INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
Rise of MENA
data centres
The growing demand for digital services, along
with the broader adoption of cloud computing,
has seen an accelerated increase in the number
of new data centres in the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) countries.
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s a result, the value of the
data centre infrastructure
management (DCIM) sector
in the Middle East and Africa (MEA)
region is expected to reach $397.1
million in 2017 – up from $41.6
million in 2012 – at a compound
annual growth rate of 57%,
according to a recent report released
by MicroMarketMonitor.
“The increase in the number of
data centres in the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) region is
boosted by the internal and external
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