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title: "LEAP"
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# LEAP

Annual technology conference in Riyadh, first held in 2022, where many Saudi AI and cloud investments are announced.

LEAP appears in 7 stories in the Cicada archive, from 2022 to 2026.

## Every story, oldest first

- 2022-02-01 — [LEAP22 opens in Riyadh; $6.4bn of tech investments reported](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/leap22-opens): The first LEAP technology conference opened in Riyadh on 1 February 2022 and was reported to have secured $6.4 billion of investments in future technologies.
- 2023-02-06 — [Microsoft announces $2.1bn for a hyperscale cloud in Saudi Arabia](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/microsoft-2-1bn-cloud-leap23): At LEAP 2023 Microsoft announced $2.1 billion for a hyperscale cloud in the Kingdom.
- 2023-02-06 — [LEAP23 in Riyadh announces about $9bn of tech investments](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/leap23-opens): LEAP 2023 ran from 6 to 9 February 2023 in Riyadh and announced about $9 billion of investments; a later organizer recap puts the total at more than $9.5 billion.
- 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 — [DataVolt pledges $5bn for 300MW+ of Saudi data centers](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/datavolt-5bn-datacentres-leap24): At LEAP 2024, DataVolt, a Riyadh-based developer founded in 2023, committed $5 billion to build new data centers in the Kingdom with combined capacity above 300 megawatts.
- 2025-02-09 — [LEAP25 opens with $14.9bn in announced AI and tech investments](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/leap25-opens): LEAP 2025 ran from 9 to 12 February 2025 in Riyadh.
- 2026-08-31 — [LEAP 2026 closes with nearly $15bn in AI and infrastructure announcements](https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/leap26-opens-riyadh): The fifth LEAP, under the theme 'Into New Worlds', ran from 31 August to 3 September 2026 at the Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center in Malham, and closed with nearly $15 billion in launches, investments and agreements, according to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and Asharq Al-Awsat, citing the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

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