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Connect | MENA // DCD>Debate: The double-edged sword: Is AI a path to operational efficiency or a source of chaos?

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  • Management & Operations
  • Energy & Sustainability
  • Open Session

Speakers

Nader Alanazi

Data Center Engineer, Oracle

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Nader Alanazi

Data Center Engineer, Oracle

Nader Alanazi is a Data Center Engineer with a strong background in network engineering and cloud infrastructure. Currently, he work at Oracle, where he focuses on data center operations, cloud solutions, and IT infrastructure management. He hold certifications like CDCTP, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and ITIL, and he earned my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Tabuk University.

He is passionate about cloud computing, networking, and system administration, always striving to optimize performance and efficiency. Whether it’s designing solutions, troubleshooting complex issues, or ensuring seamless operations.

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Mohamed Sadek

Mohamed Sadek

IT Operations Head, EGBANK

Rayan Sheikh

Global Operations Director, CBRE

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Rayan Sheikh

Global Operations Director, CBRE

With over a decade of experience in mission-critical operations, Rayan specializes in data center operations, business transformation, technology development and client solutioning. Responsible for overseeing service delivery across more than 200 data centers in 40+ countries, and a global team of 2,000 staff, Rayan brings a wealth of expertise that has been leveraged in optimizing operational workflows, driving efficiency, and fostering innovation. He has led large-scale transformations, including global restructuring programmes across staffing and supply chains, building and implementing new operational delivery models, integrating end-to-end lifecycle requirements and providing consultancy to major hyperscale clients. In addition, he has played a key role in the design and adoption of advanced technology solutions, including custom tools, digitization of workflows, and AI-driven integrations.

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The urgency to implement AI in management programs has intensified, causing a tightening of resources and less time to modify a data center that can withstand this advance. On the other hand, if one was to embrace AI can it uncover the secrets to greater resource management, bolster security loopholes, and improve energy use?

With countries like the UAE aiming for 50% clean energy by 2050, can MENA’s data centers address innovation and environmental responsibility with AI? And if so, where do you begin? Can the transformative potential of AI-driven technologies be the answer to the problems it is causing?

Conducted under Chatham House Rule, this DCD>Debate invites experts to dissect these pivotal industry issues.