Mumbai CDC 2025: Showcasing the best of India’s digital infrastructure industry
On November 7, w.media is coming back with the fifth edition of Mumbai Cloud & Datacenter Convention (CDC) and South Asia Awards. The day-long event will be held at Hotel Sahara Star, Mumbai, and will bring together industry experts and thought leaders, including C-level executives, digital infrastructure professionals including architects, engineers and consultants (AECs), key […]
Khazna to add 200 MW data center capacity
Microsoft and G42 have announced a 200 MW expansion of datacenter capacity, delivered through Khazna Data Centers, a subsidiary of G42. This is part of Microsoft’s US$ 15.2 billion investment announcement in the UAE, and the expansion is expected to start coming online before the end of 2026. In a press release, Microsoft and G42 […]
NVIDIA and South Korean tech giants to build sovereign AI infrastructure
NVIDIA has announced that it is working with South Korea to expand the nation’s AI infrastructure with over a quarter-million NVIDIA GPUs across its sovereign clouds and AI factories. Built with public and private-sector deployments, the infrastructure aims to form the foundation for AI-enabled economic growth and innovation across South Korea’s industries, including automotive, manufacturing […]
Microsoft to invest US$15.2 billion in the UAE
Global tech giant Microsoft has announced that it will invest US$15.2 billion in the UAE by 2029, as part of its AI initiative that began in 2023. Microsoft already has a significant presence in the Middle Eastern nation, mainly through its partnership with G42, the UAE’s sovereign AI company. Revealing its investments so far, and […]
Building tomorrow’s digital infrastructure today
The digital landscape is undergoing a seismic transformation. From AI-driven applications demanding unprecedented computational power to sustainability imperatives reshaping operational strategies, data centers face complex challenges that require fundamentally new approaches. As someone who has witnessed the evolution of India’s digital infrastructure from the front lines, I believe we are at an inflection point where […]
CtrlS and NTPC Green Energy to establish 2 GW Renewable Energy projects
CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, a key player in South Asia’s data center landscape, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL), a subsidiary of NTPC Limited, to jointly establish grid connected Renewable Energy projects and assets with a capacity of up to 2 GW through greenfield development and acquisitions. The MoU […]
Aramco to acquire a significant minority stake in HUMAIN
PIF, which is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, and Aramco, a Saudi-owned petroleum and natural gas company headquartered in Dhahran, have announced the signing of a non-binding term sheet outlining the key terms for Aramco to acquire a significant minority stake in HUMAIN, a PIF company, advancing a full range of AI […]
Saudi CDC 2025: AI adoption and building “future-ready” digital infrastructure top priorities
The Saudi Cloud & Datacenter Convention 2025 concluded in Riyadh on Wednesday. The day-long event that took place at Hotel Rosh Rayhaan by Rotana attracted over 300 of the most respected technology and business leaders from Saudi Arabia’s digital infrastructure industry. At Saudi CDC industry veterans and experts made technology presentations and participated in panel […]
Yotta partners with darya.ai to build green data center in Tajikistan
Yotta Data Services, a prominent data center provider from India, has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with darya.ai Ltd, a provider of sustainable AI infrastructure from Tajikistan, to develop a green AI data center in Darvoz, a district in the north-western part of the Central Asian country. In a press release, Yotta revealed that the […]
HUMAIN and AirTrunk partner to build data centers in Saudi Arabia
HUMAIN, a global artificial intelligence company based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and AirTrunk, a renowned data center platform in the Asia Pacific region, have announced a strategic partnership to build data centers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The initial project involves an approximately US$ 3 billion investment for a data center campus […]