Archive for the ‘MEA’ Category

AWS partners with Orange for launch of first Wavelength nodes in Africa

June 27, 2024
Sacha Kavanagh

AWS will open new Wavelength Zones in Morocco (North Africa) and Senegal (West Africa) later this ye...

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Ooredoo carves out data centre business; names new CEO

June 25, 2024
Sacha Kavanagh

Qatar’s Ooredoo Group set up a new company for its data centre business, Mena Digital Hub, and bro...

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Africa Data Centres secures funds for expansion

June 25, 2024
Sacha Kavanagh

Africa Data Centres, part of Cassava Technologies, secured ZAR2m (~$110m) in funding. ...

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Cameroon-based ST DIGITAL building more data centres to serve French-speaking Africa

June 23, 2024
Sacha Kavanagh

We came across Cameroon-based ST DIGITAL, which operates a data centre in the country and is plannin...

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Huawei Cloud launches Cairo, Egypt region

June 20, 2024
Sacha Kavanagh

Huawei Cloud launched a region in Cairo, Egypt, its first in North Africa. ...

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DAMAC’s EDGNEX to build data centre in central Jakarta

June 19, 2024
Philbert Shih

EDGNEX Data Centres, the data centre business that is part of DAMAC Group in the UAE, confirmed plan...

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1Q24 IB: Integrators, IT services firms, consultancies emerging as divestment sources

June 14, 2024
Philbert Shih

The divestment of data centre and managed infrastructure assets could start to come from outside the...

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PAIX Data Centres forms JV for new Djibouti data centre; subsea cable angle

June 13, 2024
Sacha Kavanagh

Kenya-based PAIX Data Centres formed a JV with the Djibouti Sovereign Fund to build a new data centr...

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Oracle Cloud plans two Morocco regions

June 12, 2024
Sacha Kavanagh

Oracle unveiled plans to launch two cloud regions in Morocco in north Africa. ...

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Khazna plots largest data centre in Abu Dhabi

June 10, 2024
Sacha Kavanagh

The Abu Dhabi Investment Office disclosed that Khazna Data Centres will build a data centre on land ...

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OVHcloud opens first Africa Local Zone in Morocco

June 10, 2024
Sacha Kavanagh

OVHcloud opened Local Zone edge nodes in Dallas, Zurich and Marrakech, Morocco. ...

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AWS opens CloudFront edge node in Egypt

June 4, 2024
Sacha Kavanagh

AWS launched a new Amazon CloudFront edge location in the Egyptian capital Cairo. ...

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