INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
Orange Egypt to build new data
centre in Administrative Capital
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A data centre for the new
Administrative Capital close to
Cairo will be built and operated
by Orange Egypt.
T
he Administrative Capital for
Urban Development (ACUD) has
signed an agreement with Orange
Egypt to build and operate the new
administrative capital’s data centre and
cloud computing platform.
The data centre is an infrastructure
milestone to establish the concept of the
‘smart capital’ and is considered to be one
of the key technological hubs in Egypt and
the African continent.
Orange Egypt has been awarded with the
contract to build and operate the data
centre according to the latest international
standards based on the company’s
multinational expertise in providing
innovative technologies and solutions in
co-operation with key international players
operating in the ICT sector.
According to this agreement, Orange
Egypt will provide the main infrastructure
to establish and operate the data centre
that will enable the Administrative Capital
to exploit smart technologies to provide
various services including but not limited to,
providing IoT solutions, cloud computing,
Artificial Intelligence platforms, Triple Play
services (Internet – fixed phone – TV) and
facility management utilities.
Eng Yasser Shaker, CEO and
Managing Director of Orange Egypt,
expressed his pleasure to co-operate
with the Administrative Capital as it is
one of the important milestones for the
modern Egyptian state. Shaker added
that Orange possesses the human and
financial capabilities and expertise to
manage this project in a timely effective
manner in compliance with the latest
international standards.
Major General Mohamed Abdel Latif,
Managing Director of the Administrative
Capital Company for Urban Development,
stated that the agreement comes in line
with the Administrative Capital Company’s
strategy to exploit all tools of modern
technology to build the first Smart City in
Egypt, operating by Artificial Intelligence
technology, noting that the Administrative
Capital is first out of 14 new cities to be
built in Egypt.
At the end of the signing, Major General
Ahmed Zaki Abdeen, Chairman of
the Administrative Capital for Urban
Development, hailed the agreement stating
that the decision to award Orange Egypt
with the contract to build and operate
the data centre was based on the latest
international standards and specifications
based on the company’s expertise in
providing integrated telecommunications
services. He also praised the efforts
exerted by the ACUD’s employees to
provide a global model for a sustainable
Smart City that provides smart services for
its residents.
The agreement was signed by Eng
Mohamed Abdel Latif, Managing Director
of the Administrative Capital Company for
Urban Development, and Hisham Mahran,
Chief Enterprise Line of Business Officer at
Orange Egypt.
They were in the presence of Major General
Ahmed Zaki Abdeen, Chairman of the ACUD;
Eng Yasser Shaker, Orange Egypt Chief
Executive Officer; Stéphane Romatet, the
French Ambassador to Egypt; and Jerome
Baconin, Head of the Economic Section of
the France Embassy. n
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