Du, Microsoft team up on $545M ‘hyperscale’ data center in Dubai

Dubai’s telecom company, du, is collaborating with Microsoft to build a $545 million “hyperscale” data center.

Microsoft will be the primary tenant of the center, which will be built in stages.

Hyperscale centers are facilities used to meet the huge data and storage demands of AI and cloud computing services.

Currently, du operates five data centers across the UAE.

The project was unveiled on Tuesday by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister and Chairman of the Dubai Future Foundation.

“Data is the wealth of the future and the foundation of technological progress,” he said.