And demand for data sovereignty.

Public cloud or cloud run by external organisations can never provide data sovereignty, by definition.

Absolutely, especially in the KSA.

Yes of course. But they also have to know that concentrated compute is an attractive target for marauding countries that decide on a whim to bomb you from outside.

I think you mean when the US and Israel decide to start an unprovoked war “on a whim”.

Yes, that is exactly what I mean.