DUBAI: The Gulf's AI story is usually told in gigawatts and billions of dollars. Walid Sheta, Schneider Electric's president for the Middle East and Africa, thinks the number that matters more is distance: how far a data centre sits from the factory that builds it. "To build a data centre, you'd better have capabilities not only in engineering but also in assembly and manufacturing, close to where you build the data centre," Sheta told Arab News. The pressure to build is real. PwC Middle East pr
