ENECIQ helps employees generate tailored insights. (Image source: ENEC)

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Company (ENEC) and Presight, a leading global AI and big data analytics company, have announced the co-development of ENECIQ, an independent agentic AI platform designed to accelerate insights, decision-making, and knowledge sharing within ENEC.

The launch of ENECIQ marks a major milestone in ENEC’s digital transformation journey and underscores its commitment to harnessing advanced technologies to enhance efficiency across corporate and support functions. The secure platform integrates AI across ENEC’s internal systems, providing intelligent, context-aware support to employees and improving productivity through automation and data-driven insights.

Drawing from ENEC’s internal knowledge bases, ENECIQ helps employees generate tailored insights, summarise technical reports, analyse project KPIs, and quickly access procedures and documentation. By embedding AI into daily workflows, the platform frees up valuable time for innovation and strategic problem-solving.

Developed within ENEC’s secure cloud environment, ENECIQ remains entirely separate from its nuclear reactor operations systems, maintaining the highest international and local standards of data security and governance.

H.E. Mohamed Al Hammadi, managing director and group chief executive officer of ENEC, said, “At ENEC, we continue to integrate cutting-edge technologies as part of our ongoing journey to elevate our standards of excellence. The collaboration with Presight and the development of ENECIQ will help our teams with securing AI capabilities tailored to our organisation’s unique needs. Our continued focus on excellence puts us at the forefront of the nuclear industry globally, and this is a welcome step forward in driving efficiencies at every level.”

Thomas Pramotedham, chief executive officer of Presight, said, “ENECIQ sets a benchmark in innovation for sovereign agentic AI deployment within critical national infrastructure, representing one of the most advanced corporate-wide implementations. This platform integrates secure AI across a highly complex operational and data environment where precision, reliability, and data integrity are non-negotiable. Delivering AI at this scale, within such a mission-critical institution, demands not only cutting-edge technology but also deep domain expertise and rigorous governance. ENECIQ showcases the transformative potential of sovereign AI in the energy sector enhancing operational resilience, accelerating decision-making, and unlocking new efficiencies that support the UAE’s long-term energy and AI ambitions.”

The integrated digital platform is designed to enhance the speed and effectiveness of national response efforts.

The UAE’s National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) has launched the “Emergency and Crisis Atlas” at GITEX GLOBAL 2025, an integrated digital platform designed to enhance the speed and effectiveness of national response efforts

The initiative is part of NCEMA’s broader efforts to advance sustainable digital transformation in emergency and crisis management, through the adoption of advanced, data-driven geospatial solutions that enhance national resilience and build a more prepared and sustainable society.

The Emergency and Crisis Atlas leverages the latest artificial intelligence technologies, developed using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing technologies. It aims to strengthen national capabilities in risk forecasting, enhance preparedness and readiness, and improve the efficiency of response operations across various emergency scenarios. The integrated geospatial platform features over 40 specialised applications that cover different aspects of national risks. It provides advanced analytical tools that support strategic decision-making across all stages of crisis management. The system also offers interactive and analytical maps that visually present comprehensive data on risks, infrastructure, and vital resources across the country, empowering decision-makers to take accurate, data-driven actions.

The platform enables NCEMA personnel and strategic partners to perform advanced predictive analytics, build assumptions and multiple scenarios, forecast risks, and assess their impacts using precise analytical tools. It also assists relevant entities in identifying optimal readiness levels for each scenario and provides practical solutions to mitigate risk consequences 

His Excellency Ali Rashid Al Neyadi, director general of the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, stated: “The Emergency and Crisis Atlas is one of the Authority’s leading technological projects, embodying our direction toward harnessing advanced technology to enhance the national readiness and response system. The platform goes beyond displaying spatial data, it is a sophisticated analytical tool that builds proactive scenarios, tests the readiness of national plans, and supports decision-making based on accurate data and AI technologies."

Al Neyadi added that the Authority continues its efforts to develop the next generation of the Emergency and Crisis Atlas to be more interactive and integrated with national digital systems, thereby supporting intelligent monitoring, analysis, and response capabilities. He also noted that NCEMA is currently working on developing a geospatial simulation application, set to be launched soon, focusing on simulating flood risks in the most vulnerable areas. The goal is to study their impacts and build proactive models that help mitigate their effects and boost early preparedness.

Global property consultancy Knight Frank released its latest EMEA Data Centres Report, revealing that the region’s data centre industry required more than US$560bn in development capital to fund its expanding pipeline, including US$162bn announced in the first half of 2025 alone.

The total value of operational data centre assets across EMEA reached over US$300bn, reflecting their income-generating capacity, and this figure was projected to grow by a further 11.4% in 2025.

Digital Demand Fuelled UAE Expansion

The Middle East continued to strengthen its position as a leading player in the global data centre ecosystem. In the UAE, live capacity surpassed 376MW, with a further 19.2MW due to come online in 2025. This growth had been driven by substantial investment as Dubai and Abu Dhabi positioned themselves as digital powerhouses for the region.

Among the headline projects, OpenAI designated Abu Dhabi as a site for its global ‘Stargate’ platform, while Microsoft and du confirmed plans for a US$544mn hyperscale facility in Dubai.

Government initiatives remained a major catalyst. Abu Dhabi’s Digital Strategy 2025–2027 represented a US$13bn programme mandating sovereign cloud adoption, digital transformation and AI deployment across more than 200 public-sector solutions.

Despite extensive development, capacity constraints persisted. Vacancy rates in the UAE stood at just 2.4%, underscoring strong demand from AI-driven and hyperscale operators establishing regional operations. A continued focus on sustainable data infrastructure pointed to further expansion, consolidating the UAE’s role as a strategic digital hub linking Europe, Asia and Africa.

Rapid Growth Across European Data Hubs

In Europe, Paris emerged as one of the fastest-growing hubs and a major source of capital demand, with funding requirements reaching about US$43bn and total supply increasing by 75.1% to almost 3.4GW. Frankfurt led leasing activity, with 207MW of take-up recorded in the past year, 159MW of which was completed within the last two quarters.

London remained the largest data centre market in EMEA, requiring roughly US$58bn in development capital and valued at about US$42bn.

Capacity Crunch Intensified

Supply struggled to keep up with soaring demand. The overall live colocation vacancy rate across EMEA stood at 9.5%, falling to 5.2% for requirements above 2MW and just 2.9% for those over 5MW. In the UAE (2.4%), Paris (3.4%) and London (5.9%), availability was already far below average.

Pre-leasing trends further tightened the market, with 55.2% of capacity under construction and 22.1% of committed capacity already pre-let. Dublin, Milan and London exemplified this imbalance, recording pre-leasing rates of 94.8%, 92.6% and 87.8%, respectively.

Constellation platform uses a simplified star architecture

CommScope, a global leader in network connectivity, has announced the global availability of its evolved SYSTIMAX Constellation edge-based power and connectivity platform.

The system, now compliant with nearly all global power and data transmission standards, integrates fault-managed power, hybrid power/data fiber, and Constellation Points (CPs) in a star topology capable of connecting hundreds or thousands of network devices and systems.

Unlike traditional structured cabling networks, the Constellation platform uses a simplified star architecture that is modular and technology-agnostic.

Supporting AC and DC power applications and a wide range of IT/OT connectivity standards, it eliminates the need for a telecom room or wiring closet on every floor. Instead, UPS equipment can be centralised, and CPs can be installed in ceilings, walls, or equipment racks, reducing component requirements while supporting both converged and segmented networks.

Aiding urban environments

The platform delivers greater power and faster speeds to more devices, reduces installation labour by more than 50% compared to traditional solutions, lowers space requirements, and decreases the network’s overall carbon footprint by using less plastic and copper. Constellation also extends service distances from equipment rooms and can deliver 10G and higher speeds with up to 1kW of fault-managed power to a wide range of connected devices, meeting the demands of increasingly dense urban environments.

“The Constellation platform enables our customers to support much denser urban centers and a proliferation of connected devices in their buildings,” said Luc Adriaenssens, VP, Building & Campus, CCS, CommScope. “By offering a modular, technology-agnostic solution, we’re giving our global customers more choices for building connectivity and power to the network edge—and helping them do it in a way that’s cost-effective, scalable and sustainable.”

Part of CommScope’s SYSTIMAX cabling and connectivity portfolio, the Constellation platform comprises Propel fiber panels, power transmitters, and power transition panels that connect to CPs via patented hybrid power/data fiber trunks. Devices are then linked using pre-terminated SYSTIMAX Cat 6A patch cords and cable assemblies.

The platform provides up to 1800W of power across AC, DC, and PoE systems for transmission distances of up to 250 m between equipment rooms and convergence points, up to 1000W for 500 m, and up to 700W for 1,000 m. Constellation supports 10G bandwidth (or higher with singlemode fiber), can accommodate up to 50 devices per CP, and delivers significant sustainability benefits, including up to a 57% reduction in skilled installation labour hours, 59% less copper, 65% less plastic, and a 40% reduction in overall network carbon footprint compared with traditional LAN solutions.