AMD, 시스코, 휴메인은 AMD 인스턴트 MI355X GPU와 시스코 기반의 생산 규모 AI 인프라를 출시했다.
AMD, Cisco, and HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack AI solutions, announced that AMD Instinct MI355X GPU-based AI infrastructure built on Cisco Silicon One-based AI networking is now live in Saudi Arabia and serving HUMAIN customers in the Kingdom and beyond. The production deployment, powered by AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs, AMD EPYC CPUs and Cisco's critical networking infrastructure, marks an important milestone in the companies' collaborative effort to build an open, large-scale AI platform in Saudi Arabia. Built on Cisco Silicon One and Cisco 800G optics, the Cisco N9000 Series platform interconnects the MI355X GPUs in an AI-optimized fabric designed for scale, low latency and operational resilience, enabling HUMAIN to offer GPU-as-a-service across a wide range of use cases, from model training to inferencing.
Expanding on this foundation, AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN plan to deploy up to 250 MW of AI infrastructure powered by AMD Instinct MI400 Series GPUs, AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD ROCm open software, together with Cisco networking and critical infrastructure, through the companies' previously announced joint venture. Deployment is planned to begin in 2027, with capacity expected to start coming online in the second half of the year. This next phase of the joint venture will significantly expand Saudi Arabia's AI capacity. Driven by strong customer demand, the joint venture remains on track to deploy up to 1 GW of AI infrastructure by 2030.
Dr. Lisa Su, chair and CEO of AMD, stated, "Bringing AMD Instinct systems online in Saudi Arabia is an important milestone in our work with HUMAIN." She continued, "Together, we are building an open, high-performance AI platform that is serving customers today and will scale significantly in the coming years. With AMD Instinct GPUs, EPYC CPUs and ROCm open software at the foundation, we are expanding the compute capacity needed to advance AI innovation across the Kingdom and globally." Tareq Amin, CEO of HUMAIN, remarked, "Putting this infrastructure into production demonstrates HUMAIN's ability to build, operate and deliver advanced AI infrastructure at scale." He added, "Demand for sovereign, high-performance AI infrastructure continues to grow, and together with AMD and Cisco, we are expanding Saudi Arabia's role as a platform serving customers across the Kingdom, the region and globally." Chuck Robbins, Chair and CEO of Cisco, observed, "The true power of AI lies in its potential to solve some of the world's most complex challenges." He noted, "The region is moving quickly from AI investment to delivery, and through our work with HUMAIN and AMD, Cisco is building the critical infrastructure to make AI vision a reality – in the Kingdom and beyond."
The collaboration aims to provide governments, enterprises, research institutions and developers access to advanced AI capabilities through a platform combining open models, open software and locally operated infrastructure. This approach gives customers greater control over data residency, model customization, and system deployment and governance. The AMD high-performance AI compute platforms and open software ecosystem provide a flexible foundation, while the Cisco network architecture is designed to be open and interoperable, offering visibility and centralized control as capacity scales. This strategy enables organizations to align AI capabilities with their specific languages, cultures, regulatory requirements and national priorities, ultimately delivering the performance, scale and openness required by AI labs, model providers, enterprises and developers.
AMD drives innovation in high-performance and AI computing to address global challenges, powering billions of experiences across cloud and AI infrastructure, embedded systems, AI PCs and gaming with a broad portfolio of AI-optimized CPUs, GPUs, networking and software. HUMAIN operates as a global artificial intelligence company delivering full-stack capabilities across next-generation data centers, hyper-performance infrastructure and cloud platforms, advanced AI models including leading Arabic large language models, and transformative sector-specific AI solutions. Cisco remains a worldwide technology leader revolutionizing how organizations connect and protect in the AI era, leveraging industry-leading AI-powered solutions to unlock innovation and strengthen digital resilience. The release concludes with standard forward-looking statements regarding the joint venture's deployment targets and market expectations, cautioning that actual results may differ due to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties.