Saudi Arabia — Sovereign AI

Saudi Arabia launched the $100 billion Project Transcendence AI initiative. SDAIA and NVIDIA deploying 5,000 Blackwell GPUs for sovereign AI factory. $14.9B in AI investments announced at LEAP 2025. Hexagon Data Centre — world's largest government DC at 480 MW — broke ground January 2026. $10B AMD agreement for multi-exaflop computing centers.

Saudi Cabinet formally designates 2026 the Year of Artificial Intelligence. The $2.7B Hexagon Data Center project — described as the world's largest government data center by megawatt capacity — breaks ground in Riyadh. $9.1B flows into 664 companies. HUMAIN's multimodal Arabic LLM continues development as PIF's primary sovereign AI vehicle.