Posts Tagged ‘Middle East’

Oracle expanding data centre footprint in UAE and Saudi Arabia

November 4, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Oracle confirmed it is adding data centres in the UAE and Saudi Arabia to meet AI demand. ...

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Microsoft commits $10b to Gulf cloud and AI build-out

September 29, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Microsoft confirmed plans to invest more than $10b across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait by...

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Polar DC owner considers IPO

September 21, 2026
Sacha Kavanagh

Media reports Luxembourg-based LIAN Group hired STJ Advisors to explore raising $500m in an IPO. ...

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AWS confirms permanent data loss at Bahrain, UAE data centres

September 17, 2026
Swapna Subramani

AWS confirmed it can no longer restore access to some data at its Middle East infrastructure after d...

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Tencent Cloud wins TruKKer as Saudi enterprise reference customer

September 10, 2026
Swapna Subramani

TruKKer, a digital freight platform operating across the Middle East and wider EMEA, migrated its lo...

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Mistral, Humain partner on Saudi sovereign AI

September 3, 2026
Swapna Subramani

French AI lab Mistral and Saudi state-backed AI venture Humain partnered to explore joint deployment...

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Meeza secures $438m facility to fund 44MW Qatar build-out

August 14, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Qatari data centre operator Meeza signed a QAR 1.6b (US$438m) credit facility with Dukhan Bank to fi...

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Bahrain’s AWS data centre said to be struck again

July 22, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Iran’s IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) claimed a cruise missile strike on Amazon̵...

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MEEZA delivers Qatar expansion ahead of schedule

July 14, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Qatar-based managed IT and data centre operator MEEZA confirmed completion of a 4MW data centre expa...

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KKR launches Helix Digital Infrastructure; backed by Kuwait Investment Authority, NVIDIA and Vistra

June 24, 2026
Vivian Kong

KKR, alongside the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), NVIDIA and energy provider Vistra, launched He...

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Zoom’s second Saudi node lands at center3

June 22, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Zoom Video Communications launched its second data centre in Saudi Arabia, colocated within center3&...

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Core42 anchors Mubadala Group’s sovereign AI infrastructure stack

June 11, 2026
Swapna Subramani

Core42 and Solutions+, both operating within the Mubadala Investment Company group, confirmed a form...

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