{"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-saudi-region-q4-2026-confirmed","event_date":"2026-02-11","published":"2026-10-03","category":"datacenters","importance":2,"title":{"en":"Microsoft confirms Saudi Arabia East cloud region for Q4 2026","ar":"مايكروسوفت تؤكد إطلاق منطقة «السعودية الشرقية» السحابية في الربع الرابع من 2026"},"summary":{"en":"Microsoft confirmed in February 2026 that customers will be able to run workloads from its Saudi Arabia East datacenter region in the Eastern Province from the fourth quarter of 2026, with three availability zones and integration into its network of more than 70 Azure regions. On 31 August 2026, during LEAP 2026, it said the region will be available to customers in November 2026. An IDC study cited by Microsoft estimates that Microsoft, its partners and customers will generate about $44 billion in new revenues for the Saudi economy between 2027 and 2030 (the region itself about 13.4% of that) and around 100,000 new jobs. The region follows the $2.1 billion commitment announced at LEAP 2023.","ar":"أكدت مايكروسوفت في فبراير 2026 أن العملاء سيتمكنون من تشغيل أعباء العمل من منطقة مراكز بياناتها «السعودية الشرقية» في المنطقة الشرقية اعتباراً من الربع الرابع من 2026، بثلاث مناطق توافر وضمن شبكتها التي تضم أكثر من 70 منطقة على أزور. وقالت الشركة في 31 أغسطس 2026، خلال مؤتمر ليب 2026، إن المنطقة ستُتاح للعملاء في نوفمبر 2026. وتقدّر دراسة لشركة «آي دي سي» أوردتها مايكروسوفت أن تولّد الشركة وشركاؤها وعملاؤها نحو 44 مليار دولار من الإيرادات الجديدة للاقتصاد السعودي بين 2027 و2030 (نحو 13.4 في المائة منها من المنطقة نفسها)، وأن توفر نحو 100 ألف وظيفة جديدة. وتأتي المنطقة بعد التزام الـ2.1 مليار دولار المعلن في ليب 2023."},"entities":["Microsoft","Azure"],"figures":[{"label":"IDC-estimated new revenues, Microsoft cloud ecosystem 2027-2030","label_ar":"الإيرادات الجديدة المقدرة لمنظومة سحابة مايكروسوفت 2027-2030 (وفق «آي دي سي»)","value":44,"unit":"USD bn"},{"label":"new jobs (IDC estimate)","label_ar":"الوظائف الجديدة (تقدير «آي دي سي»)","value":100000,"unit":"count"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2026/08/microsoft-announces-saudi-arabia-east-datacenter-region-will-be-available-in-november-2026/","publisher":"Microsoft Source EMEA (press release)","title":"Microsoft Announces That Saudi Arabia East Datacenter Region Will Be Available in November 2026","published":"2026-08-31"},{"url":"https://meatechwatch.com/2026/02/11/microsoft-confirms-saudi-arabia-datacenter-region-to-go-live-in-q4-2026/","publisher":"MEA Tech Watch","title":"Microsoft confirms Saudi Arabia datacenter region to go live in Q4 2026","published":"2026-02-11"},{"url":"https://w.media/microsofts-saudi-arabia-datacenter-region-to-become-available-for-cloud-workloads-from-q4-2026/","publisher":"W.Media","title":"Microsoft's Saudi Arabia Datacenter Region to become available for Cloud workloads from Q4 2026","published":null},{"url":"https://english.aawsat.com/node/5313290","publisher":"Asharq Al-Awsat","title":"Microsoft to Make Its Saudi Arabia Datacenter Region Available in November","published":null},{"url":"https://en.majalla.com/node/332960","publisher":"Majalla","title":"LEAP 2026: Saudi Arabia's AI blueprint comes into focus","published":"2026-09-09"}],"verification":"corrected","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/microsoft-saudi-region-q4-2026-confirmed","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/microsoft-saudi-region-q4-2026-confirmed","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/microsoft-saudi-region-q4-2026-confirmed.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/microsoft-saudi-region-q4-2026-confirmed.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/microsoft-saudi-region-q4-2026-confirmed.jpg"}}