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Data Center buildouts also hot in Saudi Arabia: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/12/17/saudi-arabia-wants-to-host-the-worlds-cheapest-data-
by andsoitis 10mo ago
Data Center buildouts also hot in Saudi Arabia: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/12/17/saudi-arabia-wants-to-host-the-worlds-cheapest-data-centres https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/12/17/...
- kevin_thibedeau 10mo agoThat's just another vanity project that will go bust like everything else SA does to try and buy credibility.
- coliveira 10mo agoNo, the Saudi will sell access to Chinese researchers. It is a very smart move.
- defrost 10mo agoDitto Australia, Atlassian co founder has pivoted SunCable (solar energy to Asia) project to Solar Power for Data Centres in Australia. Data centres coming for what's left of Australia's green export superpower dream (crikey.com.au) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46362487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46362487 two weeks ago