Archive for the ‘MEA’ Category

Microsoft commits ZAR 5.4b to enhance South Africa’s AI and cloud infrastructure

March 21, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Microsoft confirmed a ZAR 5.4b (~USD $29m) investment to expand its cloud and AI infrastructure foot...

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UAE’s e& sells 40% stake in Khazna Data Centres to G42 in $2.2b deal

March 20, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Dubai-based e&, formerly Etisalat, confirmed it will sell its 40% stake in Khazna Data Centres t...

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Teraco, Digital Realty secure wind PPA to power data centres

March 11, 2025
Swapna Subramani

South Africa-based data centre operator Teraco, a subsidiary of Digital Realty, signed a PPA with NO...

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Modon to develop data centres across Saudi Arabia

February 27, 2025
Swapna Subramani

The Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities & Technology Zones (Modon) signed agreements to develo...

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Iron Mountain acquires stake in Ooredoo’s MENA Digital Hub

February 26, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Qatar-based Ooredoo and Iron Mountain disclosed a strategic partnership to expand data centre infras...

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Ooredoo and DE-CIX launch Doha IX

February 26, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Qatar-based telco Ooredoo Group and DE-CIX launched Doha IX, the first commercial IX in the country...

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DoIT acquires PerfectScale; enhancing managed Kubernetes capabilities

February 19, 2025
Philbert Shih

DoIT, a managed public cloud provider, acquired Raleigh, NC-based startup PerfectScale, an automatio...

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Ooredoo behind new Middle East-Europe subsea cable

February 13, 2025
Sacha Kavanagh

Ooredoo Group contracted Alcatel Submarine Networks to build a new subsea cable. ...

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Mobily invests $905m in data centres, submarine cables

February 12, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) confirmed plans to invest 3.4b SAR (USD $905 million) to expand its...

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Rackspace and Dubai Health to develop AI-driven healthcare digital hub using cloud

February 6, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Rackspace and Dubai Health signed a MoU to explore the creation of a healthcare digital hub, using c...

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KKR commits $5b investment to Gulf Data Hub for Middle East data centre expansion

January 30, 2025
Swapna Subramani

KKR partnered and acquired an undisclosed stake in Gulf Data Hub (GDH), an independent data centre p...

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Israel’s Keystone plans data centres located with power plant

January 30, 2025
Sacha Kavanagh

Local media reports Israeli infrastructure investment firm Keystone filed plans to build two 20MW (I...

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