Saudi Arabia launches world’s largest government data centre, driving a $2.7bn digital infrastructure impact under Vision 2030
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Alibaba Cloud
UAE data centre market to exceed $3.3bn by 2030
The UAE data centre market, worth $1.26bn in 2024, is forecast to exceed $3.3bn by 2030 as AI and digital transformation fuel investment
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company
Abu Dhabi data centre industry power investments to top $10bn
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company expects massive investment from data centre industry
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Du to open $545m hyperscale data centre in Dubai
Sheikh Hamdan witnessed announcement of massive du and Microsoft data centre in Dubai
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Mubadala expands digital infrastructure portfolio with Aligned investment
Aligned is a pan-Americas data centre company; Comes on the heels of $350 million investment in Princeton Digital, a pan-Asia data centre, last year
Cisco
Cisco announces new plan to build Saudi Arabia data centre
Cisco aims to assist customers in safeguarding their users, infrastructure, and investments against potential threat actors
Alfanar Global Development
Saudi Arabia’s Alfanar Global Development to invest $532 million in Egypt
Alfanar will focus on localisation of technology for renewable energy, and implementation of IT projects, digital solutions, data centers and cyber security
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Dubai Crown Prince issues ICT resolution to develop policies on digital services for the government
The ICT resolution seeks to ensure the optimal use of existing infrastructure, data, and services, while mitigating the risks associated with digitalisation initiatives
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The new era of data centres
Data centres of the future will need to be sustainable, efficient, adaptive, and resilient
ALEC Data Centre Solutions
Contracting giant ALEC to redefine data centre construction with prefabricated, liquid immersion solutions
Partnering with Submer, ALEC Data Centre Solutions will offer increased data centre energy efficiency with solutions that help save 50 percent on CAPEX building costs; up to 95 percent on cooling expenses; and more than 90 percent water usage for cooling purposes
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How data centres are shaping the future of gaming in the Middle East
As one of the fastest-growing markets in terms of gamers and revenue, it is only expected for publishers to prioritise the MENA region
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Saudi Telecom Co. to invest $400m expanding data centres
STC’s data-centres program consists of 16 data centres in six cities
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Amazon Web Services
AWS continues expansion with Kuwait office opening
Office was licensed through the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA), under the country’s Direct Investment Law
Amazon Web Services
What does Amazon Web Services investment in the UAE mean?
Ali El Kontar – CEO, Zero & One – looks at the recent announcement by the tech giant that it is setting its stall out in the UAE.
Artificial intelligence
Why strong and affordable telecom infrastructure is essential to GCC digital transformation
The pandemic has applied an accelerator effect, something like lighting a fire under companies that were previously content to rely on old models of business, and now the race for digital transformation is on
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Abu Dhabi Investment Office
Middle East holds ‘many opportunities’ for cloud technology, Amazon MENA chief says
In an in-depth interview Vinod Krishnan, head of Middle East and North Africa, Amazon Web Services (AWS) talks about the new Amazon Web Services region being created in the UAE
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Data centre giant plans massive expansion to support UAE’s digital economy
Khazna, the UAE’s largest supplier of commercial wholesale data centre services, to increase capacity five-fold by 2025
