Eng Amjad Osama Arab, Chief Wholesale and Partnerships Officer at Etihad Salam Telecom Company, discusses the KSA’s rise from regional player to global competitor in digital transformation. By 2025, the world will create 182 zettabytes of data annually, equivalent to 1.56 times the length of the Great Wall of China if the wall were filled with one terabyte hard drives. Yet, this tidal wave of data is not cascading into progress across the board. In Saudi Arabia, data centre capacity lags 50-80% behind countries in the EU, USA, China, and Singapore. Rather than acting as a deterrent, the position of unfairness serves as a launchpad. A projected $18 billion investment pulling the nation’s data capacity from 300 MW to 1300 MW in addition to adding six new submarine cables to the existing 15 by 2030, foresees the Kingdom’s meteoric rise from regional player to global competitor. Through Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia is embarking on a sweeping digital transformation, underlined by multi-billion dollar investments in gigacities like Neom. The ambition is crystal clear. As the world gravitates towards digitalisation, the kingdom is not merely participating, it is aiming to redefine the landscape. That said, a critical divide is emerging around […]
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