{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"aws-5-3bn-saudi-region-announced-2024","event_date":"2024-03-04","published":"2026-10-03","category":"datacenters","importance":3,"title":{"en":"AWS commits $5.3bn to a Saudi cloud region","ar":"أمازون ويب سيرفسز تلتزم باستثمار 5.3 مليار دولار في منطقة سحابية سعودية"},"summary":{"en":"Announced at LEAP 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) committed more than $5.3 billion (SAR 19.88 billion) to build its first infrastructure region in Saudi Arabia, initially slated for 2026. AWS confirmed at LEAP 2026 that the region is on track to launch in December 2026 with three availability zones from day one, expanding its network to 40 regions. An IDC study commissioned by AWS estimates that AI could contribute $130 billion to the Saudi economy by 2030.","ar":"أعلنت أمازون ويب سيرفسز (AWS) في مؤتمر ليب 2024 التزامها باستثمار أكثر من 5.3 مليار دولار (19.88 مليار ريال) لإنشاء أول منطقة للبنية التحتية لها في السعودية، وكان الموعد المبدئي لها عام 2026. وأكدت الشركة في ليب 2026 أن المنطقة في طريقها للإطلاق في ديسمبر 2026 بثلاث مناطق توافر منذ اليوم الأول، لتصل شبكتها إلى 40 منطقة. وتقدّر دراسة أعدّتها «آي دي سي» بتكليف من الشركة أن يسهم الذكاء الاصطناعي بنحو 130 مليار دولار في الاقتصاد السعودي بحلول 2030."},"entities":["AWS","Amazon"],"figures":[{"label":"investment","label_ar":"الاستثمار","value":5.3,"unit":"USD bn"},{"label":"AI contribution by 2030 (IDC)","label_ar":"مساهمة الذكاء الاصطناعي بحلول 2030 (آي دي سي)","value":130,"unit":"USD bn"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://gulfbusiness.com/leap-2024-aws-ibm-dell-commit-11bn-investments/","publisher":"Gulf Business","title":"LEAP 2024: AWS, IBM, Dell and other tech firms commit massive $11.9bn in investments","published":"2024-03-05"},{"url":"https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-cloud-region-saudi-arabia","publisher":"Amazon (About Amazon)","title":"AWS cloud region in Saudi Arabia","published":null},{"url":"https://w.media/aws-saudi-arabia-cloud-region-set-for-december-2026-launch/","publisher":"W.Media","title":"AWS Saudi Arabia cloud region set for December 2026 launch","published":null}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aws-5-3bn-saudi-region-announced-2024","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/aws-5-3bn-saudi-region-announced-2024","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aws-5-3bn-saudi-region-announced-2024.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/aws-5-3bn-saudi-region-announced-2024.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/aws-5-3bn-saudi-region-announced-2024.jpg"}}