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Saudi Arabia Is Turning AI Into National Infrastructure
The Kingdom’s AI opportunity is moving beyond chatbots toward Arabic technology, smarter public services and productive tools for every major industry.
Jul 28, 2026
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Business
Infra and HUMAIN Sign SAR 2.5 Billion in Financing for GPUs and Power Under a New AI Data Center Program
Two facilities, SAR 1.1 billion for GPUs and SAR 1.4 billion for grid connections, are the first signed under Infra's AI Data Center Financing Program, with a signing attended by PIF's governor.
Nov 11, 2026
Technology
Inside the Gulf's Multi-Billion-Dollar Bet on Sovereign AI
The UAE and Saudi Arabia signed major AI infrastructure deals this month, staking their post-oil economies on becoming AI powers in their own right.
May 27, 2025
Business
Saudi Arabia's Next Growth Test Is Turning Investment Headlines Into Durable Capability
Saudi Arabia is attracting partnerships in mining, AI, finance and infrastructure. The strongest Vision 2030 outcome will be skills, productive firms and exports that endure.
Jul 31, 2026
Business
Saudi Arabia’s New Growth Engine Is Bigger Than Any Single Project
The Kingdom’s most important economic story is the ecosystem forming across tourism, logistics, manufacturing, technology and clean infrastructure.
Jul 28, 2026
Business
Aramco Completes Its 49% Stake in HUMAIN as PIF Keeps 51% and Sets a 3 GW Data Centre Target
PIF and Aramco closed the HUMAIN deal on 1 November: about SAR 9.9 billion in cash this year, AI and digital assets, and a 2030 target of 3 gigawatts of AI data centre capacity.
Nov 11, 2026
Business
Saudi Arabia Is Designing a New Role as a Global Logistics Bridge
Ports, airports, rail, digital customs and local manufacturing are turning geography into a coordinated economic advantage under Vision 2030.
Jul 28, 2026
Diving
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea Opens Up: What Dive Tourism Actually Offers
New resorts, new dive licences and a scaled-back masterplan. Here is the real state of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea diving push, not the pitch deck version.
Feb 10, 2026
Business
Saudi Arabia and US EXIM Sign a $15 Billion Understanding
The kingdom's sovereign fund and America's export credit agency have agreed a memorandum worth up to fifteen billion dollars. What it is not is a committed investment.
Aug 6, 2026
Travel
Gulf Tourism Holds Its Nerve Through a Turbulent 2024
While war rattles the wider region, Dubai and Saudi Arabia are still posting visitor growth, and the numbers say the Gulf is winning the confidence contest.
Aug 14, 2024
Latest Trends
Two Killed at a Saudi Oil Field and One at Dammam Airport as the US Orders Embassy Staff Out of Saudi Arabia
Debris from an intercepted drone killed two foreign workers at Aramco's Shaybah field on Wednesday, hours before a fatal strike on Dammam's airport and a State Department departure order.
Oct 22, 2026
Travel
From Soudah to the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia Is Drawing a New Travel Map
Mountain villages, coral coastlines and nature-led hospitality are expanding the world’s picture of Saudi Arabia beyond desert and city landmarks.
Jul 28, 2026
Technology
Riyadh Is Turning September Into a Global Test of Responsible AI
Saudi Arabia will host the UNESCO Global Forum on the Ethics of AI alongside its Global AI Summit, putting implementation, trust and governance at the center of Riyadh's technology agenda.
Aug 3, 2026
Travel
One Visa, One Fee, Six Countries: the Gulf's Schengen Moment Is Reportedly Piloting This Year
A unified GCC tourist visa has been discussed for years and is now said to be entering a pilot phase, at an estimated 100 to 150 dollars for 30 to 90 days. The economics of it are more interesting than the convenience.
Aug 21, 2026
Sports
The Asian Games Open in Nagoya on Saturday: 15,000 Athletes, 43 Sports, 469 Golds, and a Route to Los Angeles 2028
The second-largest multi-sport event on Earth returns to Japan for the first time since Hiroshima in 1994. The ceremony is at Paloma Mizuho Stadium at six on Saturday evening. What is new, where the swimming is, and why the Gulf's squads matter this time.
Sep 15, 2026
Latest Trends
GCC Ministers Put Navigation and Diplomacy at the Center of Regional Talks
Gulf foreign ministers used a July 28 consultation to focus on practical understandings, de-escalation and the safe flow of ships through Hormuz.
Jul 29, 2026
Business
SoftBank Borrowed Another 11.9 Billion Dollars to Keep Funding OpenAI, and Its Shares Fell 13 Per Cent the Same Day
Twenty banks lent Masayoshi Son more than he asked for: a two-year facility to pay off a 25.9 billion dollar bridge due today and carry a commitment that reaches 65 billion by October. Public investors were less generous.
Sep 15, 2026
Lifestyle
Cooling Is More Than Sixty Per Cent of a Gulf Household's Electricity, Against About Twenty Five in America
Air conditioning is roughly half of peak electricity demand across the region, and nearly every building has it. Which means almost everything that reduces a household bill here is about heat getting in, not about appliances.
Aug 21, 2026
Business
The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Shut for Almost Six Months. Oil Is at $93, Not $200, and That Gap Is the Story.
A potential war is the wrong frame. Fighting began on 28 February and the strait closed on 4 March. The economic damage is real and measurable, and it is far smaller than the forecasts issued in the first month, for reasons worth understanding.
Aug 22, 2026
