30 Oct 2025

"Blackstone-Backed AirTrunk Partners with HUMAIN for $3 Billion Data Center Project in Saudi Arabia"

"Kirkland & Ellis is advising AirTrunk, a Blackstone-backed data center platform in Asia Pacific, on a strategic partnership with Saudi Arabia-based AI company HUMAIN to develop data centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The initial project involves a $3 billion investment for a data center campus in the region."

Kirkland & Ellis represented Blackstone-backed AirTrunk, while HUMAIN was advised in a strategic partnership to build data centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The transaction involves an initial project with an approximately US$3 billion investment for a data center campus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Kirkland & Ellis team included corporate lawyers Rhett Van Syoc, Melissa Kalka, Greg Scott, Allan Kirk, Irfan Ahmed, Celyn Evans, Shaun Chung, and Evan Chavez (U.S. and UK-based); corporate lawyers Kamran Bajwa, Noor Al-Fawzan, Osama Lone, and Mohsin Iqbal (Saudi-based); real estate lawyers Kevin Ehrhart, Tam Ho, and Katie Roddy; debt finance lawyers Kim McGrath, Mary Kogut, and James Boswell; intellectual property lawyers Andre Duminy and Matt Lovell; and tax lawyers Alexander Cox and Tomas McGrath.
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