Nokia, in collaboration with Keysight Technologies, has announced the successful end-to-end testing of UET traffic across its family of high-performance data center switching platforms, including the Nokia 7220 Interconnect Router (IXR) and 7250 IXR. The test demonstrates Nokia’s compatibility with and commitment to integrating Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC) Specification 1.0 capabilities into its HPC/AI-ready […]
Turkish e-commerce company Trendyol has entered into a partnership with Castle Investments, a company founded by Mr. Tarek Al Ashram, one of the region’s foremost figures in data center development, to develop and operate a cutting-edge data center in Ankara. The strategic partnership has been formalized through the signing of a Shareholders’ Agreement (SHA) […]
The Emirates Group has joined forces with Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, for co-location services at the Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. Moro Hub is the world’s largest solar-powered data centre, as certified by the Guinness World Records. The co-location signifies a major shift for the Emirates Group’s robust technology infrastructure […]
Saudi Arabia based telecommunications services provider Salam has entered into a two-year agreement with Netskope, a leader in modern security and networking, to deliver top-tier data centre colocation services through Salam’s state-of-the-art data centre facility, featuring cutting-edge technology, platform solutions, and managed security. In light of the Kingdom’s ambitions to amplify its data centre capacity, […]
Global data centre investors and operators are confident about the sector’s future, with 70% of respondents predicting increased investment in data centres in the next two years, new research by DLA Piper has found. Almost all respondents also foresee AI driving demand for data centres, primarily through machine learning and natural language processing. Those surveyed […]
The UAE’s data centre market is projected to grow significantly, reaching AED 9.7 billion ($2.64bln) by 2029, according to Blackridge, a global market research and consulting organisation.
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance computing (HPC) continue to disrupt the data centre landscape, Vertiv announced a new portfolio of high-density data centre infrastructure solutions to support AI’s higher power and cooling requirements. Now available across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA),
Coupa has announced the launch of its first data centre in the Middle East, inaugurated in collaboration with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) team in Dubai. The grand opening, marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony, happened on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. The new data centre highlights Coupa’s commitment to invest in the region and drive growth, […]
Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, has signed an agreement with NVIDIA to build a world-class green AI data centre in the UAE. A signing ceremony to initiate the collaboration took place between Eng. Marwan Bin Haidar, Vice Chairman and Group CEO of Digital DEWA and Keith Strier, Vice President of Worldwide AI at […]
Khazna Data Centres (Khazna), the hyperscale wholesale data centre provider in the Middle East and North Africa, has solidified its market dominance with the launch of its flagship data centre in Abu Dhabi (AUH6). Located in Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City, AUH6 has been designed to facilitate the UAE’s AI ambitions and underpin the company’s unwavering […]
