As Saudi Arabia enters a new era of technological evolution, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), a global leader in computing solutions, is manufacturing its industry-leading servers locally, marking a significant step toward the Kingdom's technological sovereignty and innovation.

This initiative, a focal point of HPE's investment in the region, transfers high-tech manufacturing knowledge to the local workforce and creates a robust ecosystem for innovation right here in Riyadh.

The facility incorporates IoT monitoring systems that optimize production efficiency while maintaining HPE's stringent global quality standards.

The state-of-the-art production facility, established in partnership with local manufacturer alfanar, now operates at a capacity of 700 servers per month and is designed for rapid scaling to meet soaring regional demand.

This scalable model ensures the Kingdom can independently fuel its own giga-projects and smart city initiatives while simultaneously establishing a new export pipeline for Saudi Made technology to markets across the GCC, Jordan, and Egypt.

Mashail Alhassoun, Head of Presales, Middle East at HPE, stated: "We are proving that Saudi Arabia is fast transitioning from being just a consumer to a creator and producer of world-class technology. We are not just building an assembly but localizing core technology and transferring critical intellectual knowledge to our Saudi workforce. This directly empowers national talent to lead the next phase of the Kingdom's digital transformation and positions the country as a future-ready regional tech hub."

The benefits of local production are already materializing. Major national projects now benefit from a more agile and secure supply chain, with drastically reduced deployment times and enhanced support for the critical computing infrastructure that powers AI, data analytics, and smart city applications, providing the ideal foundation for the Kingdom's hybrid cloud strategies.

A key differentiator of HPE's local investment is its profound commitment to developing Saudi human capital. The production line is notably operated by a predominantly female Saudi engineering workforce, who receive extensive advanced training and certification from HPE's global experts.

Mashail Alhassoun emphasized: "HPE is creating tangible growth opportunities for Saudi women in leadership, sales, and engineering. We are not only building globally competitive technology, but we are also cultivating highly skilled technical professionals. This demonstrates the vital role women are playing in shaping the industrial future of the Kingdom, perfectly aligning with Vision 2030's goal of increasing female participation in the workforce."

Expanding on the operational impact, Alhassoun highlighted the dual advantage of localized production. "Beyond developing talent, our Riyadh manufacturing facility delivers concrete strategic benefits.

These servers form the technological backbone for Saudi Arabia's smart cities and giga-projects, enabling a data-first modernization approach for the Kingdom's most ambitious projects; processing massive data loads while ensuring industry-leading security and reliability.

This localized supply chain also enhances our ability to deliver key capabilities, like the HPE GreenLake cloud experience.

This allows the IT teams behind these projects to consume infrastructure as a service while keeping their data and hardware sovereign and secure within the Kingdom.

This strategic advantage enhances supply chain resilience, accelerates deployment, and ensures our national infrastructure projects are delivered efficiently, on time, and on budget."

The 'Saudi Made' portfolio, which carries the official 'Saudi Tech' logo, undergoes the same rigorous reliability and quality testing as all HPE products globally, ensuring international standards are met.

The recent expansion of the portfolio to include the new HPE ProLiant DL365 and DL385 Gen11 servers, powered by 4th and 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors, provides public and private sector entities with the next-level security, performance, and speed required for complex AI and analytics workloads.

These servers feature customized firmware developed specifically for Middle Eastern climate conditions and power stability requirements, enhancing their durability and performance in regional environments.

HPE is expanding its local capabilities, focusing on next-generation server technologies tailored for desert climates and high-performance computing applications.

As Saudi Arabia transforms into a data-driven economy, HPE's investment in local manufacturing and talent development sets a new benchmark for public-private partnership.

This strategic commitment ensures the Kingdom is not just a consumer of technology, but a key contributor to innovation, creating a resilient, sovereign, and sustainable digital future powered by world-class infrastructure designed for the region, by the region.