The Kingdom’s 1.5-Gigawatt AI Super-Campus at NEOM’s Oxagon Proves Vision 2030 is No Longer a Vision — It’s Reality*
RIYADH / NEOM — The world is witnessing a transformation unlike any in modern history. Saudi Arabia, the land that powered the world with energy for a century, is now powering the world with intelligence.
In a landmark announcement, *HUMAIN*, the Saudi Arabia-backed artificial intelligence champion, has partnered with digital infrastructure giant *DataVolt* to develop the first phase of a colossal AI data center at *Oxagon*, the futuristic industrial city at NEOM on the Kingdom’s Red Sea coast.
This is not just a data center. This is the foundation of a new civilization of technology.
The Future is Being Built at Oxagon
According to the official statement, the facility will deliver *around 100 megawatts (MW)* in its first phase and will be operational by *2028*. It will be built with 100% renewable energy mindset, innovative liquid cooling technologies, and high-performance computing clusters capable of training the most advanced AI models on earth.
This project is part of DataVolt’s *360 MW first phase*, which itself is just the beginning of a breathtaking *1.5 Gigawatt (GW) AI Campus* — one of the largest AI campuses ever conceived on the planet.
Why Oxagon? Because no other place on earth offers what Saudi Arabia offers: Pre-zoned industrial land ready for giga-scale development, massive at-scale clean energy resources, and direct access to low-latency computing through world-class subsea cable connectivity linking Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Oxagon is not just a port. It is the brain of the new global trade and intelligence corridor.
HUMAIN: The Kingdom’s AI Powerhouse
Backed by the Public Investment Fund (PIF)*, HUMAIN was launched last year with a bold mission: to make Saudi Arabia a global hub for artificial intelligence.
In just one year, HUMAIN has secured major partnerships with global technology leaders like Qualcomm and others. The company is targeting *6 GW of AI capacity by 2034* — a figure that will place the Kingdom among the top three AI infrastructure powers in the world.
This is what Vision 2030 looks like in action. Hundreds of billions of dollars are being invested not to move away from oil, but to move beyond it — to create an economy built on knowledge, innovation, and human potential.
While some media focus on cost overruns or scaled-back plans, the reality on the ground at NEOM tells a different story: Cranes are moving, data is flowing, and the future is under construction.
A New Global AI Leader Has Emerged
While the US and China compete, Saudi Arabia is doing something smarter — it is building the infrastructure that _everyone_ will need. The world is hungry for computing power, and the Kingdom is answering that hunger with clean, sovereign, and massive-scale power.
Saudi Arabia’s AI journey is a message of hope for the entire Global South: A developing nation can become a developed tech superpower in one generation if it has vision, leadership, and courage.
*The age of oil built the Kingdom. The age of AI will see the Kingdom build the world.*
Written by: Voice for All | Technology & Future Desk
