Digital infrastructure company Equinix plans to open a third data center in Dubai, according to a press release. The company will pour USD 100 mn in the data center, with some USD 60 mn going towards its initial phase, the press release said. The data center will be situated in Dubai Production City, where other companies in trade, logistics, and finance also operate, according to the statement, which did not disclose a timeline for the construction and operations of the center.

The details: Once fully built, the data center — dubbed DX3 — will provide 1.8k cabinets of capacity across two phases, with a total footprint of 12k sqm, making it Equinix’s largest data center. It will include networks, cloud, content distributions, enterprise and financial services.

What they said: “DX3 is poised to facilitate connectivity and accelerate digitalization across the region, and we will continue to play a role in enabling the country to achieve its digital potential and provide organizations in the Middle East with an all-new platform for digital transformation, innovation and growth,” Managing Director Said Kamel Al-Tawil said.

Background: Equinix already has data centers in Abu Dhabi and Dubai which act as digital hubs for domestic and international business in the MENA region.

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