Data & Data Culture
Zoho Launches First Middle East Data Centers in UAE
The new facilities in Dubai and Abu Dhabi will support in-country data residency, security compliance, and digital transformation goals.
The new facilities in Dubai and Abu Dhabi will support in-country data residency, security compliance, and digital transformation goals.
The launch aligns with Saudi Arabia’s data center ambitions, along with the rising focus on ensuring the Kingdom’s technical sovereignty over data and diversifying non-oil revenue sources.
The concept, encouraged by industry leaders and researchers, reflects a turning point in AI infrastructure planning.
Benefiting from its 2,000-mile radius geographical characteristic, which encompasses over 3 billion people, the region is strategically positioned to serve Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Global South with non-latency-sensitive AI inference at scale.
The new data centers are defined by a unique design that includes Nvidia GB200 NVL72 rack-scale systems capable of scaling to hundreds of thousands of Blackwell GPUs.