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title: "Amazon Web Services (AWS)"
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# Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Amazon's cloud computing business.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) appears in 4 stories in the Cicada archive, from 2024 to 2026.

## Every story, oldest first

- 2024-03-04 — [LEAP24 opens in Riyadh with $11.9bn in announced investments](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/leap24-opens): LEAP 2024 ran from 4 to 7 March 2024 at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center.
- 2024-03-04 — [AWS commits $5.3bn to a Saudi cloud region](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aws-5-3bn-saudi-region-announced-2024): Announced at LEAP 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) committed more than $5.3 billion (SAR 19.88 billion) to build its first infrastructure region in Saudi Arabia, initially slated for 2026.
- 2025-05-13 — [AWS and HUMAIN announce $5bn-plus 'AI Zone' in Saudi Arabia](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/humain-aws-ai-zone-2025): Amazon Web Services (AWS) and HUMAIN announced an AI Zone with investment of more than $5 billion, combining AWS infrastructure, semiconductors and UltraCluster networking with services such as SageMaker, Bedrock and Amazon Q, plus a unified AI agent marketplace for government.
- 2026-08-31 — [AWS confirms December 2026 launch of Saudi region and 50MW AI Zone by 2028](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aws-saudi-region-december-2026-confirmed): At LEAP 2026 Amazon Web Services (AWS) said its first Saudi infrastructure region, an investment of more than $5.3 billion (SAR 19.88 billion), is on track to launch in December 2026 with three availability zones, bringing AWS to 40 regions.

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