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. effective manner in compliance with the
latest international standards.
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. 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.
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
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.
ACUD has signed an agreement with
Orange Egypt to build and operate the new
administrative capital›s data centre
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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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