{"id":2553,"date":"2024-04-04T17:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/?p=2553"},"modified":"2024-04-04T14:59:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:59:05","slug":"weekly-news-blast-4th-april-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/weekly-news-blast-4th-april-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly news blast – 4th April 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

Eaton<\/u><\/b><\/h3>\n
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Milestone completion of Puerto Rico\u2019s largest clean energy microgrid<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Eaton has recently announced the completion of their Puerto Rico microgrid, the largest clean energy microgrid in the country, at their Arecibo manufacturing plant. Alongside their project partner Enel North America, this milestone demonstrates the important role microgrids play in creating a robust energy infrastructure in combating the impact of climate change\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Oman\"\"<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Government launches $5bn fund<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Oman Investment Authority has announced the launch of their Future Fund Oman with $5.2Bn of capital, 90% of which will be invested in major projects located in Oman. The OIA says projects such as manufacturing, green energy, tourism, and information and communication technology industries will benefit from this fund; aiming to rejuvenate these vital sectors and contribute to Oman\u2019s broader economic objectives – one objective being the attraction of foreign direct investment, of which Oman saw a 27% rise y-o-y to nearly $13Bn in Q3 2023\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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Saudi Arabia and UK sign training agreement to bolster information and research capabilities<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UK\u2019s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have signed a diplomatic training agreement, involving the deployment of specialised programmes across educational institutes in both countries. These programmes will help establish and strengthen cooperation in the fields of information, research activities, and training initiatives\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Middle East<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

CoreStack partners with ZainTech to boost cloud adoption<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

ZainTech, the integrated digital solutions provider of Zain Group, and CoreStack have entered into a partnership, aiming to provide NextGen multi-cloud governance, FinOps, and cost management solutions to organisations across the region. This joint offering will help organisations, including government and business industries, accelerate their cloud adoption and capitalise on its transformative benefits. Through this partnership, ZainTech will harness CoreStack\u2019s AI-driven automation capabilities, allowing a more streamlined and cost-effective delivery of ZainTech\u2019s multi-cloud managed services\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 Eaton Milestone completion of Puerto Rico\u2019s largest clean energy microgrid Eaton has recently announced<\/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-2553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weekly-news-blast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2554,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2553\/revisions\/2554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}