- Microsoft will invest more than $10 billion through 2030 in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE.
- The total includes a previously announced $7.9 billion UAE pledge, making the incremental spend roughly $2 billion.
- About $400 million of the investment is allocated to undersea cables and related infrastructure.
- Microsoft President Brad Smith said the company will adjust its 2030 climate goals because of rising AI data center power demand.
- Smith confirmed plans to use 200 megawatts of computing capacity at Microsoft’s planned UAE data center facility.
- Microsoft announced a plan to invest more than $10 billion across four Gulf countries through 2030, building on a previously disclosed $7.9 billion UAE commitment. President Brad Smith also addressed the trade-off between AI data center growth and the company’s climate goals, confirming 200 MW of computing capacity at the planned UAE facility. The move follows similar regional expansions by other U.S. cloud providers and aligns with rising demand for AI infrastructure in the Middle East.
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