Google Told to Halt Cloud-Computing Project in Saudi Arabia
Last year, Google announced that it had finalized a deal to build a major new cloud-computing center called Google Cloud regions in Saudi Arabia. The company believes that this step will allow businesses there to “confidently grow and scale their offerings in this market.” The company has already Google Cloud regions in the US, Indonesia, and South Korea. In the second phase, along with Saudia Arabia, the search engine giant plans to open them in Spain, France, Italy, and Qatar. However, as far as the Arab country is concerned, human rights campaigners are not happy with Google’s decision. In a…