DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Middle East, Georgia Butler, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Qatar's Meeza signs 8MW lease with global hyperscaler
Company's largest contract to date
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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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Mistral and Humain team up for sovereign AI in Saudi Arabia
Will also bring services to wider Middle East region
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims fresh hit on AWS data center in Bahrain
Says strikes were in response to alleged US attack on nuclear power plant in Darkhuin
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Crusoe to invest $10bn in data centers in Israel over next 10-15 years - report
Company leases an additional 100MW of capacity across the country
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SAP launches data center location in Mumbai, India
While Zoom adds a Saudi Arabia data center to its footprint
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Microsoft wraps up investigation into Israeli military's use of its cloud platform
Posits some steps to improve effectiveness of its human rights governance
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Telefónica and Google Cloud partner for Spanish sovereign cloud
And other sovereign cloud news
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Pasqal and Saudia Arabia's Aramco launch quantum computer
Marks the Kingdom's first quantum computer
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Anan Data Center to provide 40MW AI infrastructure for Crusoe in Israel
Contract has an estimated value of "hundreds of millions of dollars"
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Iran attack hits an Oracle data center in Dubai, causes limited damage
Dubai Media Office initially calls claims "fake news," later confirms shrapnel impact
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Fire at AWS data center in Bahrain after Iranian attack - report
AWS yet to confirm
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Iran makes further threats against Big Tech in the Middle East
Says it is in response to US attempts to kill Iranian leadership
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Microsoft on pace for $50bn AI investment in "global south"
Some of which will be spent on AI infrastructure
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Microsoft to launch Saudi Arabia East cloud region in Q4 2026
Construction was completed in late 2024
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Tencent Cloud plans to expand data center footprint in the Middle East
Company is "actively exploring" constructing in the region
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Zoho Corp launches two data center regions in UAE
Company now offering cloud services from Dubai and Abu Dhabi
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Nebius signs 80MW data center lease with Mega Or in Israel
Companies have previously teamed up on AI cluster at data center in Modi'in
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Brookfield challenges cloud giants with new offering
Radiant cloud platform will be tied to Brookfield's $10bn AI fund
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Ground broken on 30m sq ft data center for Saudi Arabian gov't
Massive Hexagon data center project commences
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Saudi Telecom Company signs MoU with Humain to develop 1GW of data center capacity
Through Center3, the JV will establish AI data centers in Saudi Arabia
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Amazon shareholders call for report on AWS use in Gaza and by US ICE
Shareholders want to see how it "aligns" with AWS' Responsible AI Approach
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Oracle to expand Abu Dhabi region with Nvidia Blackwell Supercluster
Will deploy more than 4,000 Blackwell GPUs in UAE
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AWS and Humain expand partnership, will include Nvidia GPUs and Trainium chips
Deal covers some 150,000 chips
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Microsoft and G42 expand data center capacity plans in UAE by 200MW
Will be delivered through G42 subsidiary Khazna Data Centers
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Microsoft commits fresh $7.9bn investment in UAE by 2030
Brings total investment in UAE to $15.2bn since start of 2023
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Moro Hub and Rafay team up for GPU PaaS in Dubai
Will be based on the Rafay Platform
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Alibaba Cloud launches second data center in Dubai
First in country was launched in 2016