Ooredoo announces ground breaking of three data centers in Oman

Qatari telecoms firm Ooredoo has announced plans to build three more data centers in Barka, Salalah, and Suhar. Each will be Tier 3 and have 500 racks capacity, the two former will provide landing points for the upcoming 2Africa cable.

“Ooredoo has begun construction on three new state-of-the-art data centers in Barka, Salalah, and Sohar to support local businesses and the community in each area by offering world-leading cloud storage, data recovery, and cyber security services,” the company said in a statement.

CEO Noor Al Sulaiti and CTIO Ahmed Abdullah Al Abri were in attendance for a foundation stone laying ceremony in Salalah. Ahmed Abdullah Al Abri said: “Our state-of-the-art data centers mark our progress towards achieving the objectives of Oman’s Vision 2040. Each site forms the cornerstone of the modern infrastructure required to meet the requirements of a rapidly-growing digitally-enabled society and the demand for hosting and digital data processing.”