Aramco CEO Says Saudi Arabia’s Cheap Energy Will Propel the Kingdom into Global AI Leadership
Amin Nasser highlights Saudi Arabia’s abundant low-cost gas and renewables as strings behind its ambition to build an international AI data-centre hub
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) Chief Executive Amin Nasser declared that the Kingdom is uniquely positioned to emerge as a global leader in artificial intelligence, citing its abundant supply of low-cost gas and renewable energy as key enablers.
Nasser said that with cheap natural gas and renewable power available together with ample land, the country can attract the large-scale data-centres required by the AI revolution.
In a recent term sheet announced on 28 October 2025, Aramco and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) agreed for Aramco to acquire a significant minority stake in HUMAIN, a PIF-owned artificial-intelligence company that aims to develop next-generation data-centres, cloud platforms and advanced AI models.
With Aramco joining HUMAIN’s shareholder base, the oil-major confirmed its ambition to drive growth in industrial AI applications and to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure for AI and digital transformation.
Nasser pointed out that data-centre electricity consumption is expected to be as much as four times greater than the global battery-electric-vehicle fleet by 2030, and that to serve such demand, facilities will require synchronous availability of reliable power and land-rights.
He underscored that Saudi Arabia offers some of the world’s lowest-cost gas and renewables and large tracts of land—foundations, he argued, for the AI-centres of the future.
The announcement comes amid Aramco’s wider strategy to raise sales-gas production capacity by more than 60 per cent above 2021 levels by 2030, aligning with its goal of supporting both energy and digital-infrastructure investment.
Nasser emphasised that while oil and gas remain central to global energy supply, Aramco is deploying artificial intelligence at scale through a multi-billion-dollar technology investment programme to unlock operational efficiencies.
By linking energy-cost advantage, digital-infrastructure ambition and national economic diversification under Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia is staking its claim not just in energy but in the global AI supply-chain race.
Nasser said that with cheap natural gas and renewable power available together with ample land, the country can attract the large-scale data-centres required by the AI revolution.
In a recent term sheet announced on 28 October 2025, Aramco and the Public Investment Fund (PIF) agreed for Aramco to acquire a significant minority stake in HUMAIN, a PIF-owned artificial-intelligence company that aims to develop next-generation data-centres, cloud platforms and advanced AI models.
With Aramco joining HUMAIN’s shareholder base, the oil-major confirmed its ambition to drive growth in industrial AI applications and to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s infrastructure for AI and digital transformation.
Nasser pointed out that data-centre electricity consumption is expected to be as much as four times greater than the global battery-electric-vehicle fleet by 2030, and that to serve such demand, facilities will require synchronous availability of reliable power and land-rights.
He underscored that Saudi Arabia offers some of the world’s lowest-cost gas and renewables and large tracts of land—foundations, he argued, for the AI-centres of the future.
The announcement comes amid Aramco’s wider strategy to raise sales-gas production capacity by more than 60 per cent above 2021 levels by 2030, aligning with its goal of supporting both energy and digital-infrastructure investment.
Nasser emphasised that while oil and gas remain central to global energy supply, Aramco is deploying artificial intelligence at scale through a multi-billion-dollar technology investment programme to unlock operational efficiencies.
By linking energy-cost advantage, digital-infrastructure ambition and national economic diversification under Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia is staking its claim not just in energy but in the global AI supply-chain race.
