AMD MI355X Goes Live as HUMAIN Plans Up to 250 MW AI Expansion

AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN announced on August 31, 2026 that AI infrastructure built on AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs and Cisco Silicon One-based networking is now live in Saudi Arabia and serving HUMAIN customers in the Kingdom and beyond. The companies also detailed the next phase of their joint venture: a planned deployment of up to 250 MW of AI infrastructure beginning in 2027.

HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack AI solutions, is now delivering production AI compute in Saudi Arabia powered by AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, AMD EPYC CPUs, and Cisco networking infrastructure. The deployment marks the first production milestone in the three companies’ work to build an open, large-scale AI platform in the Kingdom, according to the announcement from AMD.

The production systems are built on Cisco’s N9000 Series platform, which uses Cisco Silicon One and Cisco 800G optics to interconnect the MI355X GPUs in an AI-optimized fabric. AMD described the fabric as designed for scale, low latency, and operational resilience. The configuration enables HUMAIN to offer GPU-as-a-service across a range of use cases, from model training to inferencing.

Next Phase: Up to 250 MW Starting in 2027

Expanding on the production deployment, AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN plan to deploy up to 250 MW of AI infrastructure through their previously announced joint venture. The next phase is planned to be powered by AMD Instinct MI400 Series GPUs, AMD EPYC CPUs, and AMD ROCm open software, together with Cisco networking and critical infrastructure.

Deployment is planned to begin in 2027, with capacity expected to start coming online in the second half of that year. The companies stated that, driven by strong customer demand, the joint venture remains on track to deploy up to 1 GW of AI infrastructure by 2030.

“Bringing AMD Instinct systems online in Saudi Arabia is an important milestone in our work with HUMAIN,” said Dr. Lisa Su, chair and CEO of AMD. “Together, we are building an open, high-performance AI platform that is serving customers today and will scale significantly in the coming years.”

Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN, said the production deployment demonstrates the company’s ability to build, operate, and deliver advanced AI infrastructure at scale. “Demand for sovereign, high-performance AI infrastructure continues to grow, and together with AMD and Cisco, we are expanding Saudi Arabia’s role as a platform serving customers across the Kingdom, the region and globally,” Amin said.

Chuck Robbins, chair and CEO of Cisco, said the region is moving quickly from AI investment to delivery, adding that through the work with HUMAIN and AMD, Cisco is building the critical infrastructure for AI in the Kingdom and beyond.

Joint Venture Background

AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN announced plans to form the joint venture on November 19, 2025. The three companies serve as founding investors, with AMD and Cisco acting as exclusive technology partners. The joint venture was expected to begin operations in 2026, with a phase 1 deployment of 100 MW planned, powered by HUMAIN data center capacity, AMD Instinct MI450 Series GPUs, and Cisco critical infrastructure solutions.

That announcement deepened a multi-year strategic collaboration the companies first disclosed in May 2025 during U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As part of the deepening collaboration, AMD also said it was establishing an AMD Center of Excellence in Saudi Arabia to accelerate local integration and innovation.

The November 2025 announcement stated the joint venture’s ambition to expand capacity to multiple gigawatts beyond the initial 1 GW target, as a pillar of HUMAIN’s overall infrastructure plans. The joint venture was designed to combine HUMAIN’s data centers with AMD and Cisco technology, delivering modern data center capacity with efficient power and lower capital expenditures, according to the companies.

Sovereign AI Platform Design

The collaboration is designed to give governments, enterprises, research institutions, and developers access to advanced AI capabilities through a platform combining open models, open software, and locally operated infrastructure.

According to the announcement, the platform will give customers greater control over where their data resides, how their models are customized, and how their AI systems are deployed and governed. The AMD compute platforms and open software ecosystem provide the foundation, while the Cisco network architecture is designed to be open and interoperable, giving customers visibility and centralized control as capacity scales. The companies stated this approach will enable organizations to build AI capabilities aligned with their languages, cultures, regulatory requirements, and national priorities.

Together, AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN said they plan to deliver the performance, scale, and openness required by AI labs, model providers, enterprises, and developers, bringing sovereign AI capabilities to Saudi Arabia and the broader global market.

HUMAIN operates across four core areas: next-generation data centers; hyper-performance infrastructure and cloud platforms; advanced AI models, including Arabic large language models developed in the Arab world; and AI solutions for public and private sector organizations.

The forward-looking statements in the announcement, including the planned 250 MW deployment and the 1 GW by 2030 target, were made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. AMD noted such statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, and cited its Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including its most recent reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.