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Saudi Arabia Backs Elon Musk’s xAI With Data Center Deal

19 November 2025 at 17:02
Mr. Musk’s xAI will work with the Saudi artificial intelligence company Humain on a new data center, part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s effort to diversify his kingdom’s economy.

Β© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Elon Musk and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in Washington on Wednesday. The deal between xAI and the Saudi-backed company Humain is set to be xAI’s biggest data center outside the United States.

Saudi Arabia’s New Power Play Is Exporting A.I. to the World

28 October 2025 at 10:20
The kingdom is pouring money into data centers and working with U.S. and Chinese tech giants, landing its A.I. ambitions in the middle of a geopolitical tussle for tech power.

Β© Photo Illustration by Mark Harris; source photographs by Spencer Lowell for The New York Times, Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times, Katarina Premfors for The New York Times, Doug Mills/The New York Times, Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters, iStock

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