Magna AI and Saudi Xerox have established a strategic collaboration to expand sovereign artificial intelligence infrastructure and enterprise AI adoption across Saudi Arabia. Announced on July 1 at the Global AI Show 2026 in Riyadh, the framework was formalized by Magna AI Chief Executive Officer Dr. Moataz BinAli and Saudi Xerox General Manager Mehmet Sezer. The companies said the initiative is designed to support government programs and private-sector organizations seeking secure, scalable, locally relevant AI capabilities.
A Framework for Sovereign AI
The collaboration centers on AI data centers, sovereign AI Factory capabilities, secure AI platforms, and services intended to help organizations deploy AI at scale. Magna AI will lead AI Factory architecture, platform development, AI security, and governance frameworks. Saudi Xerox will contribute local infrastructure integration, security operations, compliance alignment, and delivery support across the Kingdom.
The companies plan to work on environments supporting model training, fine-tuning, inference, agentic AI operations, and data pipelines. Their approach emphasizes data residency, cybersecurity, and organizational control over the infrastructure supporting AI workloads. The framework also covers sector-specific applications and skills development intended to strengthen local capacity for sustained adoption.
Supporting Saudi Arabia’s Digital Agenda
The agreement is positioned within Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 agenda, which prioritizes digital transformation, technology investment, and domestic capabilities. Government mandates around data sovereignty and rising demand for locally hosted AI workloads are increasing the relevance of infrastructure designed for national and enterprise requirements. Magna AI and Saudi Xerox said their work will seek to align AI deployment with the Kingdom’s regulatory, operational, and security expectations.
In a statement, BinAli said Saudi Arabia’s AI ambitions require infrastructure whose governance and security are built around each organization’s needs rather than vendor defaults. He said the combination of Magna AI’s AI Factory capabilities and Saudi Xerox’s local presence could help institutions move from experimentation to production-scale AI on systems they own and control. He also framed the partnership as an effort to strengthen domestic AI capacity, resilience, and ecosystem support.
Roles of the Two Companies
Magna AI describes itself as a global AI transformation company operating across strategy, engineering, integration, and operations. It was established through a partnership involving Trend Micro and Wistron Digital Technology Holding Company, with NVIDIA technology supporting its platform and infrastructure proposition. Its role in the Saudi Xerox collaboration is expected to span the design of secure AI infrastructure, enterprise platforms, governance tools, and industry-focused applications.
Saudi Xerox is the official representation of Xerox in Saudi Arabia and has operated in the local market for more than four decades. Its portfolio includes workflow automation, document management, printing technology, cloud managed services, IT infrastructure, cybersecurity, and collaboration tools for public and private-sector customers. Sezer said the partnership combines Magna AI’s platform and security expertise with Saudi Xerox’s local execution capabilities to enable compliant, practical AI adoption.
A Growing Infrastructure Market
The announcement arrives as investment in AI infrastructure gains momentum across Saudi Arabia, where public and private entities are pursuing cloud, data center, and advanced computing capacity. Magna AI cited Mordor Intelligence estimates that value the Kingdom’s AI data center market at $630 million in 2025, with projections of $1.74 billion by 2030. While forecasts vary by methodology, the outlook illustrates the commercial and strategic importance of data-resident AI systems in the Kingdom.
The Magna AI and Saudi Xerox framework seeks to connect sovereign AI infrastructure design with local integration, compliance, and operational support. Its impact will depend on how the companies translate the announced scope into implemented platforms, customer deployments, and skills initiatives across government and industry. For now, the agreement adds another collaboration to Saudi Arabia’s push to develop AI capabilities aligned with national control, security, and Vision 2030 objectives.