stc launches new data center in Qassim

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Prince Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud, Governor of Qassim Region, inaugurated today, Feb. 13, stc's data center, which falls within phase two of the new generation of data centers in Saudi Arabia.
 

The data center, which spans over an area of 12,000 square meters, is aimed to support the digital economy by strengthening the cloud infrastructure in the fields of data and artificial intelligence (AI) in the Kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

stc CEO Olayan Alwetaid said that the data center comes as part of the series of centers launched by the group across the Kingdom.
 

He said that the project will provide key digital availability areas that secure an integrated set of secure world-class services and service management, in addition to asset safety measures across major cities of Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam and Buraydah.
 

He also pointed out that the group seeks, through these centers, to implement the largest data centers project in the Middle East, which targets converting the Kingdom into a global technology hub that technically connects the continents of Asia, Europe and Africa.