{"id":3099,"date":"2024-12-05T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T10:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2024-12-04T15:48:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T12:48:41","slug":"weekly-news-blast-5th-december-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/weekly-news-blast-5th-december-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News Blast – 7th November 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to the GDCA Weekly News Blast! Check out the latest industry news from the GCC region below. Have any Middle East data centres news you\u2019d like to share? Email yours to imogen@gulfdca.com<\/a> with NEWS<\/strong> in the subject line.<\/div>\n
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Sponsor News<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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RED\u2019s Newcastle office wins two awards<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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Key figures from RED\u2019s Newcastle office won two awards at the Northeast STEM Awards. Congratulations to the team for their incredible work in bringing vital STEM subjects and career inspiration to the forefront of discussion in the UK\u2026Read more<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Knight Frank completed a record-breaking deal<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
Knight Frank has completed the successful sale of the iconic Emaar Square Building No.3 for AED 505mn. This sale underscores the strong demand for Grade A office space and the confidence investors have in this asset class, bringing Knight Frank MENA\u2019s total office sales to over AED 1.5bn this year and over AED 5bn since the start of the year\u2026Read more<\/a><\/u><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Batelco and Qareeb sign a MoU<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

As part of Beyon Group, Batelco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Qareeb Data Centres to collaborate on the development of Bahrain’s first white space data centre hub. This partnership will explore a range of initiatives to support Beyon Group\u2019s “Data Oasis” project, which aims to establish a leading data centre ecosystem in the Kingdom. The collaboration will include the provision of colocation services in Bahrain, along with the implementation of innovative data centre solutions across the region\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Telecom Egypt and Mobily to land Saudi-Egypt subsea cable<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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Mobily and Telecom Egypt have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the first Saudi-owned subsea cable, which will connect Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The cable, fully owned by Mobily, is initially planned to have two landing points, with future connections to other subsea systems in Egypt and potential expansion options to routes leading to Europe. While Saudi Arabia has become an increasingly popular hub for subsea cables, with 17 currently landing in the Kingdom and more expected in the future, this marks the first cable fully owned by a Saudi entity to establish a direct connection between Saudi Arabia and Egypt\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Oxagon in talks to build 1GW AI data centre <\/i><\/b><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Oxagon, a floating industrial city being developed in Saudi Arabia’s Neom region, is in talks to build a 1GW AI data centre, with the first 400MW phase potentially signed this year. The data centre will be powered by renewable energy and backed by battery storage, with a focus on energy-efficient cooling. Neom is also working with companies like Goldwind and Envision Energy to set up production plants for solar and wind components\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ooredoo launches 10MW Sohar data centre in Oman<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Qatari telecommunications giant Ooredoo has officially launched a state-of-the-art 10MW data centre in Sohar, Oman. Designed to Tier III standards, the facility is capable of housing up to 1,200 racks. This strategic development is a key part of Ooredoo\u2019s commitment to supporting Oman\u2019s Vision 2040 and underscores its dedication to \u2018\u2019driving innovation and fostering economic growth\u2019\u2019, according to Dr. Ahmed Abdullah A. Abri, Chief Technology and Information Officer at Ooredoo. The company, which currently operates 26 data centres across Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, and Tunisia, plans to significantly expand its regional footprint. Over the coming years, Ooredoo aims to increase its data centre capacity to more than 120MW, backed by a $1 billion investment in its medium- to long-term growth strategy\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Welcome to the GDCA Weekly News Blast! Check out the latest industry news from the GCC region below. Have any Middle East data centres news you\u2019d like to share? Email yours to imogen@gulfdca.com with NEWS in the subject line. Sponsor News RED Engineering Design RED\u2019s Newcastle office wins two awards Key figures from RED\u2019s Newcastle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly-news-blast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3099"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3106,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3099\/revisions\/3106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}