The initiative provides the data center industry an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a collaborative effort, what data centers are, why they are so important to our connected world, and the wide array of career opportunities that are part of the industry. 

According to the DataReportal Digital 2021 report, there were 4.67 million mobile connections and 2.88 million internet users in Qatar in January 2021, and the digital landscape across the country is transforming rapidly.

The triple-threat of challenges that keep IT up at night today in 2023 — the rise in both data growth and ransomware attacks, supply chain issues, and the growth of AI/ML workloads — also bring opportunity to rethink how data is stored and protected. 

For decades, lead acid was the only option to provide backup power for data centers. The rise of lithium-ion technology in recent years improved upon the limitations of lead acid, but lithium-ion isn’t a miracle solution and comes with significant risk.