Plans for large-scale data centre expansion will strengthen the UAE’s AI and cloud infrastructure and accelerate its digital economy goals
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UAE announces $15.2bn Microsoft investment to expand AI, cloud and talent infrastructure by 2029
Microsoft will invest $15.2bn in the UAE by 2029 to expand AI and cloud infrastructure, train one million people and deepen US–UAE tech ties
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Microsoft brings AI processing onshore in UAE to bolster data sovereignty, executive says
Microsoft has operated two data centres in Dubai and Abu Dhabi for over six years and plans to continue expanding capacity to support in-country AI workloads
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Nadella ‘reinvents’ Microsoft by naming new CEO to run commercial business
Judson Althoff, Chief Commercial Officer, gets an expanded role as CEO of commercial business; Nadella to focus on tech
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Kuwait Investment Authority enters AI race by joining MGX-backed AIP
The Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund becomes the first non-founder financial anchor investor to join the company formed by MGX, Microsoft and BlackRock
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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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Microsoft vulnerabilities hit record high in 2024, says new BeyondTrust report
Critical vulnerabilities across the Microsoft ecosystem declined overall in 2024, the report said
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OpenAI raises $40bn at valuation of $300bn
The funding news came the same day the Microsoft-backed company announced it was building a more open generative AI model
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Abu Dhabi and Microsoft team up to bring AI to government following $3.5bn digital investment
Abu Dhabi is looking to automate 100 per cent of its government processes
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du to transform its call center with Microsoft’s AI technologies
It will result in a highly personalised customer experience and also address challenges such as stringent national data privacy regulations
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New tax in the UAE; Blue Visa launched; Saudi megaproject guide; Dubai Loop announced – 10 things you missed this week
New taxes and visa in the UAE, Elon Musk reveals Dubai Loop plan; Saudi megaprojects revealed, expected Ramadan dates and more top stories this week
