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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Google’s investors are concerned about a controversial project to establish a cloud facility in Saudi Arabia, warning that it could allow Riyadh to spy on activists, journalists, and critics of the regime. The concerns centre around a data centre that Google is developing alongside Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s state oil company, according to The New York Post. The tech giant said of the deal, announced in December, that it intends to: “Deploy and operate a Cloud region in Saudi Arabia, while a local strategic reseller, sponsored by Aramco, will offer cloud services to customers, with a particular fo…