Huawei and Dubai Airports have today signed a partnership that will see the vendor deploy a data centre solution to support the increasing ICT needs of the ‘world’s fastest growing’ airport.
Alaa Elshimy, Managing Director, Enterprise Business Group, Middle East, said, “It is a real honour for Huawei to have signed this partnership with Dubai Airports. With almost 230,000 passengers passing through DXB per day and growing towards 325,000 per day by 2023 there is no doubt that the hub is one of the most important airports today. It also means that zero downtime and high reliability a vital requirement for Dubai Airports. In addition, when it comes to IT capabilities we believe that it is one of the most advanced in the world.”
Speaking about the project , Elshimy highlighted that they will be deploying a Tier III certified Modular Data Centre Complex (MDCC) at Dubai International (DXB) Airport. The DXB data centre will be the first of two planned modular facilities that Huawei will build for Dubai Airports. Together, they will operate as a pair of mirrored Tier III data centres interconnected through a dedicated fibre optic link that will provide high-level resilience and availability to support the critical operations of Dubai Airports.
Elshimy then underlined that with GITEX being one of the biggest and most important ICT events in the region, Huawei believes that the show is the perfect platform to announce the partnership with Dubai Airports. “Over the last few years, GITEX has been the most important events in our calendar. Innovators and IT leaders from all over the world come to this show to find out the latest in the technology industry. In that regard, we always see to it that we get to show them our latest offerings for smart innovation across all verticals including hospitality, transportation, education and more.”
According to Elshimy, Huawei is looking forward to doing more IT projects with Dubai Airports in the coming years and will continue to work towards creating products and solutions that will enable businesses in their digital transformation.
