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title: "Microsoft confirms Saudi Arabia East cloud region for Q4 2026"
url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/microsoft-saudi-region-q4-2026-confirmed"
language: "en"
event_date: "2026-02-11"
published: "2026-10-03"
last_verified: "2026-10-03"
category: "Data Centers"
publisher: "Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)"
license: "CC BY 4.0"
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# Microsoft confirms Saudi Arabia East cloud region for Q4 2026

- Event date: 11 February 2026 (2026-02-11)
- Topic: Data Centers
- In this story: Microsoft, Azure
- URL: https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/microsoft-saudi-region-q4-2026-confirmed

Microsoft confirmed in February 2026 that customers will be able to run workloads from its Saudi Arabia East datacenter region in the Eastern Province from the fourth quarter of 2026, with three availability zones and integration into its network of more than 70 Azure regions. On 31 August 2026, during LEAP 2026, it said the region will be available to customers in November 2026. An IDC study cited by Microsoft estimates that Microsoft, its partners and customers will generate about $44 billion in new revenues for the Saudi economy between 2027 and 2030 (the region itself about 13.4% of that) and around 100,000 new jobs. The region follows the $2.1 billion commitment announced at LEAP 2023.

## Key figures

- IDC-estimated new revenues, Microsoft cloud ecosystem 2027-2030: $44 bn
- new jobs (IDC estimate): 100,000

## Sources

1. [Microsoft Announces That Saudi Arabia East Datacenter Region Will Be Available in November 2026](https://news.microsoft.com/source/emea/2026/08/microsoft-announces-saudi-arabia-east-datacenter-region-will-be-available-in-november-2026/) — Microsoft Source EMEA (press release), 2026-08-31
2. [Microsoft confirms Saudi Arabia datacenter region to go live in Q4 2026](https://meatechwatch.com/2026/02/11/microsoft-confirms-saudi-arabia-datacenter-region-to-go-live-in-q4-2026/) — MEA Tech Watch, 2026-02-11
3. [Microsoft's Saudi Arabia Datacenter Region to become available for Cloud workloads from Q4 2026](https://w.media/microsofts-saudi-arabia-datacenter-region-to-become-available-for-cloud-workloads-from-q4-2026/) — W.Media
4. [Microsoft to Make Its Saudi Arabia Datacenter Region Available in November](https://english.aawsat.com/node/5313290) — Asharq Al-Awsat
5. [LEAP 2026: Saudi Arabia's AI blueprint comes into focus](https://en.majalla.com/node/332960) — Majalla, 2026-09-09

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

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