Moro Hub has signed an agreement with Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) enabling the bank to leverage Moro Hub’s state-of-the-art green data centre facilities located in the Mohammad Bin Rashid Solar Park. The agreement was signed during COP28 UAE at Expo City Dubai. The signing ceremony was addressed by Mohammad Bin Sulaiman, Chief Executive Officer of […]
EDGNEX Data Centres by DAMAC, a global digital infrastructure provider, owned by DAMAC Group, has stepped in as the title sponsor of Data Center & Cloud Infrastructure Summit (DCCI) set for 29 – 30 November 2023. The atmosphere is charged with enthusiasm and the delegate community has shared insights on the involvement of the multi-tenant data […]
As the governments’ push towards digital transformation fuels demand for data centres in the Middle East, the UAE has firmly established itself as a leader in driving the data centre evolution with around 28 active colocation facilities, revealed JLL in a whitepaper at Cityscape Global. Several data centres and cloud providers have either established a […]
The Gulf Data Centre Association (GDCA), a trade organisation propelling the growth of the data centre industry across the GCC, has today announced the launch of Touchdown Middle East, the region’s first annual conference for the data centre industry, which will take place on the 21st and 22nd November 2023. Developed in partnership with Amsterdam-based […]
By: Adrian Taylor, VP EMEA at A10 Networks For commercial data centre operators, business is good. Although the future of the industry is looking bright, there are some threats on the horizon. The cost of downtime continues to grow. The Uptime Institute found one in four data centre incidents of downtime exceed $1 million. As DDoS attack methods become more sophisticated, […]
Beyon, a Bahrain-based international telecommunications and technology group, has announced the completion of Phase 2 of the Company’s solar park. During an event held to mark the completion at the Royal Golf Club in Riffa, Beyon chairman Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Khalifa said, “Beyon’s efforts towards sustainability and clean energy production continues, and we […]
As Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries have grown and their built environments continued to expand and develop with a particular focus on smart cities, CBRE has seen strong expansion in the region’s data centre market. Although historically national operators have largely dominated the market, we are seeing increased levels of investment and interest […]
ManageEngine has announced the opening of two ISO/IEC-27001-certified data centre facilities in London and Manchester. These will be its first data centres in the UK. This announcement brings the total number of data centre sites to 16 for ManageEngine globally and represents a USD 1 million investment. The two new data centres will support UK […]
Epicor has shared plans to launch a new regional data centre for India, supported by surging customer cloud adoption. The new data centre for customers in India builds on the company’s strong growth trajectory across international markets, including the recent announcement of a new data centre in the Middle East and introduction of Epicor Managed Hosting Services for […]
CyrusOne and Aruba, two major data centre operators in Europe, have announced that each had successfully audited an operational data centre as compliant with the terms of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact (CNDCP or “Pact”). The Pact sets stringent targets for environmental performance and sustainability goals in five key areas covering energy efficiency, use […]
