Khazna breaks ground on two data centers in Abu Dhabi
Facilities to offer 60MW of capacity
News - UAE
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Microsoft and Du to develop $544m data center in the UAE
Deal announced during Dubai AI Week event
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Khazna Data Centers confirms fresh funding from MGX and Silver Lake
e& concludes exit from business
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Microsoft and Core42 to build sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure for Abu Dhabi
Trio sign multi-year partnership
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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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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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France and UAE to invest billions into 1GW European AI data center
Joint project will boost French AI infrastructure
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e& launches fourth data center on Fujairah campus in UAE
Part of the company's SmartHub carrier hotel and cable landing station
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Ooredoo Group to build subsea cable to connect the Middle East
Will connect seven countries in the Arabian Gulf
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Oracle to increase Abu Dhabi investment five-fold
Exact numbers not provided
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KKR invests in UAE data center firm Gulf Data Hub
Companies plan $5 billion investment across region
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AI chip startup Blaize goes public via SPAC merger
Deal saw company valued at $1.2bn
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Abu Dhabi puts out call for bids for government data center project
Wants to consolidate digital infrastructure across 40+ government entities
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HPE selected to build Blue Lion supercomputer at LRZ
Plus a round up of other recent supercomputing news
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Khazna and BEEAH JV partners with SCTA for Sharjah, UAE, data centers
Joint venture was signed in 2022 to develop 9MW facility, SCTA joins project
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Ericsson signs 6G MoU with UAE's e&
Will look to explore 6G use cases
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Microsoft signs strategic agreement with ADNOC & Masdar to support low carbon initiatives in UAE
As part of the agreement, the companies will seek opportunities to power Microsoft’s data centers with renewable energy through Masdar
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e& closes €2.15bn deal for PPF Telecom to continue European expansion
The deal was approved last month
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Khazna announces 100MW Ajman data center, UAE
And signs MoU to improve digital infrastructure in Cyprus
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AWS and e& sign $1bn cloud agreement in Middle East
Will combine AWS cloud infrastructure and solutions with e&'s network capabilities
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EU approves e&'s acquisition of PPF Telecom
e& is set to have a controlling stake in PPF Telecom's operations
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UAE telco e& increases Vodafone stake to 15%
As Vodafone still waits for conclusion over Three merger
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Pakistani textiles company pivots to data centers
Follows oil company Mari’s move into the space earlier this month
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Republican lawmakers urge Biden administration to investigate Microsoft's $1.5bn G42 deal
Could another investigation into Microsoft be looming
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UAE data center firm Gulf Data Hub seeks $1bn minority stake sale – report
Company has more than 40MW in operation, 90MW in construction, and hundreds more megawatts in pipeline across the Middle East
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UAE oil company ADNOC pairs with e& to build private 5G wireless networks
ADNOC claims it is the energy industry’s largest private 5G wireless network
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EU opens probe into e&'s proposed acquisition of PPF Telecom Group
The UAE telco is poised to snap up PPF's assets in Europe, bar Czechia
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Du to launch cloud and sovereign AI services for UAE gov't with Oracle Alloy
Du's to offer more than 100 OCI services