Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Raafat Hindy met with Sherif Mohamed Abdel Fattah, a board member of Intro Group, an Egyptian conglomerate with companies in multiple industries, to discuss plans to build a new data center in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE).
The facility will be called the Kemet Data Center and Intro Group aims to make it the first Tier III facility in the SCZONE. The company plans to invest nearly US$ 270 million in the first phase of an 80 MW buildout. According to a press release, engineering designs have been completed and contracts with suppliers of the equipment and systems needed have been signed.
During the meeting, Hindy highlighted his Ministry’s commitment to creating an investment-friendly environment for the data center industry, and encouraged the private sector to leverage the country’s competitive advantages to develop advanced facilities.
The Kemet Data Center will deliver cloud and internet of things (IoT) solutions as well as serve as a hub for enterprises that require advanced cloud computing infrastructure. The expansion of the local data center market is said to help address the needs of the local and international markets through the delivery of digital services.
Earlier this month, w.media reported that Vodafone Business, Elsewedy Electric Group, and Cassava Technologies would collaborate to build out data centers in Egypt. The partnership aims to deliver an initial capacity of 20 MW, scaling to 200 MW, attracting as much as US$ 1 billion in investment by the time the buildout is complete.
Arizton Advisory & Intelligence reports that the data center market in Egypt was valued at US$ 305 million in 2025 and expects the market to grow to US$ 865 million by 2031. Government support for data centers, surging adoption in AI, machine learning, big data, and IoT, all contribute to the growing market. Capacity is expected to grow 225 percent from April 2026 levels to 254 MW by 2031.