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title: "Oracle opens Jeddah region, first public cloud region in Saudi Arabia"
url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/oracle-jeddah-region-live-2020"
language: "en"
event_date: "2020-02-04"
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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# Oracle opens Jeddah region, first public cloud region in Saudi Arabia

- Event date: 4 February 2020 (2020-02-04)
- Topic: Data Centers
- In this story: Oracle, Oracle Cloud Jeddah
- URL: https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/oracle-jeddah-region-live-2020

Oracle launched its Generation 2 Cloud region in Jeddah, becoming the first public cloud provider with a region inside Saudi Arabia, and said it planned a further region in the Kingdom. The launch addressed data-residency requirements of Saudi enterprises and government entities. It was the starting point for the wave of hyperscale cloud regions that followed from Google, Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

## Sources

1. [Oracle opens cloud region in Jeddah with more Gulf sites to come](https://www.cio.com/article/3519069/oracle-opens-cloud-region-in-jeddah-with-more-gulf-sites-to-come.html) — CIO.com, 2020-02-04

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

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