Moro Hub breaks ground for largest solar-powered data centre in MEA

Moro Hub breaks ground for largest solar-powered data centre in MEA

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) and Steven Yi, President of Huawei Middle East & Africa, have broken ground for the first phase of the largest solar-powered data centre in the Middle East and Africa, set to be Uptime TIER III-Certified. The data centre will be implemented by Moro Hub (Data Hub Integrated Solutions), a subsidiary of Digital Dewa, the digital arm of Dewa at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai. The carbon-neutral green data centre will use 100 per cent renewable energy with a capacity exceeding 100 megawatts (MW). The ground-breaking ceremony was attended by Marwan Bin Haidar, Vice Chairman - Digital & Group CEO of Digital Dewa; Waleed Bin Salman, Vice Chairman - Energy, Digital Dewa; Matar Al Mehairi, Board Member of Digital Dewa; Mohammad Bin Sulaiman, CEO of Moro Hub; Jerry Liu, CEO of Huawei UAE; and other officials from both sides. “We work in line with the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to make Dubai a global hub for green economy and sustainable development. Breaking