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News - Saudi Arabia
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Alfanar to invest $1.4bn in Saudi Arabian data centers
Will see four data centers developed in Kingdom
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Saudi’s DataVolt to develop data center in Riyadh
Company to develop on 55,000 sqm plot
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Aramco's Wa'ed Ventures invests in AI cloud provider Ori
Will be used for expansion into Saudi Arabia
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Zoom establishes node in Center3 data center in Saudi Arabia
Company's first node in the Kingdom
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Saudi telco Mobily invests $905m in data centers and subsea cables
Company building out 39MW of capacity for AI hardware
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Equinix plans $1bn Saudi data center
Total pledges for AI and data center investment in the kingdom totals more than $20bn this week alone
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Zoom uses Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for AI in Saudi Arabia
Oracle also brings Fusion Cloud Applications to its EU Sovereign Cloud offering
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Groq secures $1.5bn from Saudi Arabia to expand AI inference infrastructure in the region
Investment will support expansion of Damman data center
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Tencent Cloud launches first Middle East cloud region in Saudi Arabia
Region features two availability zones and set to be operational this year
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Mobily lands Africa-1 subsea cable in Duba, Saudi Arabia
Fourth landing for the cable, scheduled for completion in 2026
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Armada to deploy containerized Edge data centers in Saudi for Aramco
Partners with Microsoft to deploy pods for real-time data analysis
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Ooredoo Group to build subsea cable to connect the Middle East
Will connect seven countries in the Arabian Gulf
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AWS launches CloudFront Edge region in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Cloud giant aims to launch full Saudi cloud region in 2026
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Armada to deploy containerized data center pods for Newlab in Detroit and Riyadh
Pods to support early stage tech startups
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KKR invests in UAE data center firm Gulf Data Hub
Companies plan $5 billion investment across region
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HPE selected to build Blue Lion supercomputer at LRZ
Plus a round up of other recent supercomputing news
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Microsoft completes construction of Saudi Arabia data center region
Availability expected in 2026
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STC secures Spanish gov't approval to snap up 9.9% stake in Telefónica
Secures voting rights as part of the deal
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Ezditek breaks ground on 24MW data center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Also announces joint venture with Gcore for AI infrastructure in Kingdom
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Uzbekistan to build 'carbon-free' data center with Saudi partners
According to the Minister of Digital Technologies
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Pure Data Centres and Dune Vaults team up for hyperscale data centers in Saudi Arabia
Aims to develop multiple 100+MW campuses in Kingdom
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Saudi dairy company Almarai migrates to Google Cloud
Company moves critical systems to Google Cloud Platform
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Telecom Egypt and Mobily to land Saudi-Egypt subsea cable
MoU first signed in June 2022, cable is still going ahead
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Oxagon in talks to construct 1GW AI data center in Saudi Arabia
The data center would be powered by renewable energy and utilize backup batteries
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Google Cloud to develop AI Hub in Saudi Arabia with PIF
Signs agreement with Public Investment Fund for hub near Dammam
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DataVolt and Center3 partner for Saudi Arabian data center operations
Sign MoU for operation and maintenance services across the Kingdom
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ICS Arabia breaks ground on 187MW Desert Dragon project
Will see a total investment of $1.9bn