AWS confirms December 2026 launch of Saudi region and 50MW AI Zone by 2028
By Cicada DeskEvent date: 1 min read
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In brief
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.
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. With HUMAIN it will also make up to 50 MW available in Saudi Arabia's first AI Zone by 2028, using AWS Trainium chips and Nvidia infrastructure.
AWS is integrating HUMAIN's ALLaM model into Amazon Bedrock, according to a LEAP summary.
Key figures
- $5.3bninvestment (more than)
- 50MWAI Zone capacity by 2028
Sources
This report is compiled from the sources below. Cicada links to every source we rely on.
- 1AWS cloud region in Saudi Arabia Amazon (About Amazon)
- 2AWS Saudi Arabia cloud region set for December 2026 launch W.Media
- 3LEAP 2026 reveals the direction of Saudi Arabia's next AI strategy Fast Company Middle East · 1 Sept 2026
- 4Saudi secures new compute offtakers and builders at LEAP Enterprise · 4 Sept 2026
Archive report. Written in 2026 from contemporary sources and dated to the day the event happened.
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Cicada Desk. "AWS confirms December 2026 launch of Saudi region and 50MW AI Zone by 2028". Cicada, 31 August 2026. https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/aws-saudi-region-december-2026-confirmed
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