Weekly News Blast – 1st February 2024

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’d like to share? Email yours to imogen@gulfdca.com with NEWS in the subject line.

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Eaton

Eaton wins two new awards

This highly competitive PR Daily Awards declared Eaton winners for excellence in corporate and financial/investor communications; and recognised the company’s successful efforts in 2023 to celebrate their 100th anniversary of its listing on the New York Stock Exchange …Read more

Charles Russell Speechlys

CRS host annual ‘Women in Leadership’ event

As part of an effort to address and tackle the barriers faced by women in business, Charles Russell Speechlys hosted their third ‘Women in Leadership’ event. Led by Sarah Wigington and Grace Hudson, esteemed CRS team members, this event is a testament to the company’s commitment to pushing gender imbalance at leadership levels to the forefront … Read more

CRS successfully refinance Kao Data

For the past seven years, CRS have been working closely with Downing LLP to accelerate the growth and transformation of Kao Data into a multi-site platform. Kao Data are leading specialists in the development and operations of data centres, concentrating on AI and advanced computing, and with this successful refinancing are set to become significant players …Read more

 

Industry News

Dubai

Forcepoint allies with AWS

Forcepoint has joined forces with Amazon Web Services to build a new data centre and continue the expansion of their Data-first SASE service platform in the Middle East. Coinciding with the regions National Cybersecurity Strategy, this SASE serviced data centre will play a pivotal role in accelerating the UAE’s digital and cloud transformation …Read more

 

 

Qatar

Meeza and Qatar Financial Centre Authority enter MoU

In a pact to foster sustained growth and boost innovation within Qatar’s tech ecosystem, QFC and Meeza have signed an MoU. Through this partnership with QFC, Meeza aims to ‘’provide unparalleled IT solutions to businesses registered on the QFC platform, further accelerating their digital transformation journey’’, comments Meeza CEO, Mohsin Nasser al-Marri …Read more

 

Saudi Arabia

Saudia adopts RISE with SAP on Google Cloud

To keep up with the digital transformation currently being experienced in the region, Saudi Arabia’s national flag carrier, Saudia, has become the first airline customer to adopt RISE with SAP on Google Cloud. This adoption is set to optimise efficiency and drastically reduce maintenance and operational costs; most significantly though, it epitomises the Saudi Vision 2030 ethos of bringing the world to Saudi … Read more

China’s MSA Capital and the Ministry of Investment enter an alliance

This partnership is a monumental catalyst for the development of Asia and KSA cross-border business relations and acceleration of digital innovation in Saudi – ‘’Our collaboration with MSA Capital underlines our resolve to establish the Kingdom as a global investment powerhouse and a leading hub for technological advancement’’ comments the Minister of Investment of Saudi Arabia, HE Al-Falih …Read more

 

Middle East

Public cloud technology could revolutionise Middle Eastern economy

Historically, cloud adoption in the Middle East has been slow. In a recent report conducted by McKinsey, cloud adoption could generate a staggering $183Bn by 2030 – this is roughly 6% of the GCC’s current GDP. Momentum is there, but are we acting fast enough? …Read more

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