Sustainability represents one of the foundations of the 2030 Strategy. How will this impact data centers and cloud providers? As well as being consumers of resources and impacting the environment, how can digital infrastructure help reduce digital footprint, particularly in the key resources and industrial sectors?

What are some of the key digital technologies that we can expect to see deployed into local data centers in coming years? And which will contribute most to the challenges faced by data centers? How will they do so?

As larger numbers of businesses across the nation including key resource and industrial sectors move further into digitalization, what role will the Edge and Cloud play in future IT delivery strategies? Which trends are evolving in this space and how can organizations take advantage of these in order to compete better in-market?

The number of data centers in Saudi Arabia are increasing as are the power densities of existing data centers as they need to keep up with increasing demand. How is it possible to increase capacity and density without compromising existing operations? What options of infrastructure or technology should be considered?

Data centers are growing in numbers across the world and as they do so, a number of cities have become recognised data center ‘hubs’. Singapore, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Dublin and Dubai all host a far larger digital footprint than is required by their local population or economy. Each has created an ecosystem favourable to digital development based on more than costs or incentives. What’s the profile of the successful hub?

Enterprise companies are the foundation of the entire datacenter/cloud ecosystem. While enterprise on-prem has declined as a proportion of overall footprint, it still plays a key digital role for many companies. Will this continue? How well are colocation and cloud providers meeting enterprise needs in a situation of high growth? How will Saudi Arabia’s digital infrastructure profile trend going forward?