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UAE's Largest Data Centre Provider is Born

posted by janrinok on Friday November 19 2021, @12:06PM   Printer-friendly
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upstart writes:

Developing Telecoms reveals the biggest data center in UAE.:

Etisalat Group, a leading telecom group in emerging markets, and AI and cloud computing company Group 42 have announced plans to merge their data centre businesses.

A total of twelve data centres will be combined in the new joint venture business operating under the name Khazna Data Centres, creating the UAE's largest data centre provider. Khazna is an existing data centre company with a three-facility portfolio, which will now expand significantly.

The combined business will be the largest data centre provider in the UAE, with around 300MW of capacity, according to the Data Centre Developments website.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @01:08PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @01:08PM (#1197690)

    JOYGASM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111

    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @01:08PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @01:08PM (#1197691)

      and FUCK UAE!

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @02:08PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @02:08PM (#1197708)

    Are they not even trying to pretend it's for something other than crypto mining?

    • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday November 19 2021, @05:37PM

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 19 2021, @05:37PM (#1197764) Journal
      Why do you think that? Is that what Microsoft, Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud, IBM Cloud, Oracle, and Amazon are doing with their cloud farms?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @06:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @06:06PM (#1197772)

      I figure it's subsidized by US and UK and other countries that need to break their own surveillance laws and need foreign "friendly" country to do it. The digital equivalent of rendition. Oh, sorry... I forgot we are a nation of laws and leaders of the free world.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @06:30PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @06:30PM (#1197781)

      "he who controls the cables, controls the consensus". or sumething ...

  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Friday November 19 2021, @02:40PM (3 children)

    by looorg (578) on Friday November 19 2021, @02:40PM (#1197717)

    Building a data center in a desert just doesn't sound all that great, that said they are doing it all over so it's not like it is unheard off. But so much cooling. I guess they'll have a lot of solar power available.

    300MW of capacity doesn't say much tho, how is that stacking up vs other large centers?

    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Friday November 19 2021, @03:15PM

      by Freeman (732) on Friday November 19 2021, @03:15PM (#1197730) Journal

      https://duckduckgo.com/?q=microsoft+offshore+data+center+MW [duckduckgo.com]

      [Search domain datacenterdynamics.com] https://www.datacenterdynamics.com [datacenterdynamics.com] › en › news › microsoft-signs-15-year-ppa-90mw-netherlands
      The company will provide Microsoft's Netherlands data centers with 90MW of wind-generated power for 15 years starting in 2022. - Microsoft. 731MW of offshore power. The power will be coming from the Borssele III/IV wind farm, an offshore wind farm 22km from the Netherland's North Sea coast.

      Underwater Data Centers - The Liquid Grid
      [Search domain theliquidgrid.com] https://theliquidgrid.com [theliquidgrid.com] › 2017 › 10 › 24 › underwater-data-centers
      Second is a large underwater data center would require significant power, on the order of 100 MW or more. There are no marine renewable projects that have this amount of capacity. In in the near term, it is unlikely we'll see massive data centers underwater like the ones we see on shore.

      --
      Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @08:20PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 19 2021, @08:20PM (#1197837)

      Having actually worked with Etisalat several times over the years I can say I would not trust them with my dog's data...

      My personal opinion.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 20 2021, @04:02AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 20 2021, @04:02AM (#1197993)

        Oooh, dirt! Give us some dirt on Etisalat Group, please?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 20 2021, @12:51PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 20 2021, @12:51PM (#1198051)
    UAE first country in [Middle East] to transition to Internet Protocol Version 6 [wam.ae]
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