Microsoft and Core42 to build sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure for Abu Dhabi
Trio sign multi-year partnership
News - Middle East (EN)
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Turkish Coast Guard HQ opens data center
First phase of SahilNET network project completed
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Alfanar to invest $1.4bn in Saudi Arabian data centers
Will see four data centers developed in Kingdom
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Ooredoo and Iraq's ITPC partner to land FIG subsea cable in Iraq
Cable was first announced last month, completion is now slated for Q4 2027
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QuamCore secures $9m funding for million qubit quantum computers
Company claims to have approach to scale faster than rivals
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Ecoblox and Tenstorrent team up for AI and HPC in the Middle East
Ready to work together to meet increasing demand
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Eviden and Supermicro partner to offer Nvidia GB200 NVL72 access in new markets
Companies will sell the servers to customers across Europe, India, the Middle East, and South America
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Ooredoo spins out data center unit, rebrands Mena Digital Hub to Syntys
Follows recent investment by Iron Mountain
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JLL secures management contract with Pure DC for Abu Dhabi data center
Will provide integrated facilities management at the 45MW facility in Yas Island
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Peace subsea cable cut in the Red Sea, repair to take months
Cause of the breakage is not yet known
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Microsoft to develop Azure cloud region in Kuwait
Partners with Kuwait government
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Quantum Machines raises $170m in oversubscribed funding round
Company claims more than 50 percent of quantum computer developers are now customers
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Microsoft employees protest against contracts with Israeli military
Comes after investigation found AI models from Microsoft aided in selecting bombing targets
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UAE telco e& to sell its stake in Khazna Data Centers for $2.2 billion
G42 expands its stake in country's largest operator
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Turkish satellite firm Türksat to build 21MW data center outside Ankara
Facility to triple operators current data center capacity in short term
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Saudi’s DataVolt to develop data center in Riyadh
Company to develop on 55,000 sqm plot
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Aramco's Wa'ed Ventures invests in AI cloud provider Ori
Will be used for expansion into Saudi Arabia
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Du signs deal to extend Peace subsea cable system to UAE
The Peace Gulf Extension will be ready for service in H2 2026
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AWS employee held hostage by Hamas released, CEO Jassy "incredibly relieved"
CEO speaks out after maintaining silence through hostage period
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Zoom establishes node in Center3 data center in Saudi Arabia
Company's first node in the Kingdom
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Saudi telco Mobily invests $905m in data centers and subsea cables
Company building out 39MW of capacity for AI hardware
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Iron Mountain invests in Ooredoo's data center unit to fuel growth in MENA region
Will see Iron Mountain take a minority stake in Ooredoo's data center company
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Equinix plans $1bn Saudi data center
Total pledges for AI and data center investment in the kingdom totals more than $20bn this week alone
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AWS owned 24m sq ft of property, leased 24.8m sq ft in 2024
A 28 percent jump as it ramps up capex spend
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Qareeb and Pantheon partner for Bitcoin mining projects across Middle East
Qareeb to deliver full-fitted and operational solutions to Pantheon as part of the deal
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DataVolt plans 1.5GW data center campus in Neom’s Oxagon
Company plans largescale campus in industrial area of new Saudi city
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Zoom uses Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for AI in Saudi Arabia
Oracle also brings Fusion Cloud Applications to its EU Sovereign Cloud offering
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Groq secures $1.5bn from Saudi Arabia to expand AI inference infrastructure in the region
Investment will support expansion of Damman data center