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DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia, Dec 21 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- 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.

Contact Information

International Media Relations: international.media@aramco.com  

Investor Relations: investor.relations@aramco.com

https://twitter.com/Aramco

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