{"id":3143,"date":"2025-01-14T11:33:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T08:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/?page_id=3143"},"modified":"2025-01-28T11:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T08:22:20","slug":"scaling-the-dc-market-with-saudi-vision-2030","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/scaling-the-dc-market-with-saudi-vision-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Scaling the DC Market with Saudi Vision 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"banner has-hover home-hero\" id=\"banner-871828322\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x0 md-x0 lg-x0 y0 md-y0 lg-y0\" id=\"image_1380471655\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Scaling the DC Market <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">in Riyadh<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This exclusive gathering will bring together industry leaders, innovators, and key stakeholders to explore the tremendous opportunities and transformative potential of the Data Centre market in alignment with Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Vision 2030.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-423449197 {\n  line-height: 1.3;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2569260901\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 22nd January 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3 pm &#8211; 5 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> <span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Executives Hotel Olaya, Olaya Main Road, Riyadh<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2569260901 {\n  line-height: 1.3;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/2025-events\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button secondary\"  style=\"border-radius:99px;\">\n    <span>view gallery<\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n<h2>SPEAKERS<\/h2>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1586456775\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-178271753\" class=\"col medium-3 small-6 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n    <div class=\"box has-hover has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n                  <div class=\"box-image \" style=\"width:80%;\">\n           <div class=\"box-image-inner image-cover\" style=\"border-radius:100%;padding-top:100%;\">\n              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/henry-headshot.png\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" 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is-small thin-font op-7\">\n                      founder of gulf data centre association                    <\/span>\n                  <\/h4>\n                 <div class=\"social-icons follow-icons\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/henry-sutton-bb1b7799\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" data-label=\"LinkedIn\" class=\"icon plain  linkedin\" title=\"Follow on LinkedIn\" aria-label=\"Follow on LinkedIn\"><i class=\"icon-linkedin\" ><\/i><\/a><\/div>                 \n                <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n    \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-440185204\" class=\"col medium-3 small-6 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n    <div class=\"box has-hover has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n                  <div class=\"box-image \" style=\"width:80%;\">\n           <div class=\"box-image-inner image-cover\" style=\"border-radius:100%;padding-top:100%;\">\n              <img 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text-center\" >\n                <div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n                  <h4 class=\"uppercase\">\n                    <span class=\"person-name\">Paul Ribbens<\/span><br\/>\n                    <span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">\n                      Project Director at CSI                    <\/span>\n                  <\/h4>\n                                  \n                <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n    \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1609821255\" class=\"col medium-3 small-6 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n    <div class=\"box has-hover has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n                  <div class=\"box-image \" style=\"width:80%;\">\n           <div class=\"box-image-inner image-cover\" style=\"border-radius:100%;padding-top:100%;\">\n              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" 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        <h4 class=\"uppercase\">\n                    <span class=\"person-name\">Usamah Agha<\/span><br\/>\n                    <span class=\"person-title is-small thin-font op-7\">\n                      Executive Manager - Strategy at DataVolt                    <\/span>\n                  <\/h4>\n                                  \n                <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n    \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-81923997\" class=\"col medium-3 small-6 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n    <div class=\"box has-hover has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n                  <div class=\"box-image \" style=\"width:80%;\">\n           <div class=\"box-image-inner image-cover\" style=\"border-radius:100%;padding-top:100%;\">\n              <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/3.png\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"\" 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