AWS enters into ‘strategic partnership’ with Saudi Arabia-backed Humain

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Amazon Say It will work with Saudi Arabian ruler Mohammed bin Salman recently with the AI ​​agency Humain to invest “$ 5 billion plus” for strategic partnerships for creating an “AI Zone” in Saudi Arabia.

The AI ​​zone will include the Dedicated Amazon Web Services (AWS) AI infrastructure, server, network and training and credential programs, in a press release. Humine is promising to develop AI solutions using AWS technology and is promising to work with AWS on Saudi Arabia-based AI startups to provide access to equipment and programs.

In partnership with AWS Humain, Tech Giants joins Nvidia, AMD and others, which are funded by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). American technology companies have been looking for PIF as the source of capital. The company preferred Google And Salesforce He recently worked with PIF in AI-related projects and investments.

President Donald Trump and several technology industry allies participated in the US-Saudi investment forum on Tuesday. Under New Trump administration initiativeUS -based technology suppliers, including the aforementioned Nvidia and AMD, have been allowed to arrange an agreement with Saudi Arabia companies.

Saudi Arabia has made AI companies and services compulsory in the Kingdom Store data locally, pressing vendors to set the privileges there to avoid losing the deal. Both Google and Oracle have announced expansion plans in the region in the last one year.

Had promised to spend Amazon in early March Billions of dollars At the Data Center in Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, the agency said it was spending about $ 1.5 billion to develop a AWS region scheduled for coming online in 2026. AI Zone’s promises are an “extra investment” of about $ 1.5 billion from about $ 1.5 billion. It is not clear, however, if Amazon’s contribution to the AI ​​zone was originally announced that it would draw on the traffic.

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