Moro Hub (Data Hub Integrated Solutions LLC) has signed an agreement with Huawei to build the largest solar-powered Uptime TIER III-Certified Data Centre in the Middle East and Africa at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
The new sustainable, carbon-neutral green data centre uses 100% renewable energy and has a capacity exceeding 100 megawatts (MW) and is the second solar-powered green data centre in Dubai launched by Moro Hub.
The signing ceremony was witnessed by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, managing director and CEO of DEWA, and Charles Yang, president of Huawei Middle East, and signed by Marwan Bin Haidar, vice chairman and Group CEO Digital DEWA and Jerry Liu, CEO of Huawei UAE.
?The sustainable data centre supports Dubai's 10X initiative launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to make the Emirate a city of the future, putting it 10 years ahead of other global cities. This meets our ambition to deliver sustainable digital transformation and anticipate and shape the future,? Al Tayer said.
?This supports the UAE Centennial 2071 to make the UAE the world?s leading nation and the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. The carbon-neutral centre supports Dubai's efforts to exceed the goals of Dubai's Carbon Abatement Strategy in reducing carbon emissions by 16% by 2021. Dubai has surpassed this target, reducing emissions by 22% in 2019. The new centre positions Moro Hub, a subsidiary of Digital DEWA Group which also includes InfraX and DigitalX, as a leading contributor to the UAE?s circular economy, while significantly aids DEWA?s progress towards sustainable development,? Al Tayer added.
?The centre will offer digital products and services using Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, such as cloud services, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Since the new green Data Centre is the largest in the Middle East and Africa, it will enable global hyper-scalers to access carbon-free computing. Moro Hub?s green data centre will help customers in their sustainability initiatives to reduce their carbon emissions and become carbon neutral,? Al Tayer further added.
Commenting on this announcement, Mustapha Louni, senior vice-president, Middle East, Africa and Greater India, Uptime Institute, said, ?We laud the relentless efforts of the UAE government to accelerate the adoption of the next-generation infrastructure for its citizens and businesses. Construction of the most sustainable Uptime Institute TIER III-Certified Data Centre in the region will provide green leadership to the IT industry at large, and we are confident that this new facility will support the country?s sustainable economic growth for years to come.?
