Tech titan Google and top oil firm Aramco ink deal to tap Saudi Arabia’s $10bn cloud market

Tech titan Google and top oil firm Aramco ink deal to tap Saudi Arabia’s $10bn cloud market

The state-owned company’s move to fuel the tech transformation follows its sliding profits in the oil business due to low demand during the pandemic.
Google’s cloud service with 7% market share trails behind Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure. Saudi Arabia’s accelerated digitisation offers an opportunity for the online giant to explore new territory.