Huawei Cloud announced a groundbreaking series of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives at the recent Huawei Cloud Summit Saudi Arabia 2024, focusing on accelerating Saudi Arabia’s digital transformation and supporting the Vision 2030 goals.
According to Industry sources, the launch of these initiatives displays advanced AI capabilities and huge investments in local talent and enterprises, positioning Huawei Cloud as a key enabler of the Kingdom’s economic diversification efforts. Industry sources also added that the full suite of AI capabilities comprises technologies for offering ubiquitous computing, a curbed budget, more secure data, and a better service experience from the edge cloud. Across the Kingdom, Huawei Cloud can deliver a latency as low as 25 ms.
“With strong will and long-term partners, we can realize the strategic vision,” stated Steven Yi, president for the Middle East and Central Asia of Huawei, during his welcome speech. “Huawei remains committed to the Middle East and Central Asia with continuous innovation, deep industry insights and digital talent cultivation to accelerate the Vision 2030 in Saudi Arabia.”
In her opening keynote, Jacqueline Shi, President of Huawei Cloud Global Marketing and Sales Service, stated, “Huawei Cloud has been proactive in embracing Saudi Arabia’s digital sovereignty strategy, becoming the first cloud service provider fully compliant to the government’s data security policies. We are committed to ensuring the safety and privacy of our Saudi customers’ data through cutting-edge technology and localized services, thereby contributing to the growth of local digital economy.”
Speaking on Huawei Cloud’s latest development in Saudi, Alan Qi, President of Huawei Cloud Middle East & Central Asia, added, “Since the launch of Riyadh Region, our public cloud business revenue in Saudi increased 10 times in the last year, thanks to our innovative industry solutions, ultimate performance, and customer-centric service. Huawei Cloud has served more than 300 customers here, ranging from government ministries, top three telecom carriers, FinTechs, and media companies, as well as 90% of Chinese companies extending their business into Saudi Arabia.”
Mark Chen, President of Huawei Cloud’s Global Solution Sales Department, stated: “Huawei Cloud is committed to building AI-ready cloud infrastructure through systematic innovation and accelerating the intelligent upgrade of the industry. Based on ‘AI for industries’, through the Pangu large model, the ModelArts AI development platform has been continuously put into practice in the fields of mining, government affairs, automobiles, meteorology, medicine, digital human, etc., to help the industry solve problems, do difficult things, and focus on shaping thousands of industries.”
Industry sources further confirmed that the event gathered over 600 guests and displayed the most updated development of key AI technologies, especially AI-ready model training, and inference, and the company’s innovative ecosystem resources from the world and China. On the other hand, dozens of top companies’ business leaders explored how Huawei Cloud’s products and solutions can enhance their competitiveness in this country, including using Pangu models to enable industry intelligence.
Industry sources further confirmed that Huawei Cloud’s AI-powered solutions are designed to boost numerous sectors, including government services, retail, and finance, by leveraging Huawei’s cutting-edge technologies and expertise.
In the government sector, Huawei Cloud is working in tandem with the Saudi government to build a huge data platform to accomplish efficient data sharing across departments. The Pangu government model is being employed to promote the efficient implementation of smart cities. By utilizing Huawei Cloud, the Saudi government has developed its Arabic LLM (large language model), supporting over 20 AI applications with high resource utilization.
In the retail and e-commerce sectors, Huawei Cloud is boosting local e-commerce Zode to expand in the Saudi e-commerce and retail market. Additionally, Huawei Cloud is offering innovative solutions in digital banking, helping these companies and others by providing efficient delivery and robust cybersecurity measures.
Huawei Cloud’s Pangu model is powering software development by boosting CodeArts, enabling the build of billions of lines of code in just one hour. This expansion significantly accelerates the software development process, supporting local businesses in rapidly deploying new solutions and maintaining a competitive edge.
Industry sources added that Huawei Cloud is deeply embedded in numerous sectors, including media and entertainment, e-commerce and retail, internet finance, telecommunications, and smart vehicles. Through its cloud-native architecture and technological innovation, Huawei Cloud is aiding clients to achieve business transformation and improve operational efficiency.
