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title: "Oracle opens second Saudi public cloud region in Riyadh"
url: "https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/oracle-riyadh-region-live-2024"
language: "en"
event_date: "2024-08-06"
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 second Saudi public cloud region in Riyadh

- Event date: 6 August 2024 (2024-08-06)
- Topic: Data Centers
- In this story: Oracle, stc, NEOM
- URL: https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/oracle-riyadh-region-live-2024

Oracle announced on 6 August 2024 that its second public cloud region in the Kingdom, in Riyadh, was open, as part of a $1.5 billion investment. The region joins Jeddah, with a NEOM region and a Dammam facility planned, and Oracle partnered with stc on a sovereign cloud for government. Oracle's separate Mostaqbali program, launched in December 2023, aims to train and certify 50,000 Saudis in AI and cloud technologies by 2027.

## Key figures

- investment: $1.5 bn
- AI training target: 50,000 people

## Sources

1. [Oracle Strengthens Saudi Arabia's AI Economy with Opening of Second Public Cloud Region](https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-strengthens-saudi-arabias-ai-economy-with-opening-of-second-public-cloud-region-2024-08-06) — Oracle Newsroom, 2024-08-06
2. [Oracle's 2nd public cloud region in Riyadh now live, part of $1.5bn investment](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2576267) — Arab News Pakistan, 2024-10-22

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

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