Groq, in partnership with Meta, has launched the latest version of Meta’s large language model in Saudi Arabia, deploying it on infrastructure located in Dammam.
According to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, the rollout supports Saudi Arabia’s plan to expand its digital infrastructure and increase its presence in the AI sector. The deployment follows Meta’s release of its open-source Llama 4 models—Scout and Maverick—on GroqCloud in the Kingdom, providing developers across the region with access to high-speed inference capabilities.
Llama 4 will now be accessible to users across the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe through Groq’s infrastructure. This follows the activation of the region’s largest AI inference cluster in Dammam earlier this year.
Groq founder and CEO Jonathan Ross said the company is focused on delivering low-cost, high-speed computing for AI developers. Tariq Amin, also speaking on the collaboration, said the integration of Llama 4 marks a key step in Saudi Arabia’s technology strategy.
At LEAP 2025, Groq announced a $1.5 billion investment, in partnership with Aramco Digital, to build the world’s largest AI inference centre in the Kingdom. The project aims to scale GroqCloud’s infrastructure and process billions of tokens per day.
