Oxagon Data Centre: Humain and DataVolt Start 100MW Phase
Construction has begun on the first phase of the Oxagon data centre, a 360MW project in Saudi Arabia’s Neom industrial region. Humain, the kingdom’s Public Investment Fund-owned artificial intelligence company, is developing the project with DataVolt.
The first phase is designed to provide 100 megawatts and is slated to be ready in 2028. The facility is in the northwest of Saudi Arabia and is expected to support large-scale artificial intelligence and cloud workloads.
What is planned for the Oxagon data centre?
Humain said the facility is expected to integrate renewable energy sources, new cooling technologies and high-performance computing clusters. The source does not specify the renewable energy mix, cooling systems or computing hardware planned for the site.
The companies expect the project to benefit from Oxagon’s industrial land availability, energy resources and subsea cable connectivity to Europe and Africa. They also cite access to low-latency computing through those connections.
Why the project matters to Humain
Humain was launched in May 2025 and is chaired by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The company aims to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure, including next-generation data centres, cloud platforms and large-scale Arabic language models.
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The Oxagon project therefore forms part of Humain’s stated infrastructure ambitions. The source does not provide the project’s investment value, ownership split, expected power source or customer commitments.
“Construction is underway, 100MW is moving forward. We are building with the speed and scale that the next era of AI demands,” said Tareq Amin, CEO of Humain.
What happens next?
The immediate milestone is the construction of the 100MW first phase, with completion targeted for 2028. The source does not provide an exact construction schedule, contractor details or a completion date for the full 360MW centre.
Humain’s wider technology relationship with Qualcomm includes data centre infrastructure, local engineering and a personal computer. Humain spent more than 12 months developing the Horizon Ultra computer with Qualcomm.
It was unveiled at the Leap technology conference in Riyadh and is due to become available to enterprise customers on September 20.
For the Oxagon site, the central question is whether the planned 100MW phase can translate the announced combination of energy resources, cooling technologies, high-performance computing and subsea connectivity into operational AI and cloud capacity by 2028.
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