DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Middle East, Cristina Lago
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Oman’s O-Green targets 200MW of data center capacity by 2028
Firm says its data centers in Oman and Europe will be powered by low-cost renewable energy
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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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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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Income to invest $280m in data center near Alexandria, Egypt
The project is expected to take three years
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Meeza completes data center expansion project for major hyperscaler
Claims to have delivered nine months ahead of schedule
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Letsia to invest $13.32m in its planned data center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The company said the “green” facility will include several sustainability features
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Egypt greenlights license for $400m data center expansion
The initiative backs the country’s strategy for data centers and cloud computing
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Syria provides Internet through alternative routes after ‘sabotage’ of subsea cable
The disruption didn’t affect services in Egypt
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Damac Digital plans 6GW data center expansion across four continents
The company already has operational data centers in Saudi Arabia and Thailand
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Asprofin Bank unveils $12bn proposal for data centers in UAE
The plan features a cost efficiency model reducing capex to $4m-$8m per MW
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Oman, UAE, and Italy sign green data center agreement
Initiative aligns with Oman Vision 2040 to diversify away from oil
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STC Bahrain enters digital partnership with MENA Industrial Bank
The telecom operator will support the new bank’s private cloud platform
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Algeria and Oman gov'ts partner to establish data centers
The agreement was part of an official visit by an Omani delegation
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Gulf firms Taranis and EEC partner to develop 50MW data centers in Saudi Arabia
The fund is targeting $2bn of investment to develop and operate data center infrastructure
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Naver targets Saudi data center market, plans "large scale" projects
Agreement with Hanmi Global responds to growing demand for digital infrastructure in the Middle East and emerging markets
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Lebanon's gov't plans to transform warehouse into National Data Center
The AUB presented last week the results of a national data center benchmarking exercise
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Morocco to roll out digital system to monitor general election
The initiative will be supported by “high-performance” data centers equipped with “powerful” servers
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Telecom Egypt denies move to turn data center complex into ‘cash-generating asset’
“There are no new developments in this area,” the telco said in a statement
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STC’s Solutions signs $371m HPC contract with Saudi Aramco
The agreement is the latest collaboration between the two companies
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Saudi Arabia's Edarat secures data center contract from major regional bank
Also selected for AI data center design and supervision services for MIS
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Humain secures 211 plots of land in Saudi Arabia for data centers
Also announces deployment of Qualcomm AI racks at data center
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Data center developer QST considering sale of Saudi business - report
Potential deal could value the company at more than $500 million