Exclusive: AMD, Cisco and Saudi’s Humain launch AI joint venture, land first major customer

Exclusive: AMD, Cisco and Saudi’s Humain launch AI joint venture, land first major customer

By Max Cherney
Publication Date: 2025-11-19 16:21:00

  • Joint venture to build 100 MW data center in Saudi Arabia
  • Luma AI contracts entire 100 MW capacity of new data center
  • Joint venture aims for 1 GW data centers by 2030
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O), opens new tab, Cisco Systems (CSCO.O), opens new tab and Saudi Arabian artificial intelligence startup Humain are forming a joint venture to build data centers in the Middle East and have landed their first customer, CEOs at the three companies told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.

The yet-to-be-named joint venture will kick off with a 100-megawatt data center project in Saudi Arabia – the computing…