Planned

Microsoft Azure — Saudi Arabia East (Dammam)

Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

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Capacity

100MW

Operator

Microsoft

Microsoft’s Saudi Arabia East Azure region is a flagship hyperscale cloud development located in Dammam, scheduled to go live in Q4 2026. The region consists of three independent Availability Zones designed for high resilience and sovereign AI workloads. It is part of Microsoft’s broader strategy to support the Kingdom’s digital transformation, providing local data residency and advanced AI capabilities via Azure OpenAI and Copilot. The Dammam site benefits from proximity to major subsea cable landings and existing industrial power infrastructure, serving as a key gateway for hyperscale cloud services in the Persian Gulf.

Reference Metadata

Country: Saudi Arabia
Region: Eastern Province
City: Dammam
Status: Planned
Machine-readable record: JSON GeoJSON

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