Magna AI, a global integrated-value-chain sovereign AI provider, has announced a strategic collaboration with Emaar Executive Company (EEC), a Saudi-based company specializing in data center construction, to build sovereign AI infrastructure across Saudi Arabia.
As per a press release, the agreement is designed to support the planning, development, and delivery of sovereign AI data centers, AI Factory infrastructure, secure AI platforms, and large-scale AI transformation programs across Saudi Arabia, with the potential to extend into wider MENA markets.
While Magna AI was established through a partnership between Trend Micro and Wistron Digital Technology Holding Company (WDH), powered by NVIDIA, EEC images in Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), systems integration, and infrastructure services.
As part of the agreement, Magna AI will lead AI Factory architecture, platform development, and AI security and governance, while Emaar Executive Company will deliver the engineering and construction backbone, including EPC execution, data center construction, civil, mechanical, electrical and low-voltage systems integration, on-site project management, facility support, and regulatory coordination.
“Sovereign AI is only as strong as the infrastructure beneath it, and that infrastructure has to be built and operated to the highest engineering standards, in-Kingdom,” said Dr. Moataz BinAli, Chief Executive Officer, Magna AI. “Emaar Executive Company brings the proven construction and engineering discipline to turn AI ambition into operational data centers on the ground. Together, we can give Saudi Arabia’s government and enterprise organizations AI infrastructure they own, control and can scale with confidence.”
“Building national-scale AI infrastructure calls for engineering discipline, local capability and trusted delivery,” said Karthik Ramaswamy, CEO, Emaar Executive Company. “By combining our EPC systems-integration strengths with Magna’s AI Factory expertise, we are positioned to build and operate the data center infrastructure that underpins the Kingdom’s AI agenda, to the standards national and enterprise institutions require. Together, we aim to help customers translate AI ambition into deployable infrastructure and measurable outcomes.”
Together, the companies aim to support the deployment of secure, scalable, and locally aligned AI infrastructure for government entities, regulated industries, enterprises, startups, and academic institutions. The collaboration is expected to span from the earliest stages of infrastructure development through to long-term operation. This includes site identification, feasibility studies, and business-case development; systems integration for AI data centers; energy, cooling and sustainability optimization; and secure, compliant operations aligned with Saudi data-residency and cybersecurity requirements.