Archive for the ‘MEA’ Category

Equinix to build $22m LG3 data centre; third Lagos facility

November 19, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Equinix plans to invest $22 million in a new data centre in Lagos, Nigeria, its first newly built fa...

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Microsoft commits $15.2b to UAE AI and hyperscale cloud infrastructure build-out

November 10, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Microsoft confirmed plans to invest $15.2b in the UAE by 2029. ...

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US clears Microsoft to ship advanced NVIDIA AI chips to UAE

November 10, 2025
Swapna Subramani

The US government has approved Microsoft to ship Nvidia’s latest AI chips for deployment in the Un...

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AirTrunk & HUMAIN partner on $3b data centre expansion in Saudi Arabia

November 5, 2025
Swapna Subramani

AirTrunk confirmed a new partnership with HUMAIN to develop AI and hyperscale data centre infrastruc...

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Stargate UAE construction advances amid NVIDIA supply delays

November 4, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Construction of the 1GW Stargate UAE AI cluster is progressing toward its first 200MW phase slated f...

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Aramco’s minority stake in HUMAIN signals AI-infrastructure shift

November 3, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Saudi Aramco and Public Investment Fund (PIF) have signed a non-binding term sheet for Aramco to acq...

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Alibaba Cloud expands AI capabilities with second Dubai data centre

October 23, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Alibaba Cloud launched its second data centre in Dubai, UAE to strengthen AI and cloud capabilities ...

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Airtel Nigeria building hyperscale data centre in Lagos

October 10, 2025
Sacha Kavanagh

Local media reports Airtel Nigeria is building a 38MW data centre in Lagos, Nigeria. ...

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Ooredoo and DE-CIX launch Doha IX

October 8, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Ooredoo and DE-CIX launched Doha IX, Qatar’s first commercial Internet Exchange, now live with ini...

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UAE-IX hits 1 Tbit/s peak, enables 400GE

October 3, 2025
Swapna Subramani

UAE-IX, the Dubai Internet exchange operated by DE-CIX, reached a 1 Tbit/s peak ...

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Qatar Investment Authority & Blue Owl launch $3b digital infrastructure platform

October 1, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Blue Owl Capital have agreed to create a permanent-capital digi...

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du launches National Hypercloud; UAE’s first locally operated sovereign hyperscale platform

September 26, 2025
Swapna Subramani

du Telecom has launched the ‘National Hypercloud’, positioning it as the UAE’s first l...

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