Construction works have advanced on the first phase of the planned 300MW data centre projects being implemented by Saudi-headquartered Quantum Switch Tamasuk (QST) for the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT).  The project comprises six 50MW data centre facilities to be located in Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah and NEOM.

The data centres will also host government digital infrastructure development initiatives including the Saudi Internet Exchange Point, a non-profit scheme spearheaded by MCIT and King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology.

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