Saudi Arabia has entered the global competition for large-scale data infrastructure with the launch of the Hexagon Data Center in Riyadh, a 480-megawatt facility billed by officials as the world’s largest government-owned data center and certified at Tier IV reliability. The project is a core component of the Kingdom’s digital strategy under Vision 2030 and the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA), aimed at strengthening technical sovereignty, expanding non-oil economic capabilities, and attracting advanced technology industries.