Posts Tagged ‘Saudi Arabia’

Microsoft to launch Saudi Arabia Azure region in 2026; enabling local cloud & AI workloads

February 20, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Microsoft confirmed that its Saudi Arabia East Azure data centre region will be RFS starting in 4Q26...

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Tencent Cloud planning to expand cloud infrastructure footprint in Middle East

February 4, 2026
Philbert Shih

Tencent executives were quoted on the record confirming that the Tencent Cloud business would build ...

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HUMAIN secures financing to expand Saudi AI data centre capacity

January 29, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Saudi Arabia’s state-backed AI company HUMAIN and the National Infrastructure Fund agreed on a st...

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SDAIA breaks ground on 480MW Hexagon government data centre in Riyadh

January 23, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Saudi Arabia’s data and AI authority, SDAIA, launched construction of the Hexagon government data ...

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Saudi Arabia opens market to all foreign investors

January 15, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Saudi Arabia’s move to allow all categories of foreign investors direct access to its stock market...

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Khazna names Saudi country head and signals Dammam buildout up to 200MW

January 15, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Khazna Data Centers named Mohammed Bin Hassan as country head for Saudi Arabia, adding a local senio...

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xAI, HUMAIN & Nvidia plan 500MW AI data centre in Saudi Arabia

December 5, 2025
Swapna Subramani

lon Musk’s xAI is partnering with Saudi-based HUMAIN and Nvidia to develop a 500MW AI data centre ...

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MI: MEA region seeing development activity, investments for AI and hyperscale infrastructure

November 28, 2025
Philbert Shih

There has been more activity picking up in the MEA region, particularly around the UAE and Saudi Ara...

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AirTrunk & HUMAIN partner on $3b data centre expansion in Saudi Arabia

November 5, 2025
Swapna Subramani

AirTrunk confirmed a new partnership with HUMAIN to develop AI and hyperscale data centre infrastruc...

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Aramco’s minority stake in HUMAIN signals AI-infrastructure shift

November 3, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Saudi Aramco and Public Investment Fund (PIF) have signed a non-binding term sheet for Aramco to acq...

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Saudi’s MIS $61m contract for Riyadh data centre expansion

September 19, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Al Moammar Information Systems (MIS) signed a SAR 227.76m (~US$61m) contract to expand the Naqaa dat...

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center3 commits $10b to reach 1GW data centre capacity by 2030

September 17, 2025
Swapna Subramani

center3, the digital infrastructure arm of Saudi Telecom Company (STC), unveiled a significant expan...

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