Orange Business Services will build the heart of the "smart" city of the new capital of Egypt

2021: Creating a Data Center

On February 17, 2021 it became known that the international provider of digital network services Orange Business Services will design and will construct the data-processing center (DPC) for expansion of cloud services in the administrative capital of Egypt. The project is being implemented in partnership with the operator, Orange Egypt, which will provide access to the infrastructure, manage the data center as the general contractor of the project.

According to the company, the Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) project is a project smart city built from scratch 45 km from Cairo the road to the seaport of Suez. construction An area of ​ ​ 700 square kilometers is allocated for. According to the plans, the administrative financial capital will accommodate. ministries and departments Egypt Foreign embassies will also be moved here. In total, about 8 million people will live in this metropolis.

The ACUD project has five main principles - safety, connectivity, integration, digitalization and reproducibility. Infocommunication technologies are a component of a smart city, and a protected data center is its heart. Moreover, despite the pandemic, the data center will begin to provide services on schedule: in the first half of 2021.

Within five years of launch, Orange Egypt will operate and manage the data center, including the responsibility for deploying and providing intelligent services to private users of the capital. At the capacities of the data center, traffic management, smart utilities (electricity, water supply, gas supply, video surveillance) and building infrastructure will be launched. In addition, cloud-on-demand services will be available to corporate customers, and a set of modern ICT services will be available to private customers.

As part of the project to create a critical infrastructure in the Egyptian capital, the company will rely on the experience of deploying and providing cloud services around the world. In particular, the experience gained by the Smart City Competence Center in Dubai (UAE) will be used.

We are pleased that we were chosen as a digital partner for this visionary and large-scale project. Cairo is not only one of the oldest historical cities, but also the largest metropolis in North Africa. commented by Sahem Azzam, Vice President of Orange Business Services for the Middle East, Africa and Turkey