Six months after drone strikes disabled AWS facilities in the UAE and Bahrain, GCC enterprises are weighing the cost of physical data center hardening against sovereign cloud migration. Here is what changed and what comes next.
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The Strait of Hormuz closure broke the usual link between high oil prices and full Gulf treasuries. Six months later, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are running deficits that outpaced their own projections, sovereign wealth funds have redirected capital toward domestic defense, and Oman’s ports have become the region’s only reliable trade route. Here is what the first two quarters actually cost, country by country.
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Gulf businesses split into two groups this year. Some restructured early and gained market share. Others waited for old conditions to return and lost ground. This review breaks down the sector divergence, the SME policy tools each country used, and what the venture capital slowdown actually means.
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Falling oil prices and new trade tariffs forced Gulf governments to adjust fiscal strategy in 2025. This review compares how Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, and Bahrain each responded.
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Abu Dhabi runs two separate strategies inside its green hydrogen investment program. Masdar expands overseas, ADNOC protects domestic cash flow, and each track answers to a different investor. This piece breaks down what the split means for GCC business leaders, industrial buyers, and the SMEs supplying the sector.
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