Dubai Chamber of Commerce recently announced groups to represent the FinTech sector, companies developing renewable energy solutions, medical research firms, and a cloud computing business group.
The latter is expected to help drive growth of Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates (UAE) knowledge-based economy because an effective cloud infrastructure is essential for tech ecosystems to flourish.
In fact, from FinTechs to gaming and beyond, proximity to data centers and access to advanced cloud services are now key considerations for modern technology businesses that require extensive computational resources.
In 2022, the UAE got its own Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud region and new Azure availability zones, while in November, Google Cloud’s chief executive, Thomas Kurian, disclosed to the Emirati newspaper The National that the firm was considering opening a data center in the country.
Of course, with so-called “hyperscaler” cloud infrastructure providers bolstering their support for Emirati businesses, the wider cloud ecosystem is likely to flourish as more localized cloud data storage and multi-cloud deployments become a possibility.
Moreover, initiatives such as the new business group are expected to encourage further adoption of the technology in sectors that have not yet fully embraced cloud computing.
With cloud provision an increasingly critical component of the digital economy, the UAE is not the only Middle Eastern country where providers are working to enhance their offerings.