Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar, measure by measure. EU-wide rules are listed once. National and regional or local rules are shown side by side, each with its status, effective date and source.
Measures
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
EU-wide / supranational
0
0
0
National
1
1
1
Regional / local
0
0
0
Total
1
1
1
Coverage last reviewed
not yet re-reviewed
not yet re-reviewed
not yet re-reviewed
Up to 7 countries at a time. A zero means no measure was found in this compilation, not that none exists.
EU-wide / supranational (shared)
None of the selected countries is covered by an EU-wide measure in this compilation.
National
Saudi Arabia1
Vision 2030 Cloud-First policy & DC investment incentives
incentivedigital policy
In force · effective 2020
Investment incentives, cheap power/land and cloud-first public procurement; cloud providers must meet CST data-classification and localization requirements for regulated/government data.
Typical effect of this kind of measure: Shapes demand and siting (data localization, cloud-first, digital plans). Indirect: it drives where capacity is needed rather than regulating the facility itself.
MCIT / National Technology Development Program (NTDP); CST (cloud regulatory framework) · source
United Arab Emirates1
Free-zone tax/ownership incentives + data & cloud policy
free zonetax
In force · effective 2023
0% qualifying free-zone corporate tax, 100% ownership, customs/import relief and streamlined DC/cloud licensing; personal-data and government-data hosting/classification obligations.
Typical effect of this kind of measure: Lowers the cost of building or running a data center here (tax breaks, cheaper power, grants). A siting incentive: pulls investment in rather than constraining it.
UAE Ministry of Finance / Federal Tax Authority (tax); TDRA & UAE Data Office (data/cloud) · source
Qatar1
Qatar Free Zones incentives + data-protection rules
free zonetax
In force · effective 2022
20-year 0% corporate tax, 100% ownership, customs relief and streamlined licensing for DC/cloud operators; data-protection compliance for personal data.
Typical effect of this kind of measure: Lowers the cost of building or running a data center here (tax breaks, cheaper power, grants). A siting incentive: pulls investment in rather than constraining it.
Research compilation, not legal advice. Re-check each measure's status with the cited authority. Some scope and status labels have been corrected from the source compilation (for example, municipal rules that were tagged national, and voluntary pacts that were shown as in force).