Across the GCC, governments and national champions are investing in AI infrastructure they can control. A recent industry outlook puts numbers to that shift.
Source: Analysys Mason, “Accelerated investment in AI data centres in the GCC region will reach USD5 to 7 billion in 2026”, Predictions 2026, December 2025. Read the original article →
What the analysis says
Analysys Mason expects investment in AI data centre capacity across the GCC to reach USD5 to 7 billion in 2026, and notes more than USD30 billion of publicly announced commitments through 2030. Examples it cites include Stargate UAE, Microsoft’s expansion with Khazna in the UAE, HUMAIN’s planned partnership with AirTrunk in Saudi Arabia, Ooredoo’s Syntys in Qatar and new projects in Bahrain. It also highlights services described as sovereign AI cloud.
Why it matters for leaders
More capacity in the region means more choice about where sensitive applications run. But infrastructure alone does not create value. The organisations that benefit will be those that pair this capacity with applications designed around their own decisions, safeguards and ways of working, and that keep control of their information as they scale.
This is a curated summary. Figures and descriptions are as reported by the original source.