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NourNet Launches Sovereign AI Agent Platform and Expands Data Center to 10 MW at LEAP 2026

By: IDCNOVARegion: Middle East
Saudi digital services provider NourNet concluded its participation at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh with a series of announcements aimed at strengthening the Kingdom's sovereign AI and digital infrastructure capabilities, including the beta launch of a new AI Agent Platform, the expansion of its flagship data center, and strategic agreements with a roster of global and regional technology companies.

The AI Agent Platform represents a significant step in NourNet's push to give Saudi organizations a locally operated foundation for adopting artificial intelligence at scale. Designed to help enterprises build, deploy and operate intelligent agents across a range of business functions, the platform combines Agentic AI with Inference-as-a-Service, enabling the automation of operational tasks, the execution of multi-step workflows and interaction with enterprise data. Hosted entirely within NourNet's Saudi data centers, it provides access to Arabic-tuned and multilingual models while ensuring that customer data and AI workloads remain inside the Kingdom — a critical consideration for government entities and regulated industries operating under Saudi data sovereignty requirements.

In parallel, NourNet announced the expansion of its main data center, bringing total capacity to 10 MW and up to 750 racks. The additional capacity is intended to serve government entities, regulated industries, enterprises and hyperscalers seeking greater local capacity to host critical data and workloads, including increasingly demanding AI infrastructure. The expansion underscores the growing pressure on regional operators to scale physical infrastructure in step with surging demand for AI compute across the Gulf.

NourNet also signed agreements with HPE, Rebellions, Red Bull MOBILE, TLS, Systems Arabia, Scality, Protectt AI and EnableNow, broadening the range of solutions available to its customers in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the company held strategic executive meetings with Microsoft, Fortinet, Cloudflare, Splunk and Veeam to deepen relationships with global technology leaders.

Eng. Amjad A. Hafez, Chief Executive Officer of NourNet, said: "For more than two decades, NourNet has focused on bringing world-class technology capability within reach of organizations in the Kingdom — locally, securely, and on their terms. The launch of our new AI Agent Platform is a natural next step in that journey: it gives Saudi organizations a sovereign foundation to adopt AI at scale, keeping their data and workloads inside the Kingdom while unlocking the full potential of intelligent agents. The investments and solutions we announced reflect our vision to build a stronger, more integrated technology business that can support the Kingdom's evolving digital needs."

Beyond its announcements, NourNet showcased capabilities spanning cloud, cybersecurity, data centers, connectivity and enterprise operations, demonstrating how its portfolio can support critical business operations through locally managed digital services. The moves position the company within a rapidly intensifying regional race to build sovereign AI ecosystems, as Gulf governments and enterprises seek to reduce reliance on foreign infrastructure while accelerating adoption of generative and agentic AI technologies.