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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners concurred on a USD 25 billion endeavor to protect low-carbon power for data centers serving AI workloads. July 2025: Fujitsu revealed its Innovation and Service Vision 2025, emphasizing AI-enabled cross-industry environments and net-positive results. May 2025: Oracle reiterated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi financial investment to align with economic-prosperity initiatives and broaden cloud regions.
February 2025: Cognizant got in a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to offer Gen-AI-powered finance automation. INTRODUCTION1.1 Study Assumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Rise in hyperscale cloud-region releases throughout GCC4.2.2 Necessary in-country data-residency and sovereignty rules4.2.3 Outsourcing push from Vision 2030 and other national agendas4.2.4 Rising cyber-insurance requirements driving handled security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting total cost of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX moving CAPEX workloads to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Relentless shortage of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 Government "Saudization/Emiratization" working with quotas4.3.3 High energy-pricing volatility for data-center operations4.3.4 Fragmented regulative certifications throughout GCC states4.4 Worth/ Supply-Chain Analysis4.5 Regulatory Landscape4.6 Technological Outlook4.7 Porter's 5 Forces Analysis4.7.1 Threat of New Entrants4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers4.7.4 Danger of Substitutes4.7.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry4.8 Effect of Macro Trends4.9 Secret Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Moves (M&A, Collaborations, Releases)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Company Profiles (consists of Global Level Overview, Market Level Summary, Core Segments, Financials as readily available, Strategic Information, Market Rank/Share, Products and Services, Recent Advancements)6.4.1 Etihad Etisalat Co. (Mobily)6.4.2 Emitac Business Solutions LLC6.4.3 Saudi Telecom Business (stc)6.4.4 Hewlett Packard Business Company6.4.5 AIR CONDITIONING Group6.4.6 International Organization Machines Corporation6.4.7 Diyar United Company6.4.8 Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. 6.4.9 Wipro Limited6.4.10 AGC Networks Limited6.4.11 MEEZA QSTP-LLC6.4.12 Emirates Integrated Telecom Company PJSC (du)6.4.13 Injazat Data Systems LLC6.4.14 Gulf Service Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET CHANCES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Evaluation **Subject to Accessibility Managed services are the practice of outsourcing the obligation for keeping and expecting the need for a variety of processes and functions, seemingly for the function of enhanced operations and reduced monetary expenditures through the decrease of directly employed staff.
The market sizes and forecasts are supplied in terms of worth in USD for all the above sectors. By Managed Service TypeManaged Infrastructure ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Healing and Service ContinuityNetwork and Communication ServicesEnd-user Support ServicesManaged IoT ServicesBy End-user VerticalIT and TelecomBFSIOil and GasHealthcareGovernmentRetail and E-commerceEducationManufacturingEnergy and UtilitiesBy Service Delivery ModelRemote/ Off-site Managed ServicesOn-site/ Field Managed ServicesHybrid ModelCo-managed ServicesBy Organization SizeLarge EnterprisesSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)By Implementation EnvironmentOn-premisePublic CloudPrivate CloudHybrid CloudBy GeographySaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitOmanBahrain The GCC Managed Solutions Market size is anticipated to reach USD 12.35 billion in 2026 and grow at a CAGR of 8.84% to reach USD 18.87 billion by 2031. In 2026, the GCC Managed Services Market size is anticipated to reach USD 12.35 billion.
Expanding Corporate Operations Within Dubai and the GCC(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Company), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Company and IBM Corporation are the major companies running in the GCC Managed Solutions Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Services Market size was approximated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Services Market historic market size for years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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