du
UAE telecom operator running enterprise data centers and sovereign cloud services
Overview
du, the trading name of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), is one of the two licensed telecom operators in the United Arab Emirates, commercially launched in February 2007 and headquartered in Dubai.
Beyond mobile, fixed-line and broadband services for consumers, du’s enterprise ICT and managed services division operates data centers across the UAE and runs the National Hypercloud platform, reported to offer more than 200 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services spanning infrastructure, platform and software as a service, positioned as a sovereign cloud offering for UAE government and public sector clients.
In 2025, du announced a partnership with Microsoft to build a hyperscale, AI-focused data center in the UAE, reported at roughly AED 2 billion (about US$544 million) in investment, aimed at expanding national cloud and AI compute capacity.
Areas of expertise
- Enterprise data centers
- Sovereign cloud (National Hypercloud)
- AI infrastructure
- Managed ICT services
Regional presence
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