HUMAIN and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced a transformative collaboration to deploy advanced AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia ahead of the 9th edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference. The initiative will offer global AI inferencing services and represents the world's first fully optimized edge-to-cloud hybrid AI system.

Infrastructure Scale and Timeline

Under the program, HUMAIN is targeting 200 megawatts of Qualcomm AI200 and AI250 rack solutions starting in 2026 to deliver high-performance AI inference services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and globally. This deployment will enable enterprises and government organizations to harness the full potential of AI at scale, at industry-leading performance per total cost of ownership (TCO).

The collaboration builds upon an announcement made by the two companies at the US–Saudi Investment Forum in May 2025. The program will position Saudi Arabia as a global hub for artificial intelligence by combining HUMAIN's regional infrastructure and full AI stack expertise with Qualcomm Technologies' global leadership in AI and semiconductor innovation.

Technology Integration and Solutions

The initiative will integrate HUMAIN's Saudi-developed AI ALLaM models with Qualcomm's proven AI platforms. Qualcomm AI200 and AI250 solutions deliver rack-scale performance and superior memory capacity for fast generative AI inference at an industry-leading TCO, marking a significant leap toward enabling scalable, efficient, and flexible generative AI across industries.

Qualcomm and HUMAIN will develop customer-specific solutions to address the specific needs of enterprises and government organizations across the Kingdom and beyond. The technology will deliver fully optimized edge-to-cloud, end-to-end hybrid AI services that unlock exponential value across industries.

Executive Leadership Perspectives

Tareq Amin, Chief Executive Officer at HUMAIN, stated that the collaboration unites HUMAIN's deep regional insight and unique full AI stack capabilities with Qualcomm's unmatched semiconductor technology and product leadership. He emphasized that together, the companies will enable Saudi Arabia to lead the next wave of global AI and semiconductor innovation.

Cristiano Amon, President and CEO at Qualcomm, highlighted that by establishing advanced AI data centers powered by Qualcomm's industry-leading inference solutions, the company is helping the Kingdom create a technology ecosystem that will accelerate its AI ambitions to become a hub of intelligent computing. He noted that the collaboration will lay the groundwork for transformative AI-driven innovation that will empower enterprises, government organizations, and communities in the region and globally.

Qualcomm's New AI Infrastructure Solutions

The Qualcomm AI200 and AI250 chip-based accelerator cards and racks are built on the company's NPU technology leadership and offer rack-scale performance and superior memory capacity for fast generative AI inference at high performance per dollar per watt.

The Qualcomm AI200 introduces a purpose-built rack-level AI inference solution designed to deliver low total cost of ownership and optimized performance for large language and multimodal model (LLM, LMM) inference and other AI workloads. It supports 768 GB of LPDDR per card, providing higher memory capacity at lower cost and enabling exceptional scale and flexibility for AI inference.

The Qualcomm AI250 solution features an innovative memory architecture based on near-memory computing, providing what Qualcomm describes as a generational leap in efficiency and performance for AI inference workloads. This system delivers more than 10x higher effective memory bandwidth and much lower power consumption, enabling disaggregated AI inference to utilize hardware while meeting customer performance and cost requirements efficiently.

Both rack solutions feature direct liquid cooling for thermal efficiency, PCIe for scale-up, Ethernet for scale-out, confidential computing for secure AI workloads, and a rack-level power consumption of 160 kW. The solutions include a hyperscaler-grade AI software stack spanning end to end from the application to the system software layers, optimized for AI inference.

Durga Malladi, SVP & GM, Technology Planning, Edge Solutions & Data Center at Qualcomm Technologies, described the impact of the new solutions: "With Qualcomm AI200 and AI250, we're redefining what's possible for rack-scale AI inference. These innovative new AI infrastructure solutions empower customers to deploy generative AI at unprecedented TCO, while maintaining the flexibility and security modern data centers demand."

The software stack supports leading machine learning frameworks, inference engines, generative AI frameworks, and LLM/LMM inference optimization techniques, such as disaggregated serving. Developers benefit from seamless model onboarding and one-click deployment of Hugging Face models via Qualcomm Technologies' Efficient Transformers Library and Qualcomm AI Inference Suite. Qualcomm AI200 and AI250 are expected to be commercially available in 2026 and 2027, respectively.

Qualcomm Technologies has committed to a data center roadmap with an annual cadence, focused on industry-leading AI inference performance, energy efficiency, and TCO. The collaboration between HUMAIN and Qualcomm represents, the companies say, a testament to the Kingdom's commitment to driving innovation and economic growth through the development of its AI and semiconductor ecosystem.

It also reflects Qualcomm's commitment to working with leading companies to drive the adoption of AI and semiconductor innovation. HUMAIN, a PIF company, operates as a global artificial intelligence company delivering full-stack AI capabilities across four core areas: next-generation data centers, hyper-performance infrastructure and cloud platforms, advanced AI Models, including one of the world's most advanced Arabic multimodal LLMs, and transformative AI Solutions.

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