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Global Data Center Capex to Reach $400 Billion by 2027
According to a recently published report from market research firm Dell’Oro Group, global data center capex is on track to reach $400 billion by 2027. The research firm predicts hybrid cloud will generate data center market growth opportunities for both the hyperscale and enterprise markets. “While the cloud hyperscalers will account for half the data center infrastructure spending by ...
Hamdan bin Mohammed inaugurates the world’s largest solar-powered data centre
H. H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, has inaugurated the green data centre of Data Hub Integrated Solutions LLC (Moro Hub), a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). Recognised as the world’s largest solar-powered data centre by the Guinness World Record...
Equinix to Build New Data Center in Barcelona
As Barcelona becomes an increasingly strategic hub for the terrestrial and subsea cable networks connecting our digital lives, Equinix is building its second data center in the metro. The new site will serve as a strategic connection point for data communications between Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with Barcelona quickly becoming a vital subsea hub. Major cables include: 2Africa, connectin...
Elsewedy, Gulf Data Hub to revamp Africa’s largest data centre in Egypt
Elsewedy Data Centers and the Emirati Gulf Data Hub have inked a Memorandum of Understanding to develop Africa’s largest data center complex in Egypt and strengthen their bilateral cooperation in the field of information technology and digital infrastructure in the region. The announcement came during on the side-lines of the World Government Summit (WGS). The MoU was signed by Ahmed El Sewe...
Eaton inks distribution partnership with Madar Electrical Materials Company in Saudi Arabia
Intelligent power management company Eaton has announced a long-term distribution partnership with leading industrial electrical distributor Madar Electrical Materials Company, a subsidiary of Al Fozan Holding Company, that will increase the national availability of its electrical distribution and control components range in Saudi Arabia. Under the new partnership, Madar Electrical, with 18 showro...
Eton Solutions selects Singapore for its International Headquarters
Eton Solutions has announced the launch of its Administrative Family Office solution and the establishment of its international headquarters in Singapore. While the Americas region will retain its primary focus, Eton Solutions’ international headquarters in Singapore will enable the organisation to streamline its access and support to international markets without relying on North American r...
ECL introduces hydrogen-powered, off-grid data centre
Data Center-as-a-Service pioneer ECL has announced the world’s first modular, sustainable, off-grid data center that uses green hydrogen as its primary power source. ECL will deliver data centers in 1MW blocks with 99.9999 percent uptime. The company also announced $7M in seed financing co-led by Molex Ventures and Hyperwise Ventures. Lily Yeung, Vice President at Molex Ventures and Nathan Shucham...
Airtel Partners with Vultr to Deliver Cloud Solutions
Airtel and Vultr have announced a strategic partnership to offer cloud solutions to enterprises in India. Airtel will offer Vultr’s extensive suite of cloud solutions to its enterprise customers, especially those in the digital space and help them gain unrivaled global reach and cost-performance advantage to build, test, and run demanding cloud workloads. The cloud solutions will be hosted in Airt...
Schneider Electric Releases New White Paper and TradeOff Tool
Schneider Electric has released White Paper 281, “How Modern DCIM Addresses CIO Management Challenges within Distributed, Hybrid IT Environments” and a supporting TradeOff Tool, both available for immediate use. The new White Paper focuses on Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software and takes a close look at the rapidly-changing role of the Chief Information Officer (CIO)...
Damac’s Saudi data centre units to go live by 2023-end
The facilities offer hyperscalers, cloud service providers, content companies, over the top (OTT) players and enterprises, diverse and highly connected hubs for serving local and international customers. Damac Data Centres, a global digital infrastructure provider owned by the DAMAC Group, will go live with facilities in Riyadh and Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) before the end of 2023. The ...
Saudi Foreign Affairs Ministry taps Oracle to boost international workforce presence
Oracle has announced that the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) will implement Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management (HCM), to streamline and simplify the process for Saudi nationals to apply for positions in international organisations and agencies, thus further increasing their participation in the world body. As a member of the G20 countries, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Foreig...
TAWAL reaps benefits of Ericsson energy infrastructure operations in Saudi Arabia
TAWAL and Ericsson acknowledge the impact of deploying Ericsson’s Energy Infrastructure Operations solution on TAWAL’s network. The solution offers an innovative approach to operate energy infrastructure for mobile operators and tower companies. Under the terms of the ongoing agreement with TAWAL, Ericsson assumes responsibility for managed services of TAWAL’s tower infrastructure and provides ene...