3 Sep 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Infrastructure
Three large digital-infrastructure commitments announced during LEAP 2026 have added more than $2.23bn to Saudi Arabia’s prospective data-centre and cloud-investment pipeline. Al Moammar Information Systems announced a $1.2bn programme intended to expand its Saudi data-centre operations to a total capacity of 192MW. A detailed construction…
3 Sep 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Technology
Axelerated Solutions for Information and Communication Technology has signed an agreement with BIM Capital to establish a SAR675m investment fund for two artificial-intelligence-ready data centres in Saudi Arabia. Each Tier III facility would initially provide 10MW of capacity, expandable to 20MW. The resulting portfolio would…
3 Sep 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Energy & Water, Infrastructure
Saudi Arabia’s National Water Company has signed a contract worth more than SAR1.3bn for the rehabilitation, operation and maintenance of nine sewage-treatment plants in the north of the kingdom. The 15-year agreement was awarded to a Saudi-Chinese partnership comprising Armada and Zhangzhou United Waters. The…
1 Sep 2026 · Kuwait · Real Estate & Tourism
Kuwait’s Public Authority for Housing Welfare has received bids for two electricity-transmission packages serving the South Saad Al-Abdullah residential development. The tenders cover substation works for the city’s third and fourth development phases. They form part of the utility investment required to support the new…
1 Sep 2026 · United Arab Emirates · Energy & Water
Contractors are preparing bids for the proposed Al-Zawra combined-cycle gas-turbine power plant in Ajman, according to a report published by MEED on August 31. The plant is planned with generation capacity of between 2,500MW and 2,700MW. At that scale, it would represent a substantial addition…
1 Sep 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Infrastructure, Transport
Saudi Arabia Railways is preparing to award the design-and-build contract for the Riyadh Rail Link, a central component of the wider Saudi Landbridge programme, according to MEED. The package covers a 35km double-track railway across Riyadh, connecting the North-South Railway with the Eastern Railway network.…
1 Sep 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Oil & Gas
Saudi Aramco has awarded Technip Energies two five-year long-term agreements covering project preparation, consultancy and the execution of brownfield works at the energy company’s facilities. The first agreement covers front-end engineering and co-ordination of project-management consultancy services. Its remit includes energy, downstream, petrochemical and lower-carbon…
1 Sep 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Technology
HUMAIN and DataVolt have begun developing 100MW of AI-ready data-centre capacity at Oxagon, moving a major component of Neom’s digital infrastructure programme into construction. The facility forms part of the 360MW first phase of DataVolt’s planned campus in the Red Sea industrial city. The wider…
1 Sep 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Energy & Water, Oil & Gas
Arabian Drilling Company has signed a five-year contract with SLB Middle East to provide 11 land rigs for integrated gas drilling operations in Saudi Arabia, securing one of the largest regional drilling-service awards announced this week. The contract is valued at approximately SR3bn, equivalent to…
30 Aug 2026 · Saudi Arabia · Energy & Water
Saudi Arabia’s 1.8GW Taiba 2 combined-cycle gas-fired power plant has achieved first fire on its initial gas-turbine unit, moving the project into a critical stage of testing and commissioning ahead of commercial operation. The milestone concerns turbine GT11 and follows the completion of the construction…