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Cloud Computing Special Economic Zone

A nationwide virtual zone for data centres and cloud services. Explore the zone's focus sectors, location, and headline incentives, while one team handles licensing, structuring, and compliance end to end.

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Location: Headquartered at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh, with a virtual model spanning the Kingdom
Authority: Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority (ECZA), with KACST / the Communications, Space and Technology Commission
Corporate tax: Reduced rate (indicative)
Customs duties: 0% in zone
Intra-zone VAT: Relief
Foreign ownership: Competitive

About the Cloud Computing SEZ

The Cloud Computing Special Economic Zone is an unusual "virtual" zone: rather than a single fenced site, it lets qualifying cloud service providers build and operate data centres at locations across Saudi Arabia while still benefiting from the zone’s fiscal and regulatory incentives. Headquartered at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) in Riyadh, it targets cloud providers, data centres, digital infrastructure and AI, and applications in digital health, smart mobility and advanced manufacturing. It is one of the four ECZA Special Economic Zones.

Focus sectors

Cloud service providers and data centresDigital infrastructure and hostingAI, analytics and emerging technologyDigital health, smart mobility and Industry X applications

Headline incentives

Competitive corporate income tax rate for a fixed period (indicative)

0% customs duties on equipment imported into the zone

VAT relief on goods exchanged within the zone

A flexible "virtual" model: operate qualifying cloud infrastructure from sites across the Kingdom while remaining in the zone

Competitive foreign ownership and a regulatory framework tailored to cloud and digital infrastructure

All figures above are indicative. Corporate income tax rates and periods, customs and VAT treatment, and ownership and expat rules are confirmed with the relevant authority (Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority (ECZA), with KACST / the Communications, Space and Technology Commission) and in a tailored quote.