{"id":3884,"date":"2025-11-02T12:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/?p=3884"},"modified":"2025-11-02T12:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T09:37:20","slug":"weekly-news-blast-30th-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/weekly-news-blast-30th-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly News Blast – 30th October 2025"},"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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UAE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Moro Hub and Rafay partner for GPU PaaS in Dubai<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Dubai\u2019s Moro Hub, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has partnered with Rafay Systems to develop a sovereign GPU Platform-as-a-Services (PaaS). Hosted within Moro Hub\u2019s 100MW solar-powered data centre at the Mohammed bin Rashid AL Maktoum Solar Park \u2013 the world\u2019s largest solar-powered data centre \u2013 the new platform will offer enterprises secure, scalable access to AI infrastructure, generative AI services, and ready-to-use applications through the Rafay Platform. The collaboration aims to simplify AI deployment for organisations across the UAE while supporting the region\u2019s digital transformation and sustainability goals\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Saudi <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Humain expands global AI ambitions with $3Bn AirTrunk partnership and strategic stake from Aramco<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia\u2019s national AI company, Humain, has announced a landmark $3Bn partnership with AirTrunk (backed by Blackstone) to build hyperscale data centres in the Kingdom, marking AirTrunk\u2019s first move into the Middle East. The deal is part of Humain\u2019s rapid expansion, which this week also saw new collaborations with Qualcomm and the launch of a propriety AI operating system. In a parallel development, Aramco signed a term sheet to acquire a significant minority stale in Humain, signalling deeper alignment between Saudi Arabia\u2019s sovereign wealth fund (PIF) and the national energy giant in advancing the country\u2019s AI and digital strategy. Humain, launched in May, aims to establish Saudi Arabia as a global AI powerhouse, with plans to deploy up to 1.9GW of data centre capacity by 2030 and 6GW by 2034. Its partnerships with AMD, Nvidia, and others target up to $10Bn in AI infrastructure investment. The new AirTrunk venture, combining Humain\u2019s end-to-end AI ecosystem with AirTrunk\u2019s hyperscale data centre expertise, will create scalable, secure, and sustainable digital infrastructure to power the Kingdom\u2019s growing AI and cloud computing infrastructure\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

MENA <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Microsoft report: AI could create 230Mn digital jobs in Africa by 2030<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A new Microsoft report projects that AI could enable up to 230Mn digital jobs in Africa by 2030 but warns that progress in digital skills development remains uneven and fragmented. The company calls for a coordinated approach across governments, education, and industry to embed AI across all sectors, with MSMEs \u2013 over 44Mn in sub-Saharan Africa \u2013 key to scaling impact. Kenya\u2019s AI Skilling Initiative, cited as a model, has trained over 600,000 people, while partnerships with local organisations are helping reach business leaders, gig workers, and over a million micro-entrepreneurs through MESH network. Microsoft urges investment in localised AI tools, African language models, and standardised credentials to turn training into jobs. The company is deepening its regional presence through major infrastructure projects including $297Mn expansion in South Africa and a $1Bn data centre partnership in Kenya with UAE-based G42, underscoring its long-term commitment to Africa\u2019s digital growth\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Interesting News<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anthropic expands Google Cloud partnership with multibillion-dollar TPU deal<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

AI company Anthropic has announced a major expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud, securing access to up to 1Mn Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) in a deal valued at tens of billions of dollars. The agreements, Anthropic\u2019s largest commitment to date, will add 1GW of AI compute capacity by 2026. Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian highlighted the strong price-performance and efficiency of TPUs, now in their seventh generation \u2018\u2019Ironwood\u2019\u2019 design. Anthropic CFO Krishna Rao said the expanded capacity will support the company\u2019s rapid growth and maintain the cutting edge of its Claude AI models, which now power more than 300,000 businesses. Anthropic employs a multi-cloud strategy, using Google TPUs, Amazon\u2019s Trainium chips, and Nvidia GPUs for specialised workloads across training, inference, and research. While Google has invested $3Bn in the company to date, Amazon remains Anthropic\u2019s largest partner, having invested $8Bn and providing custom supercomputing infrastructure through Project Rainier. The partnership underscores Anthropic\u2019s balanced approach to scaling AI infrastructure while maintaining neutrality among hyperscale cloud providers\u2026Read mor<\/a><\/p>\n

Oracle nears record $38Bn debt deal to fund AI data centres<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oracle is reportedly close to securing a $38Bn debt package to finance its massive AI data centre developments in Texas and Wisconsin, according to Bloomberg. The funding, split into $23.25Bn for the Texas campus and $14.75Bn for the Wisconsin site, would mark the largest AI infrastructure deal to date. The facilities, being developed by Vantage Data Centers, will support Oracle\u2019s role in OpenAI\u2019s Stargate supercomputing project. The Texas campus, already under construction, will deliver 1.4GW of capacity across 10 data centres by 2028, while the newly announced Wisconsin site will add nearly 1GW across 4 data centres. This move follows Oracle\u2019s recent $18Bn debt raise in September, as analysts project the company may need up to $100Bn in financing over the next four years to meet growing compute demands of its partnership with OpenAI\u2026Read more<\/a><\/p>","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. Industry News UAE Moro Hub and Rafay partner for GPU PaaS in Dubai Dubai\u2019s Moro Hub,<\/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-3884","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\/3884","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=3884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3885,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3884\/revisions\/3885"}],"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=3884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfdca.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}