Ooredoo and Iraq's ITPC partner to land FIG subsea cable in Iraq
Cable was first announced last month, completion is now slated for Q4 2027
News - Middle East, Niva Yadav
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JLL secures management contract with Pure DC for Abu Dhabi data center
Will provide integrated facilities management at the 45MW facility in Yas Island
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Peace subsea cable cut in the Red Sea, repair to take months
Cause of the breakage is not yet known
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Du signs deal to extend Peace subsea cable system to UAE
The Peace Gulf Extension will be ready for service in H2 2026
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Iron Mountain invests in Ooredoo's data center unit to fuel growth in MENA region
Will see Iron Mountain take a minority stake in Ooredoo's data center company
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Equinix plans $1bn Saudi data center
Total pledges for AI and data center investment in the kingdom totals more than $20bn this week alone
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Qareeb and Pantheon partner for Bitcoin mining projects across Middle East
Qareeb to deliver full-fitted and operational solutions to Pantheon as part of the deal
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Mobily lands Africa-1 subsea cable in Duba, Saudi Arabia
Fourth landing for the cable, scheduled for completion in 2026
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e& launches fourth data center on Fujairah campus in UAE
Part of the company's SmartHub carrier hotel and cable landing station
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Ooredoo Group to build subsea cable to connect the Middle East
Will connect seven countries in the Arabian Gulf
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Ooredoo seeks more capacity to house Nvidia AI chips
Follows partnership signed in June
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Iran plans GPU data center to host national AI system
Data center scheduled for 2025, AI operating system prototype expected in six months
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Uzbekistan to build 'carbon-free' data center with Saudi partners
According to the Minister of Digital Technologies
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Khazna and BEEAH JV partners with SCTA for Sharjah, UAE, data centers
Joint venture was signed in 2022 to develop 9MW facility, SCTA joins project
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STC Group announces Bahrain data center park and inaugurates 2Africa extension
Parent company's subsidiaries Center3 and STC Bahrain invest $300m in the two projects
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Telecom Egypt and ASN land Africa-1 cable in Ras Ghareb, Egypt
Third landing for the cable, scheduled to be operational in 2025
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Batelco and Qareeb Data Centres sign MoU for Bahrain facility
Part of the former's previously announced Data Oasis project
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Telecom Egypt and Mobily to land Saudi-Egypt subsea cable
MoU first signed in June 2022, cable is still going ahead
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Ooredoo launches 10MW Sohar data center in Oman
Plans first announced in 2022, details still have not been shared
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Khazna announces 100MW Ajman data center, UAE
And signs MoU to improve digital infrastructure in Cyprus
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DataVolt and Center3 partner for Saudi Arabian data center operations
Sign MoU for operation and maintenance services across the Kingdom
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ICS Arabia breaks ground on 187MW Desert Dragon project
Will see a total investment of $1.9bn
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Intro Technology and Oman Data Park sign $450m MoU for Egypt data center
Located within the Suez Canal Economic Zone
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Saudi's MIS partners with BSF Capital to increase data center capacity by 64MW
Companies currently developing six hyperscale facilities in the kingdom
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Abu Dhabi's Mubadala invests in Yondr Group
Size of the investment not disclosed
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Grid Telecom and Dawiyat Integrated to build Greece-Saudi Arabia subsea cable system
Timelines for the project are yet to be announced
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Cloudflare: Governments directed Internet shutdowns during exam periods in Middle East
Syria, Algeria, and Iraq all turn off Internet to prevent cheating
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Exa Infrastructure and Socar Fiber to develop terrestrial cable connecting Turkey, Greece, and Georgia
Will provide an alternative to the Red Sea corridor