Riyadh, February 8, 2023, SPA -- On the sidelines of the LEAP 23 Conference, Microsoft has announced that it will invest in Cloud data centers in a new region of the Kingdom as part of its ongoing efforts to empower public and private institutions around the world with smart and trusty Cloud services to support their digital transition ambitions. Microsoft’s new announcement to implement investment in the Kingdom’s infrastructure came in response to clients’ increasing demand from local and international companies and the public sector for Cloud services and data centers in the Kingdom. The new Cloud data center region will provide high-efficient and trusty performance and protection of the privacy of clients, besides high-speed access in the Kingdom in parallel with Microsoft’s international Cloud infrastructure. --SPA 20:58 LOCAL TIME 17:58 GMT 0032 www.spa.gov.sa/w1851776