Facilities will not just be confined to Saudi Arabia.
Qualcomm has signed a memorandum of understanding with Humain to develop AI data centers, hybrid AI across Edge and cloud, and AI chips.
The MoU would cover facilities in Saudi Arabia and around the world. Humain was launched this week by the Sovereign Wealth Fund as a national AI venture - and has announced partnerships with Nvidia, AMD, Groq, AWS, and Cisco.
Should the partnership go ahead, Humain and Qualcomm plan to develop and build AI data centers in Saudi Arabia, develop CPU and AI solutions, use Snapdragon and Dragonwing Edge processors, and integrate Humain's Arabic large language models into Qualcomm's Edge hardware.
Both companies will also collaborate with Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) to establish a world-class Qualcomm Design Center in Saudi Arabia for semiconductor technology.
“Saudi Arabia is making impressive strides toward becoming a global AI leader, and Qualcomm Technologies is pleased to be working with Humain to support the realization of these goals," Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said.
"We are incredibly excited help build the advanced AI data center infrastructure required to launch reliable and cost-effective next-generation hybrid AI services in the Kingdom and globally using our industry-leading CPU and AI solutions."
Humain's CEO Tareq Amin added that the agreement "marks a major milestone in our journey to build a global hub for AI infrastructure, which helps enable Qualcomm Technologies’ data center expansion, driving high-performance low-power computing and energy-efficient AI processing at scale.
"Together, we’re not only accelerating technological advancement – we are building the foundation for the region’s most powerful cloud-to-Edge hybrid AI which will create opportunities for innovation, job growth, and sustainable economic impact."
