Posts Tagged ‘MEA’

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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Ooredoo opens Salalah data centre as part of Oman expansion plan

September 19, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Ooredoo has launched a new data centre in Salalah, Oman, integrated with a cable landing station to ...

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Saudi’s MIS $61m contract for Riyadh data centre expansion

September 19, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Al Moammar Information Systems (MIS) signed a SAR 227.76m (~US$61m) contract to expand the Naqaa dat...

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center3 commits $10b to reach 1GW data centre capacity by 2030

September 17, 2025
Swapna Subramani

center3, the digital infrastructure arm of Saudi Telecom Company (STC), unveiled a significant expan...

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IXAfrica secures funding for Nairobi, Kenya expansion

September 11, 2025
Sacha Kavanagh

IXAfrica raised an undisclosed amount of funding to expand its Nairobi campus in Kenya. ...

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Khazna Data Center secures $2.62b, 10-year facility to accelerate data centre build-out

September 8, 2025
Swapna Subramani

Khazna has closed a $2.62bn financing facility arranged with ADCB and FAB, carrying a tenor of up to...

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Digital Realty appoints new Africa MD, opens fourth Lagos data centre in Nigeria

September 5, 2025
Sacha Kavanagh

Digital Realty named Marcel Louw as its MD for Africa. ...

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MEEZA raises QAR 800m for 44MW Qatar data centre expansion

September 1, 2025
Swapna Subramani

MEEZA obtained a QAR 800m (~US$220m) debt facility (with an Islamic financing structure) from Dukhan...

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Teraco launches new capacity in Johannesburg; liquid cooling enabled

August 18, 2025
Sacha Kavanagh

Teraco, majority-owned by Digital Realty, completed an expansion of the JB4 data centre at its Brede...

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iXAfrica to host Zadara AI Sovereign Cloud in Kenya

July 28, 2025
Sacha Kavanagh

South African cloud and digital transformation provider TouchNet will launch the Zadara AI Sovereign...

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xAI plans data centre presence in Saudi Arabia

July 25, 2025
Swapna Subramani

AI company xAI is reported to be in advanced discussions to lease data centre capacity in Saudi Arab...

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Panattoni builds team for EMEA, India data centre team

July 23, 2025
Sacha Kavanagh

Logistics real estate developer Panattoni launched a new data centre team focused on EMEA and India,...

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