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MICROSOFT SHARES PROGRESS ON DATA CENTRE REGION IN SAUDI ARABIA WITH CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE ON THREE SITES
Microsoft has shared updates on the progress of its data centre region in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , following a recent site visit by a delegation of government officials from the Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology ( MCIT ) as well as Microsoft executives from the company ’ s headquarters and Saudi Arabia .
The global technology company announced the completion of construction on all three Azure availability zones , with availability anticipated in 2026 .
Located in Saudi Arabia ’ s Eastern Province , each of the three Azure availability zones features independent power , cooling and networking infrastructure . They will be equipped with stateof-the-art hardware to enable government and private sector companies in Saudi Arabia to seamlessly run their workloads in the cloud with low latency and high availability options .
The new data centre region in Saudi Arabia will offer enterprisegrade reliability and performance combined with customer privacy , data residency and high-speed latency standards on par with the rest of Microsoft ’ s global cloud infrastructure of
more than 60 Azure regions – one of the largest and most secure in the world .
Once operational , the data centre region will be pivotal in accelerating progress towards the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 and strengthening the Kingdom ’ s position as a global hub of innovation , trade and investment .
CyrusOne , a leading global data centre developer and operator specialising in delivering digital infrastructure solutions , has announced plans to enter the Italian data centre market with its latest development in Milan , named MIL1 .
The announcement follows its acquisition of an 18.5-acre site , strategically located in the Municipality of Segrate , East Milan , at the gateway between Italy , the rest of Europe and the Mediterranean basin .
CYRUSONE ENTERS ITALIAN MARKET WITH FIRST DATA CENTRE IN MILAN
The MIL1 data centre will deliver 27MW of IT capacity across 9,000 square metres of technical space within a single building over three floors . It will be delivered in three phases , with the first 9MW operational by Q3 2027 .
“ This is an exciting development for CyrusOne worldwide ,” said Matt Pullen , EVP and Managing Director , Europe at CyrusOne . “ Entering the Milan market is an important enabler for us to meet our hyperscale customers ’ demand , offering capacity and choice across the continent . We have seen relatively low enterprise adoption of the cloud in this market to date , demonstrating there are long-term growth opportunities for us here .”
In the planning and development of this facility , CyrusOne has dedicated its efforts to support the local economy and prioritised opportunities for the community . In addition to the acquisition of the development site , it also completed the acquisition of a 658,628 square metre biodiverse plot , known as the Golfo Agricolo , which has been gifted to the Municipality of Segrate for community use .
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