IDCA and MDS Site & Power - UAE Group Sign Strategic Alliance for the United Arab Emirates

Washington D.C. – September 17, 2025 – IDCA today signed a strategic alliance with Middle East Site & Power, the largest System Integrator in the Gulf, to offer its services across the United Arab Emirates. Subsequent to signing the largest data center owner and operator, now the largest system integrator in the Middle East, signs with IDCA on a strategic alliance and representation.

IDCA Chairman & CEO stated, “This strategic alliance brings together a synergic collaboration that caters IDCA’s world’s leading cutting-edge and all-encompassing services, through the value-add of MDS Site & Power, to every project and industry segment across the UAE”, he continued, “Now the largest organizations in the Middle East can further benefit from IDCA’s game-changing presence and expertise across all industry verticals and sectors.”

MDS Group EVP Mr. Ghassan Abdel Rahman stated, “Becoming IDCA’s representatives in the Middle East is a success for MDS. Not only does it empower our team to do better and more for all our valuable clients in GCC, it will immensely empower our clients who will benefit from IDCA’s global standardization, education, certification, and strategic advisory, and enable digital economies to foster sustainable growth.”

Moncef Heddad, Global Head of Strategic Investments, stated, “MDS is the largest value-added system integrator that is practically involved in major projects of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, etc., IDCA is the largest consortium of digital infrastructure, the leader and the authority on everything digital. This collaboration is both natural and inevitable. We look very much forward to offering IDCA’s unmatched support system through MDS to our valuable clients across GCC.”

Anthony Darwich, General Manager of MDS CFS stated, “I have been following IDCA’s great work around the world and always wanted to be involved with such great progress in the Middle East region. We are honored that this partnership has formed and are now unlocking a great opportunity for the entire region and the digital infrastructure community.”

This strategic collaboration will involve offering full-stack audits and assessment services, inclusive of data center sites, facilities, cloud infrastructure, compute, platform, and the application itself. It also includes offering the IDCA’s world-renowned data center training and certification a mass scale all across the United Arab Emirates and ultimately in the GCC. Additionally, MDS Site & Power - UAE Group will represent IDCA in major government and private sector accounts, where strategic advisory services are required.

The Middle East is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world today. IDCA’s determination to support the ever-growing demand in the region and MDS Site & Power - UAE Group's appetite to always offer the latest and the greatest within its active markets have merged into a powerful strategic partnership.

About IDCA

International Data Center Authority (IDCA) is the global bipartisan digital economy think tank that works with nations to create AI policies, Digital Hubs, and Digital Economies through the standardization of the approach, selection, design, feasibility, operation, and various processes and methodologies of digital infrastructure and related processes and systems.

The global IDCA team works with its partners and affiliates worldwide to achieve the optimum delivery of its advanced services locally and effectively at every project. IDCA is represented in more than 40 countries and is active globally in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.

About MDS Site & Power - UAE Group

MDS Site & Power - UAE Group, part of the Midis Group, is a leading system integrator with a strong presence across the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and beyond. With over 2,600 professionals and 60+ affiliate companies, MDS Site & Power - UAE Group partners with more than 5,000 customers to deliver cutting-edge digital transformation solutions.

From designing and building state-of-the-art data centers to IT infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, advanced analytics, AI, and managed services, MDS Site & Power - UAE Group empowers enterprises and industries to enhance efficiency, boost productivity, and drive innovation at scale.