Together AI Partners With Saudi Arabia on 250MW Data Center to Avoid US Backlash
togethercompute · x · 2026-08-31
- Partnership: US open-source model startup Together AI is partnering with Saudi Arabian AI firm Humain to build a 250-megawatt data center.
- Scale: The facility will house 120,000 semiconductors, making it one of the largest publicly disclosed data centers dedicated to hosting open-source models.
- Motivation: The move aims to bypass rising local opposition and construction moratoriums against data centers in the US.
- Financials: Valued at $8.3 billion, Together AI projects $5 billion in annual revenue from the data center and will share a portion of revenue with Humain.
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