How Khazna is revolutionising GCC’s data centre industry

Khazna: Revolutionising the GCC data centre industry with AI solutions

Johan Nilerud, senior director of Strategy and Planning at Khazna, says AI presents enormous potential across the data centre value chain

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Du shines the spotlight on AI, digital innovation at Envision 2024

Themed “Gathering Leaders for Progress with AI-Driven Digitalisation”, the event witnessed strategic partnerships and discussions on the future of AI, 5G, cloud computing and smart cities

Ooredoo secures QAR2bn financing to build data centres

Qatar’s Ooredoo secures QAR2bn financing to build data centres

The 10-year hybrid facility was provided by Qatar National Bank, Doha Bank and Masraf Al Rayan

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GITEX GLOBAL 2024: Two mega venues, one massive tech event

The world’s largest technology exhibition, GITEX GLOBAL, returns for its 44th edition, bringing together tech innovators, start-ups, and investors from across the globe

Fintech Surge

A sneak peek at the keynote speakers of 24 Fintech 2024

The 24 Fintech Summit promises to be a landmark event for Saudi Arabia as well as the GCC region, offering attendees a comprehensive view of the trends, challenges, and opportunities set to shape the industry in the coming years

Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala invests in data centre firm Yondr

Abu Dhabi fund Mubadala invests in data centre firm Yondr

The data centre infrastructure company has a contracted and reserved capacity of 878 megawatts (MW), of which 58MW are currently operational

DAMAC to invest $1bn in data centres, expand in Saudi

DAMAC Group ramps up AI investments with $50m Anthropic deal

The investments are part of the conglomerate’s broader strategy to advance digital infrastructure and support the tech transitions

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Trend Micro, NVIDIA to enhance security of region’s AI-enabled data centres

The collaboration integrates NVIDIA NIM and NVIDIA Morpheus with Trend Vision One – Sovereign and Private Cloud solutions to boost rapid threat mitigation capabilities

Amazon Web Services' Kevin Miller talks about the company's growth in the region

AWS’ Kevin Miller on AI, sustainability and plans for the region

In an interview with Gulf Business, Kevin Miller, VP – Global Data Centres at Amazon Web Services (AWS), delves into the company’s significant expansions and strategic initiatives in the MENAT region

du teams up with Oracle to launch hyperscale cloud, sovereign AI services for govt, public sector

du to launch hyperscale cloud, sovereign AI services for govt, public sector

The telecom operator has teamed up with Oracle, which remains the only hyperscaler capable of delivering AI and a suite of cloud services across dedicated, public, and hybrid cloud environments globally

GB BB TECH EVENT

Watch top experts speak at the Gulf Business Tech Panel

Our upcoming panel event offers an exciting opportunity to gain insights from industry leaders and engage in discussions about the future of technology in business

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Microsoft, G42 to invest $1bn in Kenya to build geothermal-powered data centre

Microsoft and G42 will work with the government of Kenya to design and operate the new East Africa cloud region as part of a trusted data zone

Gemini - Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Google I/O Developers Conference in Mountain View, California, US, on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Google introduced a new large language model, used for training artificial intelligence tools like chatbots, known as PaLM 2, and said it has already woven it into many of the internet search company’s marquee products. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

All that was announced at Google I/O 2024: Trillium chip, Imagen-3, Veo and more

Among Google’s latest salvos was an addition to its family of Gemini 1.5 AI models known as Flash, an upgrade to its image-to-text offering Imagen and an AI model that creates high definition videos

Huawei

Huawei continues rebound with strongest earnings growth since 2019

While the company’s core ICT infrastructure business remained stable, its cloud business grew by more than a fifth, generating revenue of CNY55.3bn

LEAP

Tech investments approach $13bn on Day 2 at LEAP 2024

The Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Centre in Malham witnessed the unveiling of investments aimed at supporting local start-up ecosystems

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Interview: Splunk’s Ahmed El Saadi talks digitalisation and data analytics solutions

The rise of digital technologies, including cloud computing, AI, and machine learning has heralded new opportunities for the MENA region

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Here’s how data centres can be made more sustainable and environment friendly

Tassos Peppas, regional director – Middle East, Turkey and Central Asia at Vertiv shares key solutions in achieving sustainable operations for data centres

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Mubadala invests in US-based Aligned Data Centers

With this investment, Mubadala will become a minority partner alongside majority partners managed by Macquarie Asset Management

Dubai opens world’s largest solar-powered data centre

The data centre has a capacity exceeding 100 megawatts, and spans more than 16,000 square metres

Alibaba

Alibaba plans logistics hub at Istanbul airport, data centre near Ankara

Expanding commerce and cloud-based units are expected to lift the company’s revenue

Amazon

Amazon vows to replenish all the water it uses for data centres

Currently, AWS relies on recycled water for 20 of its data centres

Interview: George Pawlyszyn, general manager – MEA at Rackspace Technology

Interview: George Pawlyszyn, general manager – MEA at Rackspace Technology

Cloud migration is a complex task and IT managers struggle to ensure availability and continuity during the migration process, which is further complicated by multicloud environments

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UAE’s Mubadala buys minority stake in EQT Infrastructure’s GlobalConnect

With Mubadala as a minority investor in GlobalConnect, EQT Infrastructure aims to broaden the company’s long-term shareholder base

Gitex Global 2022 concludes on Oct 14

Gitex Global, the UAE’s annual tech event, began on October 10 and ended on October 14

Aveva to showcase unified operations centre for data centres at Gitex Global

Organisations deploying this solution will realise reductions in project implementation times by up to 60 per cent

Sharjah data centre

Khazna, Beeah Group to bring Sharjah its first Tier 3 data centre

The joint venture will focus on addressing the growing demand for digital infrastructure in the emirate, while aiming for sustainable operations and net-zero emissions by 2050

RTA approves strategic plan 2023-2030 aligned with Dubai Urban Plan 2040

Dubai’s RTA finalises data investment master plan, aims to sell data to boost revenues

The project includes creating an operational model to maximise return on investment from the use of RTA’s data while protecting the confidentiality of data

Huawei ICT infrastructure

Huawei’s take on how ICT infrastructure can curb energy consumption

In an interview with Gulf Business, David Shi, president, Huawei Enterprise Business Group, Middle East highlights how the need for greener ICT infrastructure is a priority for organisations

Alec

UAE’s Alec launches subsidiary to revamp data centre construction across MENA

The company will employ the group’s in-house civil, MEP, and technological expertise to help corporations

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Equinix to build data centre in Salalah, Oman

Work is underway to establish a new subsea cable interconnection hub linking Asia, Africa and Europe in partnership with Omantel