Zain KSA, leading telecommunications and digital services provider in Saudi Arabia, and Groq announced a strategic partnership to introduce Groq’s local AI Inference Platform. Developed entirely within Saudi Arabia, the platform is designed to deliver high performance while supporting the deployment and acceleration of AI applications across multiple cloud environments.

This collaboration aligns with Zain KSA’s strategy to accelerate innovation and expand its role in driving the Kingdom’s digital transformation through high-value investments and global partnerships with leading technology pioneers. It also reflects the company’s commitment to supporting Saudi Vision 2030 by advancing a comprehensive digital transformation that serves as the backbone of a thriving smart economy. By strengthening next-generation digital infrastructure, the initiative empowers all sectors to grow, prosper, and contribute to nationwide development.

Under this strategic partnership, Zain KSA will expand its integrated cloud services ecosystem via Zain Cloud, reinforcing the Kingdom’s position as a global hub for sustainable AI technologies and cloud computing. This expansion focuses on localizing advanced infrastructure and enabling developers and enterprises to build, deploy, and accelerate AI applications within an integrated cloud environment that complies with national data regulations and standards.

Zain KSA ’s Chief Business and Wholesale Officer Eng. Fahad bin Sahmi Al-SahmahVP of B2B Sales , Majed bin Hamad Al-Otaibi, said: “At Zain KSA, we remain committed to supporting the Kingdom’s progress and cementing its position as a global hub for advanced technologies and digital innovation. Building on this commitment, we empower business sectors and government entities to play a leading role in driving this transformative journey. To achieve this, we are actively working to attract the latest innovations and investments in cutting-edge digital technologies, helping to localize them within the Kingdom and build an integrated national system for digital services and solutions, powered by our region’s most advanced 5G network. Our partnership with Groq is a milestone for the Kingdom’s AI ecosystem. By embedding high-performance AI inference capabilities directly into Zain Cloud, we enable enterprises and developers to deploy scalable, intelligent solutions that meet the highest standards of speed, security, and regulatory compliance. This marks the beginning of a new phase of local innovation, unlocking opportunities for companies and developers to accelerate their smart application rollouts through an advanced, homegrown infrastructure, optimized for the Kingdom’s market, and powered by cutting-edge global AI technology. We look forward to offering AI-Solutions-as-a-Service (AIaaS) through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model, enabling our customers to access advanced AI capabilities with no upfront capital investment. This model provides greater flexibility in managing resources and helps organizations accelerate their digital transformation journey.”

Fahad AlTurief, Groq’s VP & Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) Managing Director , said: “Our partnership with Zain KSA is a key milestone in introducing Groq’s LPU (Language Processing Unit) ultra-low latency inference technology to a market that is actively shaping the global future of AI. The Kingdom’s commitment to building advanced digital infrastructure makes it the perfect environment to deploy and scale our technologies effectively. At Groq, we are dedicated to advancing the Kingdom’s digital transformation by providing AI technologies that make Artificial Intelligence faster, more efficient, and scalable. This partnership marks a crucial step in empowering developers, enterprises, and government agencies to leverage world-class AI inference capabilities, enabling them to build innovative solutions that fully align with Saudi Vision 2030’s goal for a sustainable digital economy.”

Through this partnership, Zain KSA becomes one of the first providers to deliver Groq’s services to the government sector, underscoring its strategic role in scaling artificial intelligence and delivering advanced cloud solutions across government entities.

About Groq

Groq is a generative AI solutions company and creator of the LPU Inference Engine, providing the speed developers need and the scalability industry requires. Founded in 2016 by Jonathan Ross, inventor of Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), Groq delivers fast AI inference through GroqCloud and GroqRack, powering real-time AI applications across industries.

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