Saudi Arabia Cloud Storage Service Market Size and Forecast by Offering, Use Cases, Deployment Model, Subscription Model, Organization Size, and End User Industry: 2019-2033

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Industry Assessment Overview

Industry Findings: Cloud storage demand in Saudi Arabia continues to expand as enterprises and government entities accelerate digital transformation initiatives and increase long-term data retention. Organizations rely on object and file storage to support analytics platforms, citizen services, and archival workloads, while block storage supports enterprise applications and transactional systems. Hybrid deployment remains common as organizations balance public cloud scalability with national data residency and operational control requirements. A structural development occurred during 2024, when enforcement emphasis around data governance and cybersecurity increased scrutiny on storage practices, backup reliability, and recovery readiness. That focus prompted organizations to formalize retention strategies and expand domestic archival capacity. Through 2025, storage consumption has continued to grow steadily as retained public sector and enterprise data accumulates across regulated environments.

Industry Player Insights: Saudi Arabia’s market is increasingly shaped by domestic and regional cloud platforms strengthening in-country storage capabilities. During Oct-2024, stc cloud expanded object storage capacity to support enterprise and public sector workloads hosted domestically. In Jun-2025, the provider enhanced lifecycle management controls to support long-term retention and cost efficiency. In parallel, stc cloud continues to support cloud storage adoption in Saudi Arabia through object and block storage services delivered from in-country infrastructure aligned with national data governance requirements.