The White House announced on Tuesday, 13, that President Donald Trump secured a “historical investment commitment of $ 600 billion” from Saudi Arabia in the United States. The package, according to the US government, inaugurates a “new golden age of partnership” between the two countries. In an official statement, the White House stated that the first agreements “reinforce our energy security, the defense industry, technological leadership and access to global infrastructure and critical minerals.”
Among the highlighted investments, the Saudi company Datavolt plans to apply $ 20 billion in data centers focused on artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure in the US.
Already giants like Google, Oracle, Salesforce, AMD and Uber, alongside Datavolt itself, promised to inject $ 80 billion into “transformative technologies” in both countries.
In the infrastructure sector, US companies such as Hill International, Jacobs, Parsons and Aecom will participate in “big projects” in Saudi Arabia, including the new King Salman International Airport and the city of Qiddiya. These contracts total US $ 2 billion in US service exports.
The White House has also celebrated additional exports such as GE Vernova gas turbines (US $ 14.2 billion) and Boeing 737-8 aircraft for Avilease ($ 4.8 billion). In health, Shamekh IV Solutions will invest $ 5.8 billion, including the construction of an intravenous fluid factory in Michigan.
Investments also include US -focused sectoral funds: a $ 5 billion energy fund, another aerospace technology and defense at the same value, plus $ 4 billion for the sports sector.
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The package also includes the largest US History Defense Sales Agreement: “nearly $ 142 billion” in equipment and services provided by more than a dozen American companies. The agreement covers “Air Force Advances, Anti -aircraft, maritime security, land modernization and communication”.
According to the statement, this set of agreements “was built rapidly in the last four months” and represents “the largest set of commercial agreements ever registered between the two countries.”
