Hollywood-oriented AI is getting a major boost from the Saudi government, which is expected to announce Wednesday that it will anchor a $900 million funding round for Luma AI, the San Francisco company building models meant partly for entertainment.

CEO of xAI Elon Musk announced on Wednesday plans to build a massive new data center development in Saudi Arabia, working in tandem with the Trump administration’s agenda to win the global artificial intelligence race.

Elon Musk and Jensen Huang shared plans to build some of the world’s largest data centers in the Middle East as part of Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to the United States.

Saudi Arabia is strengthening its ties with American AI companies — announcing a flurry of new joint ventures worth billions of dollars. The country seeks to make its mark in the AI industry as its de facto leader,

Elon Musk’s xAI and Jensen Huang-led Nvidia announced Wednesday they are partnering with Saudi Arabia’s state-backed artificial intelligence firm to build a massive AI data center in the Persian Gulf kingdom.

Advanced Micro Devices , Cisco Systems and Saudi Arabian artificial intelligence startup Humain are forming a joint venture to build data centers in the Middle East and have landed their first customer,

AI, the European advanced artificial intelligence and compute infrastructure company founded by Bijan Burnard, today signed a multi-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF).

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Saudi Arabia wants to use the financial muscle of its near-$1tn Public Investment Fund to become an international leader in AI. Prince Mohammed said during his meeting with the US president in the Oval Office on Tuesday that his country planned to spend about $50bn on AI “in the short term”.

The deal follows talks between President Trump and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Elon Musk's xAI plans to develop a 500-MW data center in Saudi Arabia with Humain that will rely on chips from Nvidia (NVDA).

Microsoft has confirmed the completion of three "availability zones" within its Azure data center region in Saudi Arabia. This development is critical to solidifying the Kingdom's regional leadership in artificial intelligence (AI).