Maktoum bin Mohammed inaugurates second phase of Moro Hub Green Data Centre

Maktoum bin Mohammed inaugurates 2nd signifier of Moro Hub Green Data Centre astatine the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park

- Strategic task highlights the UAE’s efforts to beforehand greenish system initiatives and sustainable technologies
- Following the opening of its archetypal signifier successful 2023, installation was recognised by Guinness World Records arsenic the largest solar-powered information centre

His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the UAE, contiguous inaugurated the 2nd signifier of the Green Data Centre of Data Hub Integrated Solutions (Moro Hub), a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the integer limb of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), astatine the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

The archetypal signifier of the Green Data Centre, which was inaugurated successful 2023 by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, holds the Guinness World Record arsenic the world’s largest solar-powered information centre.

His Highness was welcomed astatine the Green Data Centre by His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and CEO of DEWA.

The inauguration ceremonial was attended by Lieutenant-General Awad Hader Al Muhairi, Vice President of Dubai's State Security Department; Major General Tamim Mohammed Al-Muhairi, Director-General of Dubai’s State Security Department; His Excellency Ahmed Mohammed bin Thani, Director-General of the Dubai Environment and Climate Change Authority; His Excellency Ahmed Darwish Al-Muhairi, Director-General of the Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities successful Dubai; His Excellency Judge Mohammed Mubarak Al-Subousi, Head of the Judicial Inspection Department successful Dubai; His Excellency Saif Hamid Al-Falasi, CEO of ENOC Group; His Excellency Younus Al Nasser, Chief Executive of Dubai Data and Statistics Establishment; His Excellency Matar Al-Humairi, CEO of the Dubai Digital Government Establishment, His Excellency Major General Ali Ghanem, Assistant Commander-in-Chief for Community Happiness and Logistics Support astatine Dubai Police; His Excellency Major General Khalid Nasser Al Razooqi, Director General of the Artificial Intelligence Department astatine Dubai Police.

Also attending the ceremonial were Engineer Marwan Salem bin Haider, Vice Chairman and Group CEO of the Digital DEWA Group; Engineer Waleed bin Salman, Vice Chairman – Energy astatine Digital DEWA; and Engineer Rashid bin Humaidan, Executive Vice President, Distribution Power astatine DEWA; Mohammed Saeed bin Suleiman, CEO of Moro Hub; Marwan Zainuddin, Managing Director of SAP UAE; Abdelilah Nejjari, Managing Director - Gulf astatine Cisco; Naeem Yazbek, General Manager of Microsoft UAE; Walid Yahya, Managing Director – Gulf astatine Dell Technologies; Dr. Adnan Shalwan, CEO of Dubai Islamic Bank Group.

His Highness Sheikh Maktoum toured assorted sections and reviewed divers aspects of the 2nd signifier of the Green Data Centre. His Highness was briefed by His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer astir the Centre’s integrated solutions that supply a caller procreation of services including integer transformation, Cloud and Hosting services, Cybersecurity, Smart Cities and IoT Services, and Professional & Managed Services.

Tribute to visionary leadership
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer said: “We widen our deepest gratitude to His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, who honoured america with the inauguration of the 2nd signifier of the Green Data Centre, which embodies the forward-looking imaginativeness of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, towards gathering a sustainable aboriginal based connected innovation.

“This strategical accomplishment reflects the UAE’s pb successful the greenish system and enhances our efforts to supply sustainable technologies that found the conception of sustainability for aboriginal generations, wrong the model of enhancing Dubai’s presumption arsenic a planetary superior for integer translation and sustainability. This milestone supports the goals of Dubai’s Clean Energy Strategy 2050 and Dubai Net Zero Carbon Emissions Strategy 2050, which purpose to execute 100% of the emirate’s vigor accumulation capableness from cleanable vigor sources by 2050.”

HE Al Tayer added: “The world’s largest greenish information centre, which is afloat powered by star energy, underscores our unwavering committedness to processing sustainable integer solutions that accelerate the UAE’s integer transformation. The centre has received planetary designation aft being listed successful the Guinness Book of World Records arsenic the largest solar-powered information centre since the motorboat of its archetypal phase, reflecting Dubai’s pb successful this captious field. The centre efficaciously supports Dubai’s imaginativeness by promoting sustainability practices and providing innovative integer solutions that lend to reducing the c footprint of organisations and enhancing Dubai’s presumption arsenic a planetary hub for innovation successful sustainability.”

The Green Data Centre serves arsenic a level for hosting a scope of precocious technological solutions. These solutions see cutting-edge unreality computing, Internet of Things (IoT), cybersecurity, precocious technologies and integer solutions. Additionally, the centre fosters innovation by offering nonrecreational and managed services and more.

Prestigious certification
The carbon-neutral Green Data Centre is afloat powered by star energy. The task volition beryllium developed successful 10 phases, achieving a full capableness of 100 megawatts and covering an country of 100,000 quadrate metres. The installation has been awarded the prestigious “Tier-III” certification by the Uptime Institute.

The inauguration ceremonial was attended by assorted entities that are strategical and planetary exertion leaders, arsenic good arsenic section entities, including Dubai Digital Authority, Dubai Police, The Judicial Inspection Authority, Dubai Environment and Climate Change Authority, and the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department, Dubai Islamic Bank, ENOC, Microsoft, Cisco, Dell Technologies, Deloitte and SAP.

These agreements purpose to enactment the integer translation and sustainability travel successful the UAE arsenic they bespeak Moro Hub’s committedness to providing an integrated infrastructure that supports organisations successful enhancing their sustainability and accelerating integer transformation.

Phase Two of the Green Data Centre serves arsenic a planetary model, combining renewable vigor technologies with integer innovations. It enables organisations successful the portion to heighten their operational ratio and trim their c emissions, aligning with the UAE’s strategies for cleanable vigor and sustainable integer transformation.

Moro Hub’s largest solar-powered information centre has established a planetary benchmark for vigor ratio and usage of greenish technologies. The installation uses astute and eco-friendly technologies that alteration concern enterprises successful the portion to unlock caller efficiencies.

It besides plays a large relation successful processing a sustainable ecosystem that leverages the latest star vigor and retention technologies, AI systems, and sustainability solutions, arsenic it enables planetary hyper-scalers to entree carbon-free computing.

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