{"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":"google-cloud-dammam-region-2023","event_date":"2023-11-15","published":"2026-10-03","category":"datacenters","importance":2,"title":{"en":"Google Cloud opens Dammam region in Saudi Arabia","ar":"جوجل كلاود تفتتح منطقتها السحابية في الدمام بالمملكة"},"summary":{"en":"Google Cloud announced the opening of its Dammam cloud region on 15 November 2023 at a launch attended by CEO Thomas Kurian, with services sold in the Kingdom through the reseller CNTXT. Research commissioned from Access Partnership estimated the region could add a cumulative $109 billion to Saudi gross economic output between 2024 and 2030 and support 148,600 jobs in 2030. The Dammam region became the base for the PIF-Google Cloud AI hub announced a year later.","ar":"أعلنت جوجل كلاود افتتاح منطقتها السحابية في الدمام في 15 نوفمبر 2023 خلال حفل حضره رئيسها التنفيذي توماس كوريان، على أن تُباع الخدمات داخل المملكة عبر الموزّع «سي إن تي إكس تي». وقدّرت دراسة أعدّتها «أكسس بارتنرشيب» بتكليف من جوجل أن المنطقة قد تضيف 109 مليارات دولار تراكمياً إلى الناتج الاقتصادي السعودي بين 2024 و2030، وأن تدعم 148,600 وظيفة في 2030. وأصبحت منطقة الدمام قاعدة لمركز الذكاء الاصطناعي المشترك بين صندوق الاستثمارات العامة وجوجل كلاود، الذي أُعلن عنه بعد عام."},"entities":["Google Cloud","Dammam","CNTXT"],"figures":[{"label":"estimated GDP contribution 2024-2030","label_ar":"المساهمة المقدرة في الناتج 2024-2030","value":109,"unit":"USD bn"},{"label":"jobs in 2030 (jobs)","label_ar":"الوظائف في 2030","value":148600,"unit":"count"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2023-11-15-Google-Cloud-Expands-Regional-Presence-with-Opening-of-Dammam-Cloud-Region-Forecast-to-Boost-Economy-by-USD-109-Billion-by-2030","publisher":"Google Cloud Press Corner","title":"Google Cloud Expands Regional Presence with Opening of Dammam Cloud Region","published":"2023-11-15"},{"url":"https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2409331","publisher":"Arab News Pakistan","title":"Google launches new cloud region in Saudi Arabia","published":"2023-11-15"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/google-cloud-dammam-region-2023","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/google-cloud-dammam-region-2023","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/google-cloud-dammam-region-2023.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/google-cloud-dammam-region-2023.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/google-cloud-dammam-region-2023.jpg"}}