HPE has announced a new managed data center hosting service in the United Arab Emirates in collaboration with Khazna Data Centers (Khazna), a leading provider of cutting-edge hyperscale data center solutions.
The new service supports the UAE’s national strategy for artificial intelligence (AI), which includes a number of AI projects with leading institutions in the region. The service provides access to a data center equipped for end-to-end high-performance computing (HPC) technologies, purpose-built for AI, and includes compute power, accelerated computing, software, networking and direct liquid cooling (DLC).
Investing in a DLC data centre, a significantly more energy efficient method compared to traditional air cooling1, supports the UAE’s efforts to meet rising energy demands in the age of artificial intelligence, which are expected to increase tenfold by 2026, according to the International Energy Agency2.
The new data center solves power consumption issues by using a liquid-based cooling solution to efficiently absorb more heat, delivering 20.7% more performance per kW than air-cooled solutions3. With DLC, the data center can reduce space requirements by up to 77.5%4 by allowing customers to place fewer, more densely packed servers in racks.
To reduce production time, HPE Services, which provides 24/7 onsite and remote support for system installation and deployment worldwide, worked closely with Khazna to optimize its Abu Dhabi data center to run AI and HPC workloads. HPE GreenLake gives new or existing customers flexible options for scaling and monthly payment for services.
Ahmad Alkhallafi, Managing Director Emirates & Africa at HPE, said
The integrated liquid-cooled data center technology is compatible with a wide range of GPUs and CPUs, giving customers a wide choice to meet current and future system requirements. By reducing energy consumption per workload, the efficiencies of direct on-chip liquid cooling help customers responsibly manage the carbon emissions generated by the power-intensive demands of AI.
HPE has decades of experience as a leader in liquid cooling and continues to build massive liquid-cooled systems around the world that can scale to tens of thousands of accelerators for optimal efficiency. According to the latest Green500 list, HPE has built 70% of the world’s top 10 most energy-efficient systems using liquid-cooled solutions. The new data center hosting service, equipped with HPE’s liquid cooling capabilities, supports the UAE government’s goal of reducing the country’s emissions to less than 100 kilowatt hours.
Ahmad Alkhallafi, Managing Director Emirates & Africa at HPE
HPE is leveraging its world-leading direct liquid-cooled HPC capabilities to open the first data center of its kind in the UAE and make it widely available to customers in the region to run AI and other compute-intensive workloads. With a wide range of technology, deployment and payment options, organizations have the opportunity to drive AI adoption responsibly while working toward the UAE’s goal and timeline of adopting patterns that reduce environmental impact.
Hassan Alnaqbi, CEO at Khazna
We are excited to help HPE customers maximize their computing power to drive critical initiatives in areas such as energy, financial services, health and life sciences, and manufacturing, while implementing IT sustainability best practices. Access to highly efficient data center systems will play a key role in helping the UAE anticipate and leverage revolutionary technologies such as AI and support its goal of greening the economy by providing world-leading data center facilities.
HPE leverages its world-leading direct liquid cooling HPC capabilities to open the first data center of its kind in the UAE
