Colt has ambitious and exciting plans for the Middle East region

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Colt Technology Services is scaling up its operations in the Middle East region.

"Customer demand across the region is surging - driven by cloud, AI, and digital transformation - and we're investing to meet it. We're expanding our team, strengthening our network, and deepening partnerships to deliver high-capacity, low-latency connectivity at scale," stated Colt when announcing plans to strengthen its business in the Middle East.

Colt Technology Services CEO Keri Gilder added: “Businesses are increasingly looking to the Middle East as a land of extraordinary opportunity - a region reshaping the global digital economy and setting the pace for the next era of AI-powered innovation. While many providers are racing to establish a foothold, Colt already has exceptional people, deep regional expertise and robust infrastructure in key Middle Eastern markets - and we have ambitious, exciting plans to scale even further.”

Building business in multiple regions

With Colt experts in the region, a global network extending to Middle Eastern markets and a strong track record in delivering services in the area, Colt plans to expand its team and continue building its business in its existing markets including Turkey and Dubai.

Colt also plans to partner with local operators in markets including Saudi Arabia and additional regions of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman.

Meeting demand for digital infrastructure

Demand for high capacity, low latency digital infrastructure across the Middle East is surging, with the area emerging as a significant growth engine. Colt’s customers with existing operations in the area are scaling rapidly.

New entrants are also turning to Colt as they establish their own regional presence, while organisations in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific are extending and deepening their connections into the region.

Supporting customers with better connectivity

The investment sees Colt expand its digital infrastructure and reinforce its position as gateway into the region, supporting customers who require secure, resilient, and deterministic connectivity with solutions including enhanced Ethernet, direct connections to cloud providers, and low latency services.

Part of this investment sees customers benefit from deeper resilience as Colt leases capacity in three subsea cable systems connecting Europe and Asia with countries in the Middle East.

Aligning with Colt's strategic direction

The plans align with Colt’s strategic direction, focused on powering the future of connectivity through world-class fibre infrastructure; delivering an autonomous AI-driven platform that makes services effortless; and providing customers with intelligent solutions that deliver secure, market leading customer experiences.

Colt is also seeing demand for connectivity driven by a surge in data centre builds in the Middle East. Hyperscalers are investing heavily in the region, taking advantage of lower power costs and a favourable regulatory and planning environment with gigawatt campuses and joint ventures supporting their expansion.