QST signs deal with Saudi Ministry of Communications to develop 300MW of data centers
Ministry signs deal with Quantum Switch & Tamasuk joint venture; new company will deliver 60MW a year over next five years
Ministry signs deal with Quantum Switch & Tamasuk joint venture; new company will deliver 60MW a year over next five years
New unit ZeroPoint DC plans three data centers, reaffirms Oracle will be first tenant
Telco to transfer ~$550m of assets over to new co. and invest a further ~$470m
Details on location and timelines lacking
$10 million deal, most likely for Google's recently announced Dammam region
Still in partnership with the world's largest oil company
Neom-Fas Energy data center to house Oracle cloud infrastructure in Oxagon
Construction of data centers at six sites is now underway, says telco
Company chooses location for second Saudi cloud region
Company aims to have 44 available regions by the end of 2022
Two companies get green light to develop in new smart city
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology working with local players, already planning "first of many" hyperscale projects
First phase of fund will see $187 million invested to build 12MW of capacity, companies aiming for $933 million and 90MW in total
One of the top ten fastest supercomputers in the world
Made up of 150 prefabricated modules
I guess this doesn't count as Scope 3 emissions?
For AI research
Following a period of quiet, business returns to Saudi Arabia
As part of its four-year $76m investment plan
Now a billion dollar a quarter business
Discussions in early stages, but could lead to a huge partnership
But no decision has been made
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology to be an important client
Halving Internet speeds and causing flights to and from the capital to be canceled