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How Saudi Arabia is tackling e-waste and business leaders are seizing opportunity

By Rasha Rehman


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June 17 2025
 
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How Saudi Arabia is tackling e-waste and business leaders are seizing opportunity

Saudi Arabia is making strides to become a leader in the global digital economy. One of its latest initiatives is a partnership between Saudi tech company Humain and NVIDIA to build AI data centres in the region. Data centres come with a high cost and consume massive energy to operate and prevent equipment from overheating. These infrastructures also generate e-waste such as outworn computers, monitors, and circuit boards. And e-waste is a global issue. E-waste is predicted to reach 82 billion kg by 2030 and so far, only 22.3% of e-waste is collected and....

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