Deloitte has announced a significant expansion of its Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) in Saudi Arabia, reinforcing its investment in the Kingdom’s digital transformation agenda as major hyperscale cloud providers prepare to go live locally.
The move comes ahead of the anticipated launch of in-country data centres from Microsoft and Amazon Web Services in 2026, a development widely seen as a turning point for cloud adoption across the Saudi market. These hyperscale launches will complement existing regional offerings from Google Cloud and Oracle, enabling organisations to deploy cloud services while meeting national data residency and regulatory requirements.
Based in Riyadh, Deloitte’s expanded CCoE brings together capabilities spanning cloud strategy, architecture, engineering, and managed services. The firm said its teams are positioned to support organisations across the full cloud lifecycle, from readiness assessments and migrations to optimisation and innovation, working across Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
According to Deloitte, the arrival of hyperscale infrastructure within Saudi Arabia will accelerate adoption of a broad range of cloud models, including sovereign private cloud environments and Software-as-a-Service platforms such as Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) solutions, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The availability of local infrastructure is expected to play a key role in addressing concerns around latency, performance, data sovereignty and regulatory compliance.
The expanded CCoE will focus on several core areas, including cloud migration and modernisation, advanced cloud engineering with support for AI and GPU-accelerated workloads, and cloud financial management. Deloitte highlighted its emphasis on Financial Operations (FinOps) as a differentiator, helping organisations manage and optimise cloud spend while maintaining alignment with business objectives.
Regulatory compliance is also a central pillar of the offering, with Deloitte citing its understanding of Saudi Arabia’s evolving regulatory landscape as critical to supporting secure and compliant cloud adoption. In parallel, the firm is continuing to invest in training and upskilling programmes aimed at developing local cloud talent, alongside sector-specific solutions for industries such as financial services, energy, and the public sector.
“Deloitte is proud to support Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 by empowering organizations to capitalise on the unprecedented opportunities presented by the arrival of hyperscale data centres from Microsoft & AWS and existing offerings from Google and Oracle,” said Jamil Hamati, Partner and Engineering Leader at Deloitte Middle East.
“Our investment in Riyadh demonstrates our commitment to helping clients navigate their cloud options, from sovereign private solutions to advanced SaaS adoption. Crucially, our expertise in cloud cost management and governance through FinOps sets us apart, enabling clients to control and optimise their cloud spend from day one,” said Santosh Shivashankar, Partner in Engineering and CCoE Leader in KSA at Deloitte Middle East.
Peter Stojkovski, Partner in Engineering at Deloitte Middle East, added: “Engineering secure, compliant, and scalable cloud solutions within Saudi Arabia’s borders is critical to unlocking the full value of digital transformation. Our teams are dedicated to delivering innovative architectures that empower clients to thrive in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.”
As demand for public cloud, sovereign cloud and SaaS platforms continues to rise, Deloitte said it remains focused on delivering secure, compliant and scalable cloud services aligned with Saudi Arabia’s long-term digital and economic objectives.
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