The first phase will span Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana
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UAE data centre market to reach AED 9.7bn by 2029, growing at 10% CAGR
UAE now has 38 data centre facilities primarily located in Abu Dhabi and Dubai
bond issuance
Qatar’s Ooredoo’s $500mn bond oversubscribed 3.6 times
Annual coupon rate of 4.625%; Priced with a spread of 88 basis points over 10-year US Treasuries, the tightest in Ooredoo history
Artificial intelligence
Qatar’s Ooredoo partners Nvidia to supercharge AI in the region
Thousands of Nvidia Tensor Core GPUs to be deployed in its AI data centres; Will cater to growing demand for generative AI in MENA
Artificial intelligence
Hyperfusion launches GPU AI servers in UAE to drive innovation, security
Hyperfusion’s GPU AI servers offer businesses in the UAE a secure and scalable platform to deploy AI workloads
Damac
DAMAC, Vodafone partner to launch $100m data center in Turkey
EDGNEX Data Centres by DAMAC and Vodafone are joining forces to build a new data centre in Izmir with a capacity of 6 megawatts
Bilateral Agreement
UAE, Malaysia in strategic partnership to boost digital infrastructure development
The agreement envisages a specific emphasis on data centres in Malaysia
China
World’s first commercial undersea data centre deployed in Hainan, China
The project aims to deploy 100 modules, offering substantial energy and resource savings compared to traditional land-based data centres
cloud computing
Digital DEWA’s Moro Hub to bring SAP’s public cloud services to its green data centre
Move will help companies reduce their environmental footprint by using cloud solutions hosted its world’s largest solar-powered centre
banking
How technology is helping banks treasure tomorrow
Financial organisations need to move on from manual processes and outdated infrastructures or risk being left behind
AI
Banking sector fintec major Zafin eyes $5bn market with early AI product launch in Middle East
Middle East is estimated to account for about 5% of the $100 billion global market opportunity globally in the AI-driven ‘pricing and promotion’ functions of banks
cloud computing
Banking sector fintech major Zafin to set up third global operational centre in Dubai
It is also in talks with Microsoft, its global partner for cloud operations, to explore the tech giant’s data centre spread out in the region for tie-ups for housing data related activities
Brookfield Infrastructure
Reliance partners with Brookfield Infrastructure, Digital Realty for India data center business
Indian conglomerate Reliance said the JV will be well positioned to serve global and local enterprises, SMBs and the vibrant start-ups of India, for their cloud and co-location requirements
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
cloud technology
ISQ backed Lightstorm strike’s partnership deals with Kalaam Telecom and GDH to make big-bang entry into Middle East
The company is expected to make hundreds of millions of dollar investments to fund its operations in the region
blockchain technology
Why ‘socially responsible’ data centres need to be a cornerstone of the region’s digital economy
Middle East data centre planners should be aware that today’s data centres use up an Olympic swimming pool every two days
Ammar Al Malik
Dubai Internet City strengthens its status as preferred hub for global tech firms
US tech firm Cloudflare joins the growing ranks of companies setting up operations in Dubai Internet City