Elon Musk and Jensen Huang Confirm New 500 MW Saudi Project Tied to Nvidia

Elon Musk and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang have confirmed that xAI and Saudi Arabia are launching a major 500MW data center project powered by Nvidia hardware, marking one of the largest AI infrastructure moves in the Gulf region.

The deal follows last night’s White House dinner hosted by President Donald Trump, which welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman along with figures including Cristiano Ronaldo, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. According to confirmed reports, the dinner took place on Tuesday evening, November 18, 2025.

Today, the US–Saudi Investment Forum expanded on that momentum. Musk’s xAI will work with Saudi A.I. company Humain to build what will become xAI’s largest data centre outside the US, part of Saudi Arabia’s push to become a global hub for artificial intelligence infrastructure. The project is expected to become xAI’s largest facility outside the US, using up to 500 megawatts of electricity to run advanced Nvidia systems.

The deal deepens Musk’s business ties with Saudi Arabia, which previously backed his purchase of Twitter. It also reflects the country’s push to become a global AI hub through large energy reserves, state funding, and access to global fiber networks.

According to the New York Times report, the US and Saudi Arabia have reached an understanding that clears the way for the kingdom to buy American AI chips. This includes thousands of Nvidia AI processors that had been delayed over geopolitical concerns.

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Humain CEO Tareq Amin said the partnership with xAI is “creating scale that few others can match.”

Musk added that “the future of intelligence will be engineered through massive and efficient compute combined with the most advanced AI models.”

The collaboration positions Saudi Arabia as a rising heavyweight in global AI infrastructure, joining other Middle Eastern initiatives that now support OpenAI, Anthropic, and major US tech firms. Saudi Arabia aims to use its energy capacity and investment scale to handle up to 6% of the global AI workload in the coming years.

With Nvidia at the centre of the project, the partnership also reinforces the company’s growing influence in global AI development and sovereign computing strategies.