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Microsoft and G42’s planned $1 billion geothermal-powered data center project in Kenya is reportedly being slowed by unresolved payment guarantees, power-capacity questions, and negotiations over how much cloud demand the Kenyan government is willing to underwrite. The project has not been...

Microsoft’s planned East Africa cloud region in Kenya, announced in May 2024 with G42 as part of a $1 billion digital investment package, has reportedly been delayed after talks over guaranteed government payments and power requirements failed to produce terms acceptable to all sides. The...

Microsoft’s cloud footprint in the Kingdom has moved from blueprint to calendar: the company has confirmed that customers will be able to run cloud workloads from its Microsoft Azure Saudi Arabia East datacenter region beginning in Q4 2026, a development Microsoft and local partners say will...

Microsoft has confirmed that an Azure region in Saudi Arabia — branded in announcements as Saudi Arabia East — will be ready to run customer cloud workloads in Q4 2026, a move Microsoft frames as a direct strengthening of Saudi Vision 2030’s digital and AI ambitions. Background Saudi Vision 2030...