Submer Expands Digital Infrastructure Across Middle East, Africa & Turkey

Submer is significantly expanding its digital infrastructure footprint across the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey, establishing a powerful regional hub in Saudi Arabia. This strategic move is led by Khalid Aljamed, the General Manager for the MEA region, who will oversee the company’s growth as a premier design-build and sustainability partner for AI-ready datacenters. The expansion integrates business development with ecosystem cultivation, local partnership formation, and operational excellence.

This development represents a major step in Submer’s worldwide growth strategy and underscores its dedication to supporting regional transformation agendas, such as Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and the UAE’s Vision 2031. The company is now positioned as a central figure in the region for datacenter sustainability, digital transformation, and AI innovation. Khalid will be responsible for executing the regional market entry strategy, coordinating global and local assets, guaranteeing superior delivery, and establishing Submer MEA as a center for talent and cutting-edge technologies.

The Middle East is rapidly emerging as a datacenter hub, with its capacity forecast to surge from 1GW in 2025 to an impressive 3.3GW within the next five years. Reflecting this explosive growth, Saudi Arabia’s datacenter market was valued at $1.33 billion in 2024 and is projected to hit $3.90 billion by 2030, demonstrating a robust compound annual growth rate of 19.64%. Similarly, the UAE’s market is anticipated to expand from $1.26 billion in 2024 to $3.33 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 17.64%. These figures underscore the region’s profound commitment to advancing technology and digital infrastructure as essential engines for sustainable economic diversification and innovation-driven growth.

Patrick Smets, CEO of Submer, commented on the regional potential, stating, “The Middle East and the broader MEA area are actively reshaping the future of digital infrastructure. By establishing a solid local presence with our regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia and planned field offices in the UAE and North Africa, we can directly bring Submer’s expertise in sustainable, liquid-cooled AI datacenters to a region that is at the forefront of global innovation. This is a pivotal step in our mission to ensure the world’s digital growth is both efficient and sustainable, with datacenters that are genuinely effective.”

Khalid Aljamed, General Manager for the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa at Submer, added his perspective, saying, “The MEA region is progressing at a remarkable pace to construct AI-ready, sovereign, and sustainable digital ecosystems. Our primary focus is on collaborating with hyperscalers, telecommunications providers, and government-backed digital initiatives throughout the region. Thanks to Submer’s established on-the-ground presence in the Middle East, we are actively delivering infrastructure that is not only faster and more intelligent but also highly scalable and resilient.”

The MEA region stands at the epicenter of the next global wave in digital infrastructure. Submer’s local operations in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are creating a foundation for lighthouse projects that deliver tangible results in efficiency, sustainability, and total cost of ownership. These initiatives serve as models for AI-ready, liquid-cooled datacenters, establishing international benchmarks for performance and environmental responsibility while enabling widespread regional adoption. The objective is to make Submer MEA a core hub for research and development, integration, and customer experience. As part of its long-term vision, the company is dedicated to nurturing an ecosystem of partners, skills, and talent that promotes repeatable, scalable deployment across the GCC and the wider MEA region. Through strategic collaboration, Submer is accelerating the area’s digital transformation by establishing sustainable datacenters as the bedrock of an AI-powered future.

(Source: MEA Tech Watch)