Communications Minister at LEAP East: Saudi Arabia Is Global Hub Connecting AI Ecosystem Between East and West

السواحه من هونغ كونغ في افتتاح LEAP East: المملكة مركز

Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Alswaha stated at the opening of LEAP East 2026 in Hong Kong that Saudi Arabia is building AI-ready digital infrastructure and positioning itself as a hub connecting East and West. He cited the East as a $34 trillion economy (nearly 30% of global GDP) with a $10 trillion digital economy and 3.7 billion people, noting 82% of world AI patents originate there and it holds 60% of the global semiconductor market and 90% of advanced chip manufacturing. He said Saudi Arabia's digital economy grew 75% over eight years to $139 billion, women's ICT workforce participation rose from 7% to 35%, and the Kingdom is building 6.9 GW of data center capacity by 2034 (3 GW by 2030), citing ByteDance, Lenovo, and Tencent as investors.

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