Microsoft to Invest $24 Billion in Saudi Arabia, Creating 80,000 Jobs

Zainab Alamin, Microsoft's vice president in Saudi Arabia, said the company's investments are concentrated in three areas: data centers, which will create a market worth about $24 billion, according to IDC research, and more than 80,000 direct and indirect employment opportunities, including more than 21,000 jobs in the information technology sector. The second important investment will be in human capital and capacity building, particularly in universities and the public education sector, and the preparation of courses on artificial intelligence in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

Alamin said yesterday, while attending a technology introduction seminar held at the Jax Club in the Diriyah district of Riyadh on Wednesday, that Microsoft had previously announced during the LEAP conference that it would work with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to train male and female students in computer work, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence in order to He pointed out that the company announced the establishment of a center of excellence for development and human capacity building to prepare them for jobs.

Regarding the future of artificial intelligence in the Saudi Arabian market and the interest of global companies in investing in this important field, she explained that over the past year, more than 60,000 male and female teachers have been trained in the field of generative artificial intelligence in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, and Microsoft's partnership with the Misk Foundation in training and virtual work experience He noted that Microsoft has an outstanding partnership with the Misk Foundation in the area of training and virtual job experience.