M. Al-Sawaha witnesses the opening of Google Cloud, its new cloud region in Dammam

Today, His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Engineer Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha, witnessed the opening of Google Cloud, its new cloud region in Dammam, to provide its services to public sector institutions and large companies, all the way to small and medium-sized companies and startups in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East region.
His Excellency stressed the importance of Google Cloud’s investment in the new region, indicating that this investment represents an important step in the process of achieving the Kingdom’s goals and ambitions to become a leading regional center for advanced computing technologies, and will contribute to supporting promising digital business initiatives and accelerating the wheel of innovation in artificial intelligence applications and various business models. In the public and private sectors.

For his part, Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said: “We are currently witnessing one of the most important technological transformations in our contemporary history, as artificial intelligence supports organizations’ efforts to develop the best solutions to the various challenges they face, improve their ability to communicate and interact with customers, in addition to enhancing levels of efficiency and productivity.” Our new cloud region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will help public and private sector organizations achieve the maximum benefit from their data, benefit from the capabilities of generative artificial intelligence solutions, and create a culture of innovation supported by a modern and sustainable infrastructure characterized by the highest levels of security.”
For his part, Director of Google Cloud in the Kingdom, Badr Al Madi, said: “We look forward to supporting the digital transformation and empowerment efforts of various businesses and individuals in the Kingdom, and by providing access to cloud technologies and artificial intelligence to the Saudi market, we will contribute to laying the right foundations for digital transformation using the latest digital technologies that contribute “In improving business processes and improving customer experiences.”
The new cloud region in Dammam is part of the global Google Cloud network, which consists of 39 cloud regions and 118 regions that provide cloud services to more than 200 countries and regions around the world. Organizations in the region will benefit from the main controls that allow them to maintain the highest levels of security and availability of space. Local data storage, and adherence to compliance standards, including specific requirements for data storage.