Amazon’s AWS to launch Saudi Arabia data centers, invest over $5.3 bln

Amazon.com’s cloud division Amazon Web Services said on Monday it will launch data centers in Saudi Arabia in 2026 and plans to invest more than $5.3 billion in the kingdom.

The cloud region will enable customers to securely store content and run workloads while offering higher speed for its users.

Amazon and its cloud competitors Google-parent Alphabet and Microsoft have said they will raise their investments, primarily for data centers, to support the growing adoption of artificial intelligence technologies.