Digital infrastructure is a fundamental pillar for enhancing the Kingdom’s competitiveness and strengthening its position as a global digital hub connecting East and West. It also reinforces its role as a key gateway for data flows regionally and globally. Based on this, the Communications and Infrastructure Deputyship is leading the development of advanced digital infrastructure aligned with global best practices, contributing to supporting the digital economy, creating an attractive investment environment, and enhancing the Kingdom’s readiness for the future of digital technologies and the export of digital services to regional and global markets.

The Deputyship contributes to strengthening local and international connectivity by developing wired and wireless telecommunications networks, expanding submarine cable projects, and increasing international capacities, thereby enhancing service continuity and efficiency and reinforcing the Kingdom’s position as a global connectivity hub. It also works on developing national computing capabilities by enabling data centers and cloud infrastructure, and enhancing local hosting of data and digital services, which supports the Kingdom’s readiness for artificial intelligence applications and high-performance computing, in line with the requirements of the advanced digital economy.

To enhance sector competitiveness, the Deputyship creates an enabling and investment-attractive environment, empowers the private sector, and supports the adoption of modern and emerging technologies, in addition to improving service quality and operational efficiency. It also promotes the principles of sustainability, resilience, and digital sovereignty by developing enabling frameworks aligned with global standards, and strengthening the security and stability of the digital ecosystem to ensure readiness for future developments and regional and global challenges.

Through this integrated approach, the Deputyship provides a stable and competitive investment environment that offers promising opportunities for local and international companies seeking to invest and expand in a market with world-class digital infrastructure and advanced operational standards, reinforcing the Kingdom’s role as a regional hub for delivering and exporting digital services.