Capacity Middle East
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The partnership aims to meet the growing energy demands of AI-driven industries and hyperscale data centres in the U.S. -
The Middle East's data centre market is experiencing unprecedented growth, with projections indicating that it will double by 2030. This surge is driven by increasing multi-tenant data centre requirements, government digital transformation initiatives, cloud adoption, and hyperscaler investments.
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Saudi Arabia is fast becoming a global digital powerhouse, with over $21 billion in data centre investments pledged last month alone.
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The global gaming industry has witnessed unprecedented growth over recent years, with the Middle East emerging as a significant player in this dynamic sector. As of today, the gaming market in the region is valued at $500 million and is forecasted to double to $1 billion by 2029.
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Mavenir and e& UAE have announced a multi-year partnership at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona.
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The Middle East has long served as a crucial hub for global internet traffic, particularly through the route south of the Arabian Peninsula and via the Suez Canal. However, recent disruptions, such as the Red Sea cable cuts, have exposed vulnerabilities in the existing infrastructure.
Forthcoming events
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As Capacity Middle East comes to a close, Capacity magazine rounds up the must-follow developments from the last five days.
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DE-CIX has signed a strategic partnership with Iraq-IXP that will see the development of a interconnection internet exchange platform aimed at improving capacity in Iraq.
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Kalaam Telecom has unveiled a new business unit that combines the capabilities onboarded from two of its recent acquisitions.
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Edgnex has turned to JLL for its facility management needs as it pursues the first phase of its strategy to deliver data centre facilities "across unique and diverse markets locally and globally".
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Batelco-owned Beyon Connect has signed an MoU with Bahrain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to onboard digital identity technology ‘OneID’ and digital postbox solutions ‘OneBox’.
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Bankai Group is now routing all international voice traffic going into Oman for telecoms operator Connect Arabia International (CAI).
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Gulf Bridge International has boosted its carrier grade network by 10Tbps to meet the GCC’s growing capacity demands. The firm’s CTO Gavin Rea shares the details with Melanie Mingas
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With ambitions to capture the growing potential of enterprise transformation, Abou Mustafa, VP enterprise business and Datamena at EITC, is rolling out a new strategy to target verticals in addition to individual customers. Melanie Mingas reports
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From a game-changing cable to reinventing the carrier business model, Veer Arjun Passi, CEO of Kalaam Telecom Group, tells Melanie Mingas how an award-winning acquisition strategy is driving future growth
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The Middle East is seeing growing demand for advanced services, a trend that is only set to continue. Manolo Ortiz, Nokia’s head for the EMEA region in the webscale business, writes on the need for dynamic interconnection fabrics to cater for these changes.
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In this episode of the Digital Digest, we roundup the biggest stories of the week from OTT partnerships to satellites and subsea cables.
