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Core42 opened a partner programme with more than 50 firms so vendors and resellers can build and sell on its UAE cloud. No partner was named. The cloud already serves more than 47 Abu Dhabi government entities.
Data residency, controlled compute, localised models and secure procurement — breaking down the four things Saudi Arabia's 'sovereign AI' push actually requires, beyond the marketing language.
Microsoft confirmed its Saudi Azure cloud region for a November launch, arriving ahead of AWS's competing region and intensifying the race among hyperscalers for enterprise and government cloud workloads.
AWS confirmed its Saudi cloud region will go live in December 2026, backed by a planned $5.3 billion investment, adding a major new front in the Kingdom's increasingly crowded cloud competition.
Saudi Aramco and Microsoft signed a memorandum of understanding at LEAP 2026 to explore industrial AI projects and a roadmap for Microsoft cloud services carrying additional sovereign controls for Saudi data residency.