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Google Cloud and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund are taking a major step forward in their partnership by building and operating a global artificial intelligence hub in the Kingdom as part of a joint $10 billion investment. The project, which sits at the intersection of cloud computing, high-performance infrastructure and national digital strategy, is more than a headline-grabbing deal. It is emblematic of a wider transformation unfolding across the Middle East and North Africa, where data centers and AI infrastructure are rapidly becoming central pillars of economic policy and global tech competition.
Across the region, from Saudi Arabia’s expanding cloud infrastructure to Morocco’s emerging digital corridors, governments and global tech giants are racing to build the backbone of tomorrow’s digital economy. The result is a sector expanding at extraordinary speed, while increasingly positioning the MENA region as an ideal market for data center deployment.
The boom is visible everywhere. Microsoft and Abu Dhabi’s G42 last month announced a 200-megawatt expansion of data center capacity in the UAE, part of a staggering $15 billion long-term investment commitment. The rollout, to be delivered through Khazna Data Centers, is expected to begin coming online before the end of next year, a concrete example of how quickly infrastructure is being deployed in the region.
