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  • Saudi’s Aramco Digital announces multiple AI partnerships

    Aramco Digital Company and Groq, a major name in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) inference, have announced a partnership to establish the world's largest inferencing data centre in Saudi Arabia. But it's far from the only recent AI news from the digital and technology subsidiary of Aramco, the giant global integrated energy and chemicals company.

  • Aramco’s New Deals With China Signal A Further Deepening Of Sino-Saudi Relations

    The genesis of the broader and deeper relationship between Saudi Arabia and China was not the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries on 21 July 1990. Rather, it was more likely the offer made by China to buy the entire 5 percent in a private placement of Saudi Aramco that was being touted for sale in an initial public offering (IPO) from late-2016/early-2017, according to several industry sources.

  • Chip Startup Groq Backs Saudi AI Ambitions With Aramco Deal

    Artificial intelligence startup Groq Inc. has partnered with oil producer Aramco to build a giant data center in Saudi Arabia that it hopes will become a hub for companies running AI systems across the Middle East, Africa and India. The data center will be up and running by the end of this year, and could later expand to include a total of 200,000 language processing units, Ross said

  • Aramco Digital partners with Accenture for AI-skilled workforce in Saudi Arabia

    At the core of the partnership lies building an AI-ready workforce. Aramco Digital will adopt Accenture’s LearnVantage’s AI-native platform, which uses a generative AI recommendation engine to curate learning content and offer deep capabilities – from skill gaps assessment and personalized learning to certifications – to ensure individuals gain the skills to become tech-savvy and succeed in their changing role.

  • Aramco fosters closer collaboration with key Chinese partners

    The agreements reinforce Aramco’s ongoing contribution to China’s long-term energy security and development, support China’s participation in Saudi Arabia’s economic growth, and foster collaboration in new technology development. They include preliminary documentation relating to a Development Framework Agreement with Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (Rongsheng) and a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Hengli Group Co., Ltd.

  • Saudi Aramco says will launch first branded gas station in Pakistan by year end

    Saudi oil giant Aramco said on Wednesday it would launch its first branded retail gas station in Pakistan by the end of the year, having already completed the acquisition of a 40 percent stake in Gas & Oil Pakistan Ltd. (GO) in May. Aramco is a global integrated energy and chemicals company that produces approximately one in every eight barrels of the world’s oil supply. GO, one of Pakistan’s largest retail and storage companies, is involved in the procurement, storage, sale and marketing of petroleum products and lubricants.

  • Saudi Aramco Boosts Cooperation With Chinese Petrochemical Giants

    The agreement is a follow-up of an April cooperation agreement about forming the joint venture in SASREF, as well as significant investments in the Saudi and Chinese petrochemical sectors. Rongsheng could potentially buy 50% stake in SASREF, the development of a liquids-to-chemicals expansion project at SASREF, while Aramco could acquire 50% in Rongsheng’s affiliate Ningbo Zhongjin Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (ZJPC), and participate in ZJPC’s expansion project.

  • Qualcomm, Aramco and RDIA Plan Design in Saudi Arabia Startup Program

    Qualcomm, through its subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Aramco, and Saudi Arabia’s Research, Development and Innovation Authority (RDIA) are planning to launch Design in Saudi Arabia (DISA). DISA is envisaged to be an incubator program for Saudi Arabia that aims to support startups that are adopting AI, Internet of Things (IoT), and wireless technologies for industrial use cases.

  • Populous releases visuals of Aramco Stadium planned for Saudi World Cup

    Global architecture studio Populous has unveiled its plans for Aramco Stadium, a 47,000-seat sports venue in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, designed to be "iconic in the football world". Set to host the upcoming 2027 AFC Asian Cup, the building will be defined by a spiralling form intended to evoke waves, in a nod to its position on the coast of the Arabian Gulf. Populous is also developing it to meet the requirements to be a 2034 FIFA World Cup venue.

  • Saudi Aramco seeks to deepen ties with China in petrochemicals and low-carbon solutions

    Saudi Aramco is looking to bolster ties with China in petrochemicals and low-carbon solutions, as the world’s largest oil and gas company seeks to diversify its business and support the net-zero goal of the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter. “Our relationship with China has grown far beyond crude oil sales to develop into a more extensive, diversified and strategic bilateral collaboration,” Mohammed Al Qahtani, the downstream president of Aramco, said in an emailed interview with the Post.