SDP: Meeza signs 8MW hyperscale lease in Qatar October 21, 2026 Swapna Subramani Qatari data centre provider Meeza signed a QAR1b (US$270m) lease with an unnamed hyperscaler, its la... Read more...
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... Read more...
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... Read more...
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... Read more...
US-Israel war on Iran; implications for data centres and AI infrastructure March 10, 2026 Swapna Subramani The US-Israel-Iran war has reached its 1-week threshold with no signs of de-escalation from either s... Read more...
Ooredoo-Oracle advance sovereign AI cloud in Qatar with Oracle Alloy February 26, 2026 Swapna Subramani Ooredoo and Oracle confirmed expansion of a partnership and collaboration to deliver sovereign AI an... Read more...
Syntys expands Qatar hyperscale footprint with Q Data acquisition January 27, 2026 Swapna Subramani Ooredoo’s digital infrastructure unit Syntys acquired Q Data QFZ LLC, incorporating two carrier-ne... Read more...
Brookfield and Qai launch $20b JV to build AI infrastructure in Qatar and beyond December 18, 2025 Swapna Subramani Brookfield and Qai, Qatar’s national AI company backed by the Qatar Investment Authority, formed a... Read more...
Meeza lands 6MW hyperscale deal; unveils sovereign AI stack November 21, 2025 Swapna Subramani Meeza signed a lease agreement of over QAR 750m (~US$206m) to deliver 6MW of capacity in a first pha... Read more...
Ooredoo and DE-CIX launch Doha IX October 8, 2025 Swapna Subramani Ooredoo and DE-CIX launched Doha IX, Qatar’s first commercial Internet Exchange, now live with ini... Read more...
Qatar Investment Authority & Blue Owl launch $3b digital infrastructure platform October 1, 2025 Swapna Subramani Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Blue Owl Capital have agreed to create a permanent-capital digi... Read more...
MEEZA raises QAR 800m for 44MW Qatar data centre expansion September 1, 2025 Swapna Subramani MEEZA obtained a QAR 800m (~US$220m) debt facility (with an Islamic financing structure) from Dukhan... Read more...
