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Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)

The Saudi ministry responsible for communications and the digital economy.

Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) appears in 4 stories in the Cicada archive, from 2023 to 2026.

First appearance · 6 February 2023Oracle commits $1.5bn to Saudi cloud regions, including RiyadhOracle signed a memorandum with Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to invest $1.5 billion in the Kingdom, adding a Riyadh public cloud region to its Jeddah region an…Most recent · 31 August 2026LEAP 2026 closes with nearly $15bn in AI and infrastructure announcementsThe 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, inv…

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  1. Oracle commits $1.5bn to Saudi cloud regions, including Riyadh
  2. MCIT and SDAIA issue National Data Center Strategy targeting 1.5GW by 2030
  3. Operational data center capacity reaches 467MW in Q1 2026, per official figures
  4. LEAP 2026 closes with nearly $15bn in AI and infrastructure announcements

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