Humaine signs first Neom complex deals for 50 MW to Nebius with Nvidia processors

Only six weeks have passed since construction began in the Oxagon industrial city within Neom, and the new AI complex has already secured its first commercial commitment for operational capacity. Saudi company Humaine and its partner Data Vault have signed a preliminary framework agreement with Nebius, a cloud-infrastructure specialist, reserving up to 50 megawatts of compute capacity, thereby might record an early marketing step by booking half of the available power before the first construction phase is completed.

This step gains its practical weight from the planned phasing of the project itself, as the contracted capacity equalshalf of the first 100 megawattsIt is currently being built as part of the first phase of the complex, which is estimated to have a total capacity of about 360 megawatts. In advanced AI infrastructure calculations, size is not measured solely by built-up area but by the amount of electrical power available to run servers, high-performance processors and their cooling, which makes this reservation a direct quantitative indicator of the computing power Nebius is preparing to deliver gradually to subscribers starting in the fourth quarter of 2027.

The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the GTC Berlin conference organized by Nvidia, precisely defining the project's hardware identity. According to the announced details, Nebius plans to expand its cloud services using a compute architecture based on Nvidia processors and its specialized technologies. Tarek Amin, CEO of Humaine, explained that the speed with which commercial talks were concluded within a few weeks reflects a tangible international demand for advanced compute power and supports the company's effort to build an integrated system from physical infrastructure to models and software applications. Rajit Nanda, CEO of Data Vault, confirmed that the Oxagon site provides integration of digital connectivity, ready-made land and scalable power networks to host globally-scaled projects.

For his part, Ayman Al-Mufarrij, managing partner and CEO of Neom, linked this agreement to Oxagon's role in attracting international tech firms to the city's industrial ecosystem. The global AI race is no longer limited to model innovation; it has shifted operationally to securing power, equipped sites and ultra-fast connectivity, which have become the biggest obstacle for cloud-service providers seeking electrical capacity capable of meeting intensive training and operation requirements.

For technical decision-makers and development teams in the Gulf, Egypt and the Arab Levant, this deal opensa direct window onto high-performance computing capacitiesThe stability of cloud servers that rely on the latest generations of Nvidia hardware in Neom by late 2027 will give regional companies the chance to handle complex AI workloads without fully depending on distant European or American data centres, reducing application response times and respecting data-sovereignty and local compliance requirements. More importantly, the agreement offers a practical lesson for technology leaders: securing compute resources now requires proactive reservation years before servers are operational, and treating compute capacity as a strategic commodity that calls for long-term contracts.

We see in this partnership evidence of a shift in regional infrastructure investment from foundational announcements to revenue-generating commercial contracts. When half of the available electrical capacity is booked two years before server delivery, it becomes clear that the stable megawatt has become the core currency governing the future of technology and setting the timeline for smart products to reach users.