Humain / xAI Riyadh campus is a data center project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, operated by Humain. It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. It is planned for 50 MW of IT load.
Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 19 November 2025.
Next gate to watch: Land secured.
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Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. On record: named funder, disclosed client (reported), three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.
Announced with an AI lab as the counterparty and a named initial capacity buyer. Stated AI purpose.
A dated US government document names this project's operator, its parent, or a named funder as authorised to receive advanced computing items. Criteria.
Humain · Commerce Department authorisation of 2025-11-19 for up to 35,000 Nvidia GB300 accelerators, case by case, subject to security and reporting conditions with ongoing BIS monitoring. (2025-11-20) source
Case-by-case authorisation only · Case-by-case authorisation only (2025-11-19) source
500 MW · 500MW announced, initially 50MW per LEAP 2026 coverage; no site, builder, contract or date published as of Oct 2026 · as of 2025-11-20
DCD on the US-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington says xAI and Humain to build a 500MW data center, location 'has not been revealed', Musk says Grok will be deployed across the whole country. ArusGrid's record carries 50MW; the announced figure is 500MW and no source places it in Riyadh.
Source · xAI and Humain to build 500MW Saudi Arabia data center (DCD, 2025-11-20)
Source · Humain and Infra set up $1.2bn financing package to fund 250MW of data center space in Saudi Arabia (DCD, 2026-01-22)
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