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are commonly identified by words such as "would," "may," "expects," "believes," "plans," "intends," "projects" and other terms with similar meaning. Investors are cautioned that the forward-looking statements in this press release are based on current beliefs, assumptions and expectations, speak only as of the date of this press release and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. Such statements are subject to certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond AMD’s control, that could cause actual results and other future events to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. Material factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, without limitation, the following: the impact of government actions and regulations such as export regulations, tariffs and trade protection measures, and licensing requirements; Intel Corporation’s dominance of the microprocessor market and its aggressive business practices; Nvidia’s dominance in the graphics processing unit market and its aggressive business practices; competitive markets in which AMD’s products are sold; the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry; market conditions of the industries in which AMD products are sold; AMD's ability to introduce products on a timely basis with expected features and performance levels; loss of a significant customer; economic and market uncertainty; quarterly and seasonal sales patterns; AMD's ability to adequately protect its technology or other intellectual property; unfavorable currency exchange rate fluctuations; ability of third party manufacturers to manufacture AMD's products on a timely basis in sufficient quantities and using competitive technologies; availability of essential equipment, materials, substrates or manufacturing processes; ability to achieve expected manufacturing yields for AMD’s products; AMD's ability to generate revenue from its semi-custom SoC products; potential security vulnerabilities; potential security incidents including IT outages, data loss, data breaches and cyberattacks; uncertainties involving the ordering and shipment of AMD’s products; AMD’s reliance on third-party intellectual property to design and introduce new products; AMD's reliance on third-party companies for design, manufacture and supply of motherboards, software, memory and other computer platform components; AMD's reliance on Microsoft and other software vendors' support to design and develop software to run on AMD’s products; AMD’s reliance on third-party distributors and add-in-board partners; impact of modification or interruption of AMD’s internal business processes and information systems; compatibility of AMD’s products with some or all industry-standard software and hardware; costs related to defective products; efficiency of AMD's supply chain; AMD's ability to rely on third party supply-chain logistics functions; AMD’s ability to effectively control sales of its products on the gray market; long-term impact of climate change on AMD’s business; AMD’s ability to realize its deferred tax assets; potential tax liabilities; current and future claims and litigation; impact of environmental laws, conflict minerals related provisions and other laws or regulations; evolving expectations from governments, investors, customers and other stakeholders regarding corporate responsibility matters; issues related to the responsible use of AI; restrictions imposed by agreements governing AMD’s notes, the guarantees of Xilinx’s notes, the revolving credit agreement and the ZT Systems credit agreement; impact of acquisitions, joint ventures and/or strategic investments on AMD’s business and AMD’s ability to integrate acquired businesses, including ZT Systems; AMD’s ability to sell the ZT Systems manufacturing business; impact of any impairment of the combined company’s assets; political, legal and economic risks and natural disasters; future impairments of technology license purchases; AMD’s ability to attract and retain qualified personnel; and AMD’s stock price volatility. Investors are urged to review in detail the risks and uncertainties in AMD’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to AMD’s most recent reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.
Contact: Aaron Grabein AMD Communications +1 737-256-9518 aaron.grabein@amd.com Liz Stine AMD Investor Relations +1 720-652-3965 liz.stine@amd.com
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