IDCA and MDS Site & Power – UAE Group sign strategic alliance for the United Arab Emirates
Ghassan Abdel Rahman: "The new strategic alliance will immensely empower our clients, who will benefit from IDCA’s global standardization, education, certification, and strategic advisory, and enable digital economies to foster sustainable growth.”
Washington D.C. – September 16, 2025 – The International Data Center Authority (IDCA) today signed a strategic alliance with MDS Site & Power, the largest System Integrator in the Gulf, to offer its services across the United Arab Emirates.
Mehdi Paryavi, IDCA Chairman & CEO, stated “This strategic alliance brings together a synergic collaboration that caters IDCA’s world’s leading cutting-edge and all-encompassing services, through the value-add of MDS Site & Power – UAE Group, to every project and industry segment across the UAE.” He continued, “Now the largest organizations in the Middle East can further benefit from IDCA’s game-changing presence and expertise across all industry verticals and sectors.”
MDS Site & Power – UAE Group EVP, Ghassan Abdel Rahman, said, “Becoming IDCA’s representative in the United Arab Emirates is a success for MDS Site & Power – UAE Group. Not only does it empower our team to do better and more for all our valuable clients in GCC, it will immensely empower our clients, who will benefit from IDCA’s global standardization, education, certification and strategic advisory – and enable digital economies to foster sustainable growth.”
Moncef Heddad, Global Head of Strategic Investments, IDCA: “MDS Site & Power – UAE Group is the largest value-added system integrator that is practically involved in major projects of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, etc. IDCA is the largest consortium of digital infrastructure, the leader and the authority on everything digital. This collaboration is both natural and inevitable. We look forward very much to offering IDCA’s unmatched support system through MDS Site & Power – UAE Group to our valuable clients in UAE, and ultimately across the GCC.”
Anthony Darwich, General Manager of MDS CFS: “I have been following IDCA’s great work around the world and always wanted to be involved with such great progress in the Middle East region. We are honored that this partnership got formed and are now unlocking a great opportunity for the entire region and the digital infrastructure community.”
This strategic collaboration will involve offering full stack audits and assessment services, inclusive of data center sites, facilities, cloud infrastructure, compute, platform and the application itself. It also includes offering the IDCA’s world renown data center training and certification at mass scale all across the United Arab Emirates and ultimately in the GCC. Additionally, MDS Site & Power – UAE Group will represent IDCA in major government and private sector accounts whereby strategic advisory services are required.
The Middle East is one of the fastest growing markets in the world today. IDCA’s determination to support the ever-growing demand in the region, and the appetite of MDS Site & Power – UAE Group to always offer the latest and the greatest within its active markets, have merged into a powerful strategic partnership.
About IDCA
International Data Center Authority (IDCA) is the global bipartisan digital economy think tank that works with nations to create AI policies, Digital Hubs and Digital Economies through the standardization of the approach, selection, design, feasibility, operation, and various processes and methodologies of digital infrastructure and related processes and systems.
The global IDCA team works with its partners and affiliates worldwide to achieve the optimum delivery of its advanced services locally and effectively at every project. IDCA is represented in more than 40 countries and active globally in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
About MDS Site & Power – UAE Group
MDS Site & Power – UAE Group, part of the MDS System Integration Group, is a leading system integrator with a strong presence across the Middle East and Turkey. With over 3000 professionals and 60+ affiliate companies, MDS S.I. partners with more than 5,000 customers to deliver cutting-edge digital transformation solutions.
From designing and building state-of-the-art data centers to IT infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, advanced analytics, AI, and managed services, MDS Site & Power – UAE Group empowers enterprises and industries to enhance efficiency, boost productivity, and drive innovation at scale.