- Saudi Arabia Cloud region added to Google Cloud Platform global network
- Agreement between Saudi Aramco Development Company, a subsidiary of Aramco, 
and Google Cloud paves way for rollout of high-performance, low-latency cloud 
services
- Opportunity taps into rapidly expanding cloud services demand in Saudi Arabia 

Saudi Aramco Development Company, a subsidiary of Aramco, today announced it 
had teamed up with Google Cloud to offer high-performance, low-latency cloud 
services to enterprise customers in Saudi Arabia.

The Kingdom is being added to the global network of Google Cloud Platform 
regions, as part of a strategic alliance agreement signed between the Company 
and Google Cloud this month. Google Cloud will establish and operate a new 
cloud region in Saudi Arabia, while a new company will be formed following all 
required regulatory clearances to supply cloud solutions and services to 
enterprise customers, with an emphasis on businesses inside Saudi Arabia.
 
This new cloud region will allow organizations nationwide to grow and scale 
their offerings, while delivering digital products and services faster and more 
reliably. 

The collaboration taps into rapidly expanding cloud services demand in Saudi 
Arabia, which is forecasted to reach a market opportunity up to $10 billion by 
2030. Increased dependence on online services during the COVID-19 pandemic has 
further accelerated the shift toward digital solutions. The rollout of Google 
Cloud services and infrastructure in Saudi Arabia will deliver robust, reliable 
and agile solutions to meet growing demand for IT and cloud services.

Aramco Senior Vice President of Technical Services, Ahmad Al Sa’adi, said: “We 
live in a world driven by data, and it is essential that companies not only 
have secure infrastructure to protect enterprise data, but also the tools that 
enable them to make the best use of it. Bringing Google Cloud to Saudi Arabia 
will deliver significant benefits, both now and in the future, and we are 
grateful to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology for 
supporting this initiative. The future of Saudi Arabia’s business 
transformation and growth depends on its ability to successfully leverage cloud 
services.”

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said : “We are committed to helping businesses 
modernize and accelerate their digital transformations with Google Cloud. With 
this agreement, Google Cloud's innovative technology and solutions will be 
available to global customers and enterprises in Saudi Arabia to enable them to 
better serve end consumers."

Google Cloud offers its customers multiple solutions, including artificial 
intelligence, smart analytics, data management, security, infrastructure and 
application modernization.

It delivers these services globally while matching 100 percent of the energy 
used to power its operations with renewable energy.

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About Aramco
Aramco is a global integrated energy and chemicals company. We are driven by 
the core belief that energy is opportunity. From producing approximately one in 
every eight barrels of the world’s oil supply to developing new energy 
technologies, our global team is dedicated to creating impact in all that we 
do. We focus on making our resources more dependable, more sustainable and more 
useful. This helps promote stability and long-term growth around the world. 
www.aramco.com 

Media Relations: international.media@aramco.com
 
Source: Saudi Aramco