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title: "CST publishes draft Global AI Hub Law with 'data embassies'"
url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/global-ai-hub-law-draft-2025"
language: "en"
event_date: "2025-04-14"
published: "2026-10-03"
last_verified: "2026-10-03"
category: "Policy"
publisher: "Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
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# CST publishes draft Global AI Hub Law with 'data embassies'

- Event date: 14 April 2025 (2025-04-14)
- Topic: Policy
- In this story: CST, Global AI Hub Law, Council of Ministers
- URL: https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/global-ai-hub-law-draft-2025

On 14 April 2025 the Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) opened public consultation, until 14 May 2025, on a draft Global AI Hub Law. It proposes three hub types, Private, Extended and Virtual, and the concept of 'data embassies': private data centers that host a foreign government's or entity's data under that country's laws rather than Saudi law. The Council of Ministers could terminate arrangements for national-security reasons, and the law would take effect 60 days after publication in the Official Gazette. The law remains in draft form.

## Key figures

- consultation period (days): 30

## Sources

1. [Saudi Arabia releases a draft Global AI Hub Law redefining digital jurisdiction](https://www.clydeco.com/en/insights/2025/05/ksa-release-draft-global-ai-hub-law) — Clyde & Co, 2025-05-01
2. [KSA: Public consultation on Draft AI Hub Law](https://cm.twobirds.com/en/insights/2025/ksa-public-consultation-on-draft-ai-hub-law) — Bird & Bird

Archive report. Written in 2026 from contemporary sources and dated to the day the event happened.

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