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U.S. Clears Limited Nvidia AI Chip Exports as Saudi Humain Unveils Giant Data Center Deals

Strict U.S. safeguards now frame Humain’s multi‑gigawatt push with American tech suppliers.

Overview

  • Washington authorized exports equal to up to 35,000 Nvidia Blackwell (GB300) chips each to UAE’s G42 and Saudi Arabia’s Humain under rigorous security and reporting conditions.
  • Humain announced a 500‑megawatt Saudi data center developed with Elon Musk’s xAI that will use Nvidia hardware, with xAI positioned as an early customer for the facility.
  • Humain said its projects encompass about 600,000 Nvidia GPUs, alongside a joint venture with AMD and Cisco targeting up to 1 gigawatt of AI infrastructure by 2030.
  • Amazon Web Services outlined an “AI Zone” in Riyadh and said it plans to provide, deploy and manage up to 150,000 AI accelerators there.
  • Humain led a $900 million round for Luma AI and will build a 2‑gigawatt “Project Halo” compute cluster in Saudi Arabia with Luma as the primary customer.