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GITEX 2025 Opens In Dubai With AI, Quantum And Biotech In Focus

The 45th edition takes place at the Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour, and underscores the UAE’s position as a global tech and AI hub.

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12 months ago

October 13, 2025

Nour Nasir

gitex 2025 opens in dubai with ai quantum and biotech in focus

GITEX Global 2025 opened in Dubai today, drawing technology leaders, policymakers and investors to a city positioning itself at the center of the AI economy.

The 45th edition runs across the Dubai World Trade Centre and Dubai Harbour — the largest GITEX yet — and turns attention to how artificial intelligence, quantum computing and biotechnology are reshaping global industries.

Organizers say this year’s event moves past theory as AI is now well integrated into critical sectors such as healthcare, green data centers and semiconductor assembly lines. Governments and companies are expected to outline how they’ll handle AI governance, data sovereignty and ethics, alongside new pushes in chip manufacturing, cybersecurity and sustainable infrastructure.

The program includes tracks on quantum-powered computation, precision medicine and climate resilience — areas now defining the race for digital competitiveness. Exhibitors are expected to showcase advances in semiconductors, automation systems and energy-efficient data centers, technologies increasingly seen as the backbone of national AI strategies.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development estimates the AI market will approach $4.8 trillion by 2033, intensifying the race to secure computing power and data capacity.

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For the UAE, GITEX highlights its wider strategy to become a leading AI-driven economy under Vision 2030, anchored by investment in digital infrastructure, biotech and advanced manufacturing. The country’s universities and research centers are also deepening AI and quantum programs to feed a growing demand for skilled talent.

Across the region, governments are backing similar pushes as geopolitical and economic pressures make technological self-reliance a priority. Dubai’s role, through GITEX, is to keep that momentum visible — a meeting ground where global and regional ambitions align.

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For etisalat, More Bandwidth Is A Matter Of Digital Sovereignty

The etisalat group plans to expand its international capacity from 20 Tbps to more than 500 Tbps by 2030, with new routes designed for speed and resilience.

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2 days ago

October 6, 2026

Nour Nasir

for etisalat, more bandwidth is a matter of digital sovereignty

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By 2030, etisalat group plans to lift its international connectivity capacity to more than 500 terabits per second (Tbps), more than 25 times the 20 Tbps it has today. The group presented the expansion as preparation for rising AI demand and an important move for the UAE’s digital sovereignty.

His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, witnessed the launch of the project, which covers the UAE and international markets. Sheikh Mansour is also Chairman of the Emirates Investment Authority, etisalat group’s main shareholder.

He emphasized the role of coordinated national efforts in advancing the UAE’s AI and digital economy ambitions. “AI is a central pillar in our development journey moving forward,” he said, adding that developing the country’s digital capabilities would empower every institution, public and private, to build and innovate with AI “at the scale the coming decade will demand”.

“This project reflects our conviction that the UAE should not simply adopt AI, but govern it and build with it,” said H.E Jassem Mohamed Bu Ataba Alzaabi, Chairman of etisalat group. “That requires digital infrastructure at a scale that would prepare us for the future”. He cast greater international connectivity as a strategic answer to the challenges of processing and moving data globally.

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Beyond raw bandwidth, the expansion will introduce new connectivity routes intended to improve reliability and efficiency, and Alzaabi tied them directly to the sovereignty goal. “Delivered through diversified routes and low-latency design, the project is set to keep the country’s connection to the global digital economy fast, direct and resilient, while ensuring the UAE’s digital sovereignty,” he said.

He also linked the plan to the group’s 50-year commitment to building infrastructure for the nation. The announcement didn’t mention what the expansion will cost. Nor did it name the new routes or say who will build them, the details that would show what digital sovereignty means in practice.