{"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":"oracle-riyadh-region-live-2024","event_date":"2024-08-06","published":"2026-10-03","category":"datacenters","importance":2,"title":{"en":"Oracle opens second Saudi public cloud region in Riyadh","ar":"أوراكل تفتتح منطقتها السحابية العامة الثانية في السعودية بالرياض"},"summary":{"en":"Oracle announced on 6 August 2024 that its second public cloud region in the Kingdom, in Riyadh, was open, as part of a $1.5 billion investment. The region joins Jeddah, with a NEOM region and a Dammam facility planned, and Oracle partnered with stc on a sovereign cloud for government. Oracle's separate Mostaqbali program, launched in December 2023, aims to train and certify 50,000 Saudis in AI and cloud technologies by 2027.","ar":"أعلنت أوراكل في 6 أغسطس 2024 بدء تشغيل منطقتها السحابية العامة الثانية في المملكة بالرياض، ضمن استثمار قدره 1.5 مليار دولار. وتنضم المنطقة إلى منطقة جدة، مع خطط لإنشاء منطقة في نيوم ومنشأة في الدمام، وقد تعاونت أوراكل مع stc في مجال السحابة السيادية للجهات الحكومية. أما برنامج «مستقبلي» المنفصل الذي أطلقته أوراكل في ديسمبر 2023، فيستهدف تدريب 50 ألف سعودي وتأهيلهم في تقنيات الذكاء الاصطناعي والحوسبة السحابية بحلول 2027."},"entities":["Oracle","stc","NEOM"],"figures":[{"label":"investment","label_ar":"الاستثمار","value":1.5,"unit":"USD bn"},{"label":"AI training target","label_ar":"مستهدف التدريب على الذكاء الاصطناعي","value":50000,"unit":"people"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-strengthens-saudi-arabias-ai-economy-with-opening-of-second-public-cloud-region-2024-08-06","publisher":"Oracle Newsroom","title":"Oracle Strengthens Saudi Arabia's AI Economy with Opening of Second Public Cloud Region","published":"2024-08-06"},{"url":"https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2576267","publisher":"Arab News Pakistan","title":"Oracle's 2nd public cloud region in Riyadh now live, part of $1.5bn investment","published":"2024-10-22"}],"verification":"corrected","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/oracle-riyadh-region-live-2024","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/oracle-riyadh-region-live-2024","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/oracle-riyadh-region-live-2024.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/oracle-riyadh-region-live-2024.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/oracle-riyadh-region-live-2024.jpg"}}