{"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":"microsoft-2-1bn-cloud-leap23","event_date":"2023-02-06","published":"2026-10-03","category":"investment","importance":2,"title":{"en":"Microsoft announces $2.1bn for a hyperscale cloud in Saudi Arabia","ar":"مايكروسوفت تعلن استثمار 2.1 مليار دولار في سحابة فائقة النطاق بالسعودية"},"summary":{"en":"At LEAP 2023 Microsoft announced $2.1 billion for a hyperscale cloud in the Kingdom. It was the largest single item in the conference's headline total of about $9 billion. The company confirmed in 2026 that the resulting Saudi Arabia East Azure region, with three availability zones, will be available to customers in November 2026.","ar":"أعلنت مايكروسوفت في مؤتمر ليب 2023 استثمار 2.1 مليار دولار في سحابة فائقة النطاق داخل المملكة. وكان أكبر بند منفرد ضمن حصيلة المؤتمر المعلنة البالغة نحو 9 مليارات دولار. وأكدت الشركة في 2026 أن منطقة «السعودية الشرقية» على أزور، بثلاث مناطق توافر، ستكون متاحة للعملاء في نوفمبر 2026."},"entities":["Microsoft","Azure","LEAP"],"figures":[{"label":"investment","label_ar":"الاستثمار","value":2.1,"unit":"USD bn"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://mena.entrepreneur.com/technology/leap23-announces-us9-billion-investments-in-tech-sectors/444444","publisher":"Entrepreneur Middle East","title":"LEAP 2023 in Riyadh sees US$9 billion worth of investments","published":"2023-02-07"},{"url":"https://www.leapforward.onegiantleap.com/leap-2023-brings-over-us9-5-billion-worth-of-investments-to-saudi-arabias-tech-sector/","publisher":"LEAP Forward (Tahaluf)","title":"LEAP 2023 brings over US$9.5 billion worth of investments to Saudi Arabia's tech sector","published":"2023-06"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/microsoft-2-1bn-cloud-leap23","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/microsoft-2-1bn-cloud-leap23","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/microsoft-2-1bn-cloud-leap23.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/microsoft-2-1bn-cloud-leap23.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/microsoft-2-1bn-cloud-leap23.jpg"}}