GULF DATA HUB
Himmath
Mohammed , Gulf Data Hub
“ WE ASSURE CUSTOMERS , AS THEY KNOW THEIR DATA IS 100 % PROTECTED . THERE WILL BE NO DOWNTIME , THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF WITH THE UTMOST CARE , WITH ALL POWER COOLING AND ALL INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF CONNECTIVITY ”
HIMMATH MOHAMMED HEAD OF SALES & STRATEGIES , GULF DATA HUB
grow , there are a number of obstacles that the organisation faces – particularly as the resources are more limited : “ The major challenges are around measuring the performance of data centres , ensuring that the data centre uptime is always available , and complying with the SLAs of our customers . These are the major challenges we foresee , especially as this region isn ' t as mature as Europe or the US . In the Middle
East , you have only one source and one grid . So , you have to optimise your operations in such a way as to compensate for these shortfalls of availability ; you have to compensate with your design , with your operations so that they should not interfere in the provision of your services .”
“ After maturing into eight years in this field and in this market , we see that there are a lot of shortfalls in the different ecosystems of data centres . One of the major challenges is international connectivity and exchange hubs , which are not available in the way they are in the mature markets ,” he adds .
With this lack of resources , GDH could potentially have its capital expenditure affected , but Mohammed outlines the innovative ways GDH looks to avoid this , while also providing its customers with the
230 June 2022