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HUMAIN and DataVolt break ground on 100 MW AI data center at NEOM Oxagon

September 1, 2026 at 02:13 EDT

Infra & Chips

Saudi Arabia-backed HUMAIN and digital infrastructure firm DataVolt have expanded their partnership to develop about 100 megawatts of AI-ready data-center capacity at Oxagon, NEOM’s industrial city on the Red Sea coast, with construction now under way and the first megawatts targeted for 2028.

31 Aug 2026 · HUMAIN × DataVolt · Oxagon, NEOM

100 MW of AI compute breaks ground on the Red Sea

Saudi-backed HUMAIN and DataVolt have started construction on about 100 MW of AI-ready capacity at Oxagon — the first slice of a 360 MW phase inside a planned 1.5 GW campus, with service targeted for 2028.

Capacity stack (same unit: megawatts)

100

This build (MW)

360

Phase one (MW)

1,500

Full campus (MW)

The 100 MW hall is about 1/3.6 of phase one and about 1/15 of the 1.5 GW campus plan.

2028

First 100 MW targeted in service

$5B

Earlier first-phase campus investment

6 GW

HUMAIN capacity aim by 2034

From deal to load

1. Partner
HUMAIN + DataVolt expand 2025 pipeline

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2. Break ground
100 MW hall at Oxagon under construction

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3. Energize
Renewables, cooling, HPC clusters in 2028

Why operators care

Pre-zoned land, scale energy and subsea routes are being cited as reasons Oxagon can host export-oriented AI training and inference, not only domestic cloud.

What is still open

No separate price was given for the 100 MW tranche, the remaining 260 MW of phase one has no public timetable, and grid gear plus chip approvals remain industry bottlenecks.

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