Digital Dubai and many of its cooperating governmental and private partners have started to implement the Strategic Vision for Dubai’s Data Centre Economy which was passed by The Executive Council recently. This plan targets to make Dubai as a worldwide hub for Artificial Intelligence operational data centres and other advanced technologies as part of the Dubai Economic Agenda D33 that is the nurturing of the emirate’s economic productivity by 50% through digitization.
The Digital Dubai study has revealed the main areas for cooperation between the stakeholders, which led to the attraction of large funds for the creation of artificial intelligence data centers. The decision making framework is supposed to open more than AED 14. 3 billion worth of added value by 2028, as well as produce numerous employment positions in the digital economy.
From the above case, this initiative is helping Dubai get ready for the emerging Web 3. 0, Metaverse, Smart Cities, and the Internet of Things. Some of the institutions Digital Dubai collaborates with include the Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority, the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, the Dubai Municipality, as well as the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism to achieve common goals that aim at developing the emirate’s capacities in embracing the future economy.
The key tasks and strategies that fall under this vision are the enhancement of the high-performance computing services, utilization of renewable energy for advanced data centres, and the reduction of the bureaucracy of the government. All these endeavors are in a bid to consolidate the city’s dominance in artificial intelligence and its attractiveness in the global digital economy.
During the presentation, Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director-General of Digital Dubai, stressed that Dubai offers superior conditions for sustainable data centres’ establishment. Specifically, the Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment chief Younus Al Nasser and the head of the Dubai Economic Development Corporation Hadi Badri noted that this strategy would prepare Dubai for the subsequent generations of technologies in accordance with the D33 Agenda’s objectives.
