- Selected as master system integrator to deliver a new data
center, offering critical cloud and smart services
- Supports Orange Egypt – the prime contractor – in a
multimillion Euro project to develop part of the New Administrative
Capital
Orange Business Services, a network-native digital services
company, has announced that it will design and build a new data
center to provide cloud services for Egypt’s ‘New Administrative
Capital'. The project will be implemented in collaboration with
Orange Egypt, who will supply the required infrastructure and
services, following their appointment as the project’s prime
contractor by Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD) –
owner and developer of the New Administrative Capital.
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ACUD has defined a master plan for the
smart sustainable city based on five main pillars: safety,
connectivity, integration, digitalization, and replicability.
(Photo credit: Orange Business Services)
The ACUD project has been designed as a smart sustainable city
located 45 kilometers east of Cairo on a greenfield site, covering
a total area of 700 square kilometers (270 square miles) mid-way to
the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, it will become
the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, housing the
main government departments and ministries, as well as foreign
embassies, with a population of around eight million people.
ACUD has defined a master plan for the smart sustainable city
based on five main pillars: safety, connectivity, integration,
digitalization, and replicability. The ICT strategy is an essential
component in the fulfillment of ACUD’s vision, and the new fully
secured data center will be a cornerstone of the new city.
The services offered by the data center are planned to start on
schedule, in the first half of 2021, despite the challenges of the
Covid-19 pandemic. Once implemented, Orange Egypt will also manage
and operate the new data center to host and run smart services for
the private sector, as well as citizens of the new city, for five
years. The smart city services to be supported include traffic
management, management of smart utilities, such as electricity,
water and gas supply, video surveillance and smart building
services. Also included are innovative solutions, such as
cloud-on-demand for companies and triple-play services for
residents.
Orange has substantial expertise as a master systems integrator
and provides this with the convenience of a single team and a
‘one-stop shop approach’. Orange Business Services will leverage
its 20 years of experience in delivering critical cloud services
across the globe. It will also apply its global and regional
expertise in the design, build and construction of smart city
networks, developed through its smart city center of excellence in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
“Orange Business Services is especially pleased to be selected
as the trusted digital partner to this visionary and
transformational project. Cairo is not only one of the oldest and
greatest cities of antiquity, but it is also the largest city in
North Africa. We have built extensive experience in the development
of major smart city projects across the Middle East and especially
in the GCC, through our smart city center of excellence at our
regional headquarters in Dubai. Orange has operated in Egypt for
decades and our knowledge and understanding of the environment will
allow us to fully adapt the design of the infrastructure to the
needs of the new city,” said Sahem Azzam, Vice President Middle
East, Africa and Turkey for Orange Business Services.
“In addition to investing in smart city projects, which Orange
is distinguished with its expertise in the fields of digital
solutions and smart cities provided by Orange Business Services,
Orange also has provided many services to the smart city sector
through various partnerships -- the most prominent of which is the
New Administrative Capital, where the new data center is now being
built. It is expected to be one of the largest centers in the Arab
world and Africa, with investments of more than $135 million, and
aims to enhance data and host all smart city platforms of the
Administrative Capital in a secure and integrated way,” said Hisham
Marhan, Orange Egypt Chief Enterprise Line of Business Officer.
“What gave Orange the edge is the expertise, as well as the
local and international teams it possess that qualify it to provide
these services with high efficiency, as well as to manage and
operate these projects in accordance with international standards,”
added Mahran.
About Orange Business Services Orange
Business Services is a network-native digital services company and
the global enterprise division of the Orange Group. It connects,
protects and innovates for enterprises around the world to support
sustainable business growth. Leveraging its connectivity and system
integration expertise throughout the digital value chain, Orange
Business Services is well placed to support global businesses in
areas such as software-defined networks, multi-cloud services, Data
and AI, smart mobility services, and cybersecurity. It securely
accompanies enterprises across every stage of the data lifecycle
end-to-end, from collection, transport, storage and processing to
analysis and sharing.
With companies thriving on innovation, Orange Business Services
places its customers at the heart of an open collaborative
ecosystem. This includes its 27,000 employees, the assets and
expertise of the Orange Group, its technology and business
partners, and a pool of finely selected start-ups. More than 3,000
multinational enterprises, as well as two million professionals,
companies and local communities in France, put their trust in
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