{"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":"leap25-opens","event_date":"2025-02-09","published":"2026-10-03","category":"events","importance":3,"title":{"en":"LEAP25 opens with $14.9bn in announced AI and tech investments","ar":"انطلاق ليب 2025 باستثمارات معلنة في الذكاء الاصطناعي والتقنية بقيمة 14.9 مليار دولار"},"summary":{"en":"LEAP 2025 ran from 9 to 12 February 2025 in Riyadh. On opening day Communications Minister Abdullah Alswaha announced $14.9 billion of investments, including $1.5 billion from Groq and Aramco Digital, $2 billion from Alat and Lenovo, $500 million from Salesforce, $300 million from Databricks, $150 million from Tencent Cloud for its first Middle East region and $140 million from SambaNova. Google announced a global AI hub, Qualcomm said it would integrate ALLaM, and KKR and Gulf Data Hub announced a 300 MW data center. The total was described as the largest AI-focused investment announcement in the event's history.","ar":"عُقد مؤتمر ليب 2025 في الرياض من 9 إلى 12 فبراير 2025. وأعلن وزير الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات عبدالله السواحه في يوم الافتتاح عن استثمارات بقيمة 14.9 مليار دولار، منها 1.5 مليار دولار من جروك (Groq) وأرامكو الرقمية، ومليارا دولار من «آلات» ولينوفو، و500 مليون دولار من سيلزفورس، و300 مليون دولار من داتابريكس، و150 مليون دولار من تينسنت كلاود لأول منطقة لها في الشرق الأوسط، و140 مليون دولار من «سامبانوفا». وأعلنت جوجل مركزاً عالمياً للذكاء الاصطناعي، وقالت كوالكوم إنها ستدمج «علّام»، وأعلنت «كي كي آر» و«غلف داتا هب» مركز بيانات بسعة 300 ميغاواط. ووُصف الإجمالي بأنه أكبر إعلان استثماري في الذكاء الاصطناعي في تاريخ المؤتمر."},"entities":["LEAP","Groq","Aramco Digital","Alat","Lenovo","Salesforce","Databricks","Tencent Cloud","SambaNova","Google","Qualcomm","KKR","Gulf Data Hub"],"figures":[{"label":"announced investments","label_ar":"الاستثمارات المعلنة","value":14.9,"unit":"USD bn"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://gulfbusiness.com/2025/tech/leap-2025-launches-unveis-14-9bn-in-ai-investment/","publisher":"Gulf Business","title":"LEAP 2025 launches, unveils $14.9bn in AI investment","published":"2025-02-09"},{"url":"https://sharikatmubasher.com/media-hub/news/21467621/leap-2025-sees-strategic-investments-exceeding-149bn?lang=en","publisher":"Sharikat Mubasher","title":"LEAP 2025 sees strategic investments exceeding $14.9bn","published":null}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/leap25-opens","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/leap25-opens","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/leap25-opens.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/leap25-opens.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/leap25-opens.jpg"}}