{"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-saudi-region-december-2026-confirmed","event_date":"2026-08-31","published":"2026-10-03","category":"datacenters","importance":2,"title":{"en":"AWS confirms December 2026 launch of Saudi region and 50MW AI Zone by 2028","ar":"أمازون ويب سيرفسز تؤكد إطلاق منطقتها السعودية في ديسمبر 2026 ومنطقة للذكاء الاصطناعي بسعة 50 ميغاواط بحلول 2028"},"summary":{"en":"At LEAP 2026 Amazon Web Services (AWS) said its first Saudi infrastructure region, an investment of more than $5.3 billion (SAR 19.88 billion), is on track to launch in December 2026 with three availability zones, bringing AWS to 40 regions. With HUMAIN it will also make up to 50 MW available in Saudi Arabia's first AI Zone by 2028, using AWS Trainium chips and Nvidia infrastructure. AWS is integrating HUMAIN's ALLaM model into Amazon Bedrock, according to a LEAP summary.","ar":"قالت أمازون ويب سيرفسز (AWS) في مؤتمر ليب 2026 إن منطقتها الأولى في السعودية، باستثمار يتجاوز 5.3 مليار دولار (19.88 مليار ريال)، في طريقها للإطلاق في ديسمبر 2026 بثلاث مناطق توافر، لتصل الشركة إلى 40 منطقة. وستتيح مع هيوماين ما يصل إلى 50 ميغاواط في أول «منطقة للذكاء الاصطناعي» في السعودية بحلول 2028، باستخدام شرائح AWS Trainium وبنية تحتية من إنفيديا. وتعمل أمازون على دمج نموذج «علّام» من هيوماين في Amazon Bedrock، بحسب ملخص لمؤتمر ليب."},"entities":["AWS","HUMAIN","Nvidia"],"figures":[{"label":"investment (more than)","label_ar":"الاستثمار (أكثر من)","value":5.3,"unit":"USD bn"},{"label":"AI Zone capacity by 2028","label_ar":"سعة منطقة الذكاء الاصطناعي بحلول 2028","value":50,"unit":"MW"}],"sources":[{"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},{"url":"https://fastcompanyme.com/news/leap-2026-reveals-the-direction-of-saudi-arabias-next-ai-strategy/","publisher":"Fast Company Middle East","title":"LEAP 2026 reveals the direction of Saudi Arabia's next AI strategy","published":"2026-09-01"},{"url":"https://enterpriseam.com/menaplus/2026/09/04/saudi-secures-new-compute-offtakers-and-builders-at-leap/","publisher":"Enterprise","title":"Saudi secures new compute offtakers and builders at LEAP","published":"2026-09-04"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aws-saudi-region-december-2026-confirmed","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/aws-saudi-region-december-2026-confirmed","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aws-saudi-region-december-2026-confirmed.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/aws-saudi-region-december-2026-confirmed.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/aws-saudi-region-december-2026-confirmed.jpg"}}