SAP and Zoom Expand Global Data Center Footprints with New Sites in India and Saudi Arabia
June 17, 2026
SAP and Zoom Expand Global Data Center Footprints with New Sites in India and Saudi Arabia
Enterprise software giant SAP and videoconferencing platform Zoom have both expanded their data center footprints with new regional locations, signaling continued demand for localized cloud infrastructure and data residency solutions. The moves, announced in mid-June, are most likely data center leases rather than new developments, reflecting a broader industry trend toward colocation and third-party capacity.
SAP launched a new data center in Mumbai, India, on June 12, stating that the facility will enable the company to extend data federation capabilities to customers in the country. The Mumbai location joins SAP’s existing data center sites in Europe, the United States, and Saudi Arabia. According to SAP’s website, the company now offers cloud services from 37 locations in North America, two in South America, 33 in Europe, 15 in Africa, 23 in Asia, and five in Australasia. It remains unclear what proportion of these sites include other companies’ cloud regions and colocation facilities versus self-owned and operated data centers. In India specifically, SAP lists locations in Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, and Pune. Details about the new Mumbai facility—including the operator, size, and capacity—have not been disclosed.
The expansion comes amid a broader push by SAP to scale its sovereign cloud capabilities. In September 2025, the company announced plans to invest more than €20 billion ($23.3 billion) in expanding its sovereign cloud offering in Europe alone. SAP has also been reported to be working with Deutsche Telekom, Ionos, and Schwarz on developing an AI data center in Europe, seeking support from the European Union.
Separately, Zoom has launched a data center location in Saudi Arabia, according to Arab News. The videoconferencing platform has leased space at a Center3 data center as part of the company’s $75 million commitment to the region, with a focus on AI infrastructure. Mohannad AlKalash, Vice President of Zoom for the Middle East, Türkiye, Africa, and Pakistan, said at the inauguration ceremony: “We are now offering our services, including Unified Communications as a Service and Contact Center as a Service, hosted locally and delivered from the heart of Saudi Arabia. This allows us to better serve our customers while meeting local data residency requirements.” Plans to launch at Center3 have been ongoing since early 2025. In November 2025, Zoom also said it would lease space in a UK data center in the first half of 2026, complying with the UK’s data residency requirements and enabling UK-only meeting zones and telephony gateways.
The simultaneous expansions by both SAP and Zoom underscore a growing imperative for global technology firms to establish local data infrastructure to meet regulatory demands and improve service performance. As data sovereignty laws tighten across regions, companies are increasingly turning to leased data center capacity rather than building their own facilities, allowing for faster deployment and reduced capital expenditure.
Source: datacenterdynamics
