Schneider Electric has called for greater collective action to decarbonize the global economy and ensure a fair and inclusive transition to net zero, and detailed the actions it is taking at the upcoming COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference to support these efforts. Thousands of government and private-sector leaders, climate experts, NGOs, youth groups and other stakeholders will gather ...
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (YAHSAT) will present its innovative space technologies at the upcoming COP28 in Dubai which are designed to address the challenges of global climate change. The company is already working closely with various UAE government entities and international organisations, including the United Nations. It remains actively committed to providing advanced, affordable...
At its inaugural “Go Cloud, Go Middle East” roadshow series, Huawei Cloud empowered Chinese enterprises to expand in the rapidly evolving Middle East market. The comprehensive series unfolded across key cities in China, including Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Beijing during November. Each event emphasized specific sectors – AIGC, VC, media & gaming, and FinTech – sh...
Eagle Eye Networks has announced it will open a new data center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to meet growing customer demand in the region. Eagle Eye Networks operates a global network of data centers that are purpose-built for video surveillance, cybersecurity, AI and sustainability. All data centers are managed directly by the Eagle Eye security team to ensure maximum cybersecurity, performance, and ...
Companies have not made much progress in comprehensively measuring and reducing their emissions over the past year, according to a new study by CO2 AI and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) being released ahead of COP28, which begins at the end of the month. Titled Why Some Companies Are Ahead in the Race to Net Zero, the study builds on CO2 AI and BCG’s 2021 and 2022 investigations into the progress t...
A recent research conducted by GSMA Intelligence with support from Huawei, revealed that 80% of consumers surveyed across 16 countries now view climate change as the world’s No. 1 challenge. These countries include Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Spain, and UK. The research found that Saudi ...
Recently at Microsoft Ignite, AMD and Microsoft featured how AMD products, including the upcoming AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator, AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Ryzen CPUs with AI engines, are enabling new services and compute capabilities across cloud and generative AI, Confidential Computing, Cloud Computing and smarter, more intelligent PCs. “AMD is fostering AI everywhere – from the cloud, to the ente...
Pure Storage, in partnership with Wakefield Research, has released a new report identifying the hurdles organizations across industries face in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), and unveiling the often overlooked energy requirements of this advanced technology. The new report, “Drivers of Change: Meeting the Energy and Data Challenges of AI Adoption,” reveals the importance...
Western Digital leverages numerous technology innovations – ePMR, OptiNAND, UltraSMR and more – to deliver predictable capacity growth in scalable, highly reliable products. Western Digital is now shipping its new 10-disk 24TB CMR HDD family for hyperscale, cloud and enterprise data center customers. Sampling since August, the new 28TB SMR HDD is also ramping, adding to the company’s SMR leadershi...
Khazna Data Centers and Benya Group, the leading digital and ICT infrastructure provider in Egypt and the MEA Region, formalized the Shareholders Agreement to bring the first hyper-scale data center to Egypt. The agreement was signed during a high-profile ceremony held on the first day of the Cairo ICT 2023 event. The agreement was signed by Hassan Alnaqbi, CEO of Khazna Data Centers and Eng. Ahme...
Morgan Stanley Investment Management has entered into an exclusivity agreement to partner with Altice France to establish the first nationwide independent distributed colocation provider in France through the acquisition of a majority interest in UltraEdge, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions. Currently a part of SFR S.A., a fully-owned subsidiary of Altice France, Ultra...