Syntys
Ooredoo’s standalone data center business, backed by Iron Mountain
Overview
Syntys is a data center company that Ooredoo Group spun out as a standalone entity in 2025, rebranding its former data center unit Mena Digital Hub (MDH) after securing an investment from Iron Mountain.
The company designs, builds and manages carrier-neutral, AI-ready and hyperscale data center capacity, with facilities reported across Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq and Tunisia, and has been positioned as the infrastructure partner behind Ooredoo’s sovereign AI cloud services in Qatar.
Syntys has raised bank financing to accelerate its data center and AI business and has stated an ambition to scale capacity with an initial capital base reported in the range of $1 billion.
Areas of expertise
- Carrier-neutral data centers
- AI-ready and hyperscale colocation
- Data center design and build
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Doha-based, publicly listed managed IT services and data center provider founded in 2008 as a Qatar Foundation joint venture, operating Tier III-certified data centers alongside cloud, managed IT and security services across Qatar.
- Founded 2008
- 1 country
Muscat-based IT managed services provider founded in 2012 as a joint venture between Omantel and 4Trust LLC, operating Tier III-certified data centers and cloud services across Oman, now also trading under the name Otech.
- Founded 2012
- 1 country
Bahrain-headquartered telecommunications and digital services group (formerly Batelco, rebranded Beyon in 2022-2023), whose Batelco by Beyon business commissioned Bahrain’s first white space data center in 2025 at its Data Oasis campus, targeting AI, cloud and hyperscale clients.
- Founded 1981
- 1 country
- 1000+ staff