As the whole region continues to create and develop renewable energy initiatives and programmes, a large part of their attention has now been directed to the potential offered by storing produced energy--which could successfully result in the deployment of electricity on a non-stop 24-hour basis
Technology
Equinix to build first data center in Salalah, Oman
Equinix, Inc, the worlds digital infrastructure company, has announced plans to build a brand new data center in the city of Salalah, which is located on the south coast of the Sultanate of Oman in the Middle East
Qatar, Egypt agree on set of investments, partnerships worth US$5bn
Qatar and the Arab Republic of Egypt have agreed on a set of investments and partnerships in Egypt, totaling US$5bn in the coming period
CommerceUp debuts in MENA
CommerceUp, a start-up service provider of cloud-based e-commerce platform, has officially debuted in the MENA region to offer a next-generation end-to-end unified technology solution to its steadily growing online business sector
Tabadul integrates Wthaq platform to SABB banking system
The Saudi Company for Exchanging Digital Information (Tabadul) has integrated its digital platform Wthaq to the Saudi British Bank (SABB), enabling the Bank to issue, manage, and verify bank guarantees automatically for its clients