HUMAIN and DataVolt Partner to Develop 100MW of 360MW AI Data Centre in NEOM
HUMAIN, a PIF company focused on delivering full-stack artificial intelligence capabilities globally, and DataVolt, a Saudi developer and operator of sustainable digital infrastructure, have expanded their partnership to jointly develop 100MW of a 360MW AI-ready data centre at Oxagon, NEOM’s industrial city on the Red Sea coast.
Announced at LEAP 2026, the partnership marks a transition from planning to construction, with work now underway on the first phase of DataVolt’s planned AI data centre campus at Oxagon. The 360MW first phase is being developed to support the growing compute requirements of advanced AI applications. The facility is expected to incorporate renewable energy sources, advanced cooling technologies and high-performance computing clusters designed to support large-scale AI and cloud workloads. The first 100MW is expected to become available in 2028.
The project combines HUMAIN’s capabilities across the AI stack with DataVolt’s experience in developing, financing, delivering and operating large-scale digital infrastructure. “AI ambition only matters when you can turn it into infrastructure, compute and capacity that customers can use,” said Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN. “That is what this partnership with DataVolt is about. Construction is underway, 100MW is moving forward, and we are building with the speed and scale that the next era of AI demands.”
For DataVolt, the groundbreaking represents the start of construction on the 360MW first phase of its wider planned 1.5GW Oxagon campus. The development adds to DataVolt’s infrastructure pipeline across Saudi Arabia and Central Asia and builds on its experience in structuring and delivering capital-intensive digital infrastructure projects.
“AI infrastructure at this scale demands more than capital and capacity, but disciplined execution, from power and engineering through construction and operations,” said Rajit Nanda, CEO of DataVolt. “Our partnership with HUMAIN brings together our complementary capabilities with a clear focus on delivery and bringing world-class digital infrastructure capacity to the Kingdom. Breaking ground at Oxagon is an important milestone as we move forward with the first 360MW phase and build the infrastructure required to support AI compute at scale.”
The project is expected to benefit from Oxagon’s industrial infrastructure, including pre-zoned industrial land, access to large-scale energy resources and low-latency connectivity through subsea cables linking the region with Europe and Africa. These capabilities are becoming increasingly important for AI infrastructure, where access to power, connectivity, speed of development and operating efficiency can have a significant impact on the economics of large-scale compute.
“Breaking ground on the HUMAIN and DataVolt project is an important demonstration of the industrial ecosystem taking shape at Oxagon,” said Eng. Aiman Al-Mudaifer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NEOM. “The ability to secure the power, land and connectivity needed to grow is becoming critical to the economics of AI. As progress on the first phase of DataVolt’s AI campus accelerates, Oxagon is bringing these advantages together to create a strong proposition for companies building the infrastructure required for the next generation of AI.”
The project comes as demand for AI infrastructure continues to grow globally, driving greater requirements for power, high-density data centre capacity and infrastructure capable of supporting increasingly powerful computing systems. The HUMAIN-DataVolt partnership aims to address this demand by combining AI capabilities with large-scale infrastructure development, creating a pathway from data centre capacity to deployable AI compute.
The initial 100MW development represents a key milestone in the partnership and in the development of large-scale AI infrastructure at Oxagon, while forming part of DataVolt’s broader plans to develop a 1.5GW AI data centre campus in the industrial city.
