Planning for the data centres of tomorrow in the Middle East

Planning for the data centres of tomorrow in the Middle East

Data is an increasingly important commodity in the new economy.

Data networks are becoming more essential as nations seek deeper cooperation, and businesses seek more collaboration - especially during the current testing times of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Globally, data volumes are expected to increase from the 40 zettabytes recorded in 2019 to 180 zettabytes by 2025 “” representing growth of more than 400 per cent.

Data centres will be at the heart of this boom. Ensuring data centers are fully prepared to meet the future demand is a critical endeavour to support the new digital economy.

As such, data centres have undergone massive growth and discernible evolution, from humble beginnings as computer rooms for ICT to massive facilities to host cloud-based platforms. The rapid development and convergence of new technologies such as IoT, AI, and cloud computing, is further adding to the massive growth in the data centre facility space.

While data centres have grown immensely in size, they have also become more complex. High-density ICT infrastructure is now gaining favour, and this brings new challenges that must be overcome.

At Huawei, our experience and expertise in offering turn-key data centre facility build have allowed us to work through many