Supercomputers/Systems/HUMAIN Project Halo
Saudi Arabia · planned · ai training
HUMAIN Project Halo
Also known as AMD-HUMAIN Halo supercluster
Operated by HUMAIN .
Phase 1 seed dataset, compiled by hand. These rows were built from public operator, laboratory and vendor sources. A mechanical second-reader pass has since fetched every cited source: 1092 of 1153 systems have a readable citation that names them, and 40 are genuinely weakly sourced. Every claim carries its source and a confidence tier. Treat anything below verified as a lead, not a citation.
Measured performance
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- Per watt
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Figures are as last publicly reported for the configuration described below, not a live measurement. Where a system was upgraded in place, the post-upgrade configuration is shown and the earlier one appears in the timeline.
What this machine is made of
One row per supplier relationship. “Supplier at build” is the company that shipped the part at the time; where that company has since been acquired, the parent it rolls up to today is shown beside it. That distinction is what makes ticker-level aggregation possible across a thirty-year dataset.
| Role | Part | Supplier at build | Quantity | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrator | - HUMAIN is developing the 2 GW Project Halo supercluster with its AMD joint venture | HUMAIN | - | Reported | middleeastainews.commenastartupdigest.com |
| Accelerator | - AMD Instinct MI450 AI GPUs for the 100 MW first phase | AMD | - | Reported | menastartupdigest.commiddleeastainews.com |
| Interconnect | - Cisco networking and infrastructure equipment for the first phase | Cisco | - | Reported | menastartupdigest.com |
AI datacenter metrics
Figures beyond an accelerator count, each with who stated it. What can and cannot be compared across AI datacenters.
| Metric | Value | As of | Basis | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility power | 2,000 MW | 2025-11 | Design target | HUMAIN: planned 2 GW supercluster with a 100 MW first phase contracted to Luma AI. IT versus total load not stated. | middleeastainews.commenastartupdigest.com |
The read
HUMAIN's planned 2 GW AI supercluster in Saudi Arabia for training and serving frontier multimodal world models, announced alongside Luma AI's USD 900 million Series C led by HUMAIN. Luma AI is first customer of HUMAIN's USD 10 billion joint venture with AMD and has contracted the full 100 MW first phase, for which AMD is to supply Instinct MI450 chips and Cisco the networking, with construction to begin in 2026 and renewable power. No site within Saudi Arabia, GPU count or construction-start confirmation was found, so it stays planned. Both pages relay the same announcement, so the tier is reported.
Timeline
- 2025-11 Announced source
Change history
- 2026-10-07 Added HUMAIN Project Halo
Source check
We fetched this system's own citations and recorded whether each page actually mentions it. This is a corroboration signal, not a fact check, and it is published so you can see how well the sourcing holds up rather than take it on trust.
| Cited source | Result | Found on the page |
|---|---|---|
| menastartupdigest.com | names system only | - |
| middleeastainews.com | names system only | - |
Checked 2026-10-09 by pnpm verify. Re-run it and the table changes with the web.
Further reading
Inside a node
Why accelerators exist, what the memory hierarchy costs, and how the CPU and accelerator merged onto one package.
The interconnect
Topologies, why latency and tail behaviour matter more than bandwidth, and how the fabric market consolidated.
Operating a supercomputer
Acceptance testing, why "installed" and "in production" are six months apart, and the machine lifecycle.