Moro Hub Breaks Ground On Phase 1 Of MEA’s Largest Green Data Centre – MEP MiddleEast

Moro Hub Breaks Ground On Phase 1 Of MEA’s Largest Green Data Centre – MEP MiddleEast

The managing director and CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, and the president of Huawei Middle East & Africa, Steven Yi, have broken ground for Phase 1 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 LLC), 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% renewable energy with a capacity exceeding 100 megawatts (MW).

The ground-breaking ceremony was attended by the vice chairman – Digital & Group CEO of Digital DEWA, Marwan Bin Haidar;  the vice chairman – Energy, Digital DEWA, Waleed Bin Salman; the board member of Digital DEWA, Matar Al Mehairi; the CEO of Moro Hub, Mohammad Bin Sulaiman; and the CEO of Huawei UAE, Jerry Liu, among other officials.