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Microsoft to create 36,000 data center jobs in Qatar

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People walk in souk waqif during the first day of reopening at Souq Waqif in Doha, Qatar, 01 July 2020. EPA-EFE/NOUSHAD THEKKAYIL/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/09/01/souq-waqif-in-doha,-qatar.jpg"/><figcaption>People walk in souk waqif during the first day of reopening at Souq Waqif in Doha, Qatar, 01 July 2020. <em>EPA-EFE/NOUSHAD THEKKAYIL/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>LUSAIL, QATAR - Technology giant Microsoft announced it will create 36,000 jobs in Qatar to boost the Gulf state&#x27;s efforts to move away from reliance on its oil and gas industry.</p><p>Created with support from the Qatar government, the new cloud data center will be one of the US firm&#x27;s biggest international projects.</p><p>Microsoft Qatar general manager Lana Khalaf said it will help the tiny Gulf state become a &quot;digital hub for the region and the world&quot;.</p><p>&quot;We are adding more than $18 billion to the economy over the next 5 years and we are also adding more than 36,000 new jobs over the next 5 years,&quot; she said at a launch ceremony.</p><p>The growing number of cloud data centers around the world act as giant warehouses full of servers that help store and process information for companies, governments and institutions.</p><p>Amazon, Microsoft and Google are the leading operators of cloud data services. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/06/21/22/tech-adoption-seen-to-drive-ph-data-center-industry">Pandemic-driven digital shift seen to boost data center industry in PH</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/03/03/22/data-hungry-apps-boost-ph-data-center-demand">Data hungry apps boost Philippines&#x27; data center demand: stakeholder</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/01/22/dfnn-partner-to-develop-first-green-data-center-in-bataan">DFNN, partner to develop Philippines first &#x27;green&#x27; data center in Bataan</a></li></ul><p>Officials said the Qatar operation would make the country more self-sufficient in information technology and speed up processing.</p><p>&quot;We have to be careful with what we send outside the country,&quot; A.T. Srinivasan, chief information officer for Qatar Airways, said at the ceremony, speaking about the need to store data domestically.</p><p>Qatar, which will host this year&#x27;s football World Cup, has been reaping record profits from its natural gas and oil in recent years, but has also been investing massively in diversifying the economy as part of its national plan for 2030.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe __idm_id__="7176193" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1980010" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

Technology giant Microsoft announced it will create 36,000 jobs in Qatar to boost the Gulf state's efforts to move away from reliance on its oil and gas industry.