AWS “unable to restore access” to data centers hit by Iran strikes
Damage exceeded what availability zone-design designed to withstand
News - Middle East
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
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Astranis to supply micro GEO satellite to Saudi's STC
Satellite to launch next year
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Damac and Vodafone launch Turkish data center
Facility launches with 4MW, scalable to 20MW
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Digital Realty enters Turkey, plans 22MW facility in Ankara
Forms joint venture with local holding company Rönesans
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Heca Data plans integrated zone for hyperscale data centers in Egypt
A delegation led by the data center developer’s CEO “voiced interest” in strengthening cooperation with the Egyptian government
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Loft Orbital, Marlan Space, and Mistral sign $1bn deal to put compute in space
Will launch constellation of 50 satellites
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Damac and Vodafone Türkiye triple Izmir data center project budget
The project investment has swelled to $300 million since it was announced two years ago
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Qatar's Meeza signs 8MW lease with global hyperscaler
Company's largest contract to date
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Humain breaks ground on Neom’s Oxagon data center
The campus in the floating hexagonal industrial district is targeting 1.5GW
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CollPlant Biotechnologies acquires laser-based computing startup LightSolver
Financial terms of deal have not been disclosed
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AWS and Humain commit to bringing 50MW online at Saudi AI Zone by 2028
Company also on track for December 2026 cloud region launch
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Nokia opens new AI-focused R&D center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The center aims to create software for self-healing networks
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Pasqal partners with Eleven Ventures to expand its quantum computing services in Saudi Arabia
French startup says joint venture will help nurture quantum computing talent in the kingdom
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Mistral and Humain team up for sovereign AI in Saudi Arabia
Will also bring services to wider Middle East region
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MTN forms data center partnership with unnamed investor
Pan-African telco said to be targeting more than 150MW of new capacity in first phase
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Saudi Arabia’s Neom appoints Naif al Rabeah as head of its digital business subsidiary, Tonomus
The appointment comes months after Neom pivoted toward focusing on data center development
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New subsea cable to connect Syria to Cyprus
Named Ugarit 2, the cable will have 31Tbps of launch capacity
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Iraq's CMC pushes to shut down Korek Telecom's mobile network
Korek hits back, says the CMC doesn't have the authority do so
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JLL: FLAPD on track for record data center growth year, while Middle East pipeline is paused
FLAPD markets reach a live capacity of 3.8GW in 1H 2026
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Y Combinator-backed Impact Drones to offer missile-intercepting drone service for data centers and grid operators
Following several strikes on data centers in US-Israel and Iran conflict
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Meeza secures loan facility from Dukhan Bank to fund 44MW build-out
The credit facility is the second such deal struck between the Qatari data center developer and bank
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Al Moammar Information Systems to explore building three new data centers in Saudi Arabia
Deal with Saudi Data Center Fund 1 would expand the country’s data center capacity by another 48MW
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Microchip Technology acquires Israeli chip startup Hailo for undisclosed amount
Microchip says acquisition will help its intelligent Edge processing portfolio
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Mobily confirms talks with Tawal over towers sale
Talks have taken place, but no agreement so far
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Israeli Electrical Authority freezes grid processing of new data centers for 140 days
Applies to data centers with a capacity of 8MW or more
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Income to invest $280m in data center near Alexandria, Egypt
The project is expected to take three years
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Core42 to supply sovereign AI cloud to telecoms firm e& in UAE
Both UAE-based firms said the deal would accelerate AI deployments in the Gulf state
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Tawal in talks to acquire Mobily's tower assets in Saudi Arabia - report
Would strengthen Tawal's tower footprint across Middle East