China’s ZTT Group plans to invest about $100 million in a new submarine and terrestrial cable manufacturing facility at Saudi Arabia’s Ras Al-Khair Port. The project strengthens Saudi Arabia’s position as a regional hub for energy, telecom and digital infrastructure growth.
ZTT signed a land lease agreement with the Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) for an 80,000 sq m site at Ras Al-Khair Port. The planned facility will produce 500 km of submarine cables, 500 km of terrestrial cables and 12,500 km of fiber-optic cables each year.
The new plant will support large-scale renewable energy projects, expand digital connectivity networks and advance offshore infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and neighboring markets. As a result, it will play a central role in the kingdom’s next wave of energy and telecom investments.
The partnership is viewed as a key step in building Saudi Arabia’s submarine and terrestrial cable sector. It directly supports the National Transport and Logistics Strategy, which aims to position the kingdom as a global logistics hub.
Officials describe the project as a strategic move that reinforces Ras Al-Khair Port’s role as an industrial center. The collaboration also helps localize cable manufacturing and attract advanced technologies for Saudi Arabia’s expanding telecommunications industry.
According to ZTT, the company—formally Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Co., Ltd.—employs more than 16,000 people and operates 80 subsidiary companies. It runs over 54 offices and 12 marketing centers overseas, with manufacturing plants in India, Brazil, Indonesia, Morocco, Turkey and Germany.
ZTT exports its products to more than 160 countries and regions. The Ras Al-Khair investment therefore extends an already significant global presence into a strategically important Gulf market.
