Dewa boosts cooperation with Huawei
Dubai:saeedmohammedaltayer,md&ceoofdubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), welcomed a high-leveldelegationfromhuaweimiddleeastheaded by Steven Yi, President of Huawei Middle East and Central Asia, to promote the strategic partnership between Dewa and Huawei.
Thepartnershiphasresultedinsignificantachievements over the past years in digital transformation, exchanging the best international solutions, experiences and practices, especially in innovation, disruptivetechnologies,smartgrids,digitaltransformation, automation,cloudplaforms,artificialintelligence,data security, and big data management, among others.
The cooperation between the two sides aims to develop new technologies and solutions to enhance efficiency and sustainability in the electricity and water sectors, improve user experience and provide more efficient, safe and sustainable services.
The partnership between dew aandhua wei also includes several future projects such as Big Data Management, Perimeter and ICT Infrastructure Security, Cyber Security, and Information Security, among others. A joint team has been established to launch pilot programmes using the latest technologies to develop new initiatives. These include Research and Development, new services for customers, and ready-to-market or immediately actionable vital initiatives.
Al Tayer highlighted Dewa’s plans that are aligned with promising government strategies and plans, including the UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence 2031, which aims to develop an integrated system that employs AI in key areas in the UAE; the UAE Strategy for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, to strengthen the UAE’S position as a global hub towards achieving a competitive national economy that is based on knowledge, innovation and future technological applications.
During the meeting, Al Tayer discussed the progress of the joint projects between the two sides. These include Moro’s green data centres. Moro is a subsidiary of Digital Dewa, the digital arm of Dewa. In February 2023, the world’s largest solar-powered data centre, recognised by the Guinness World Records, was inaugurated.