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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners concurred on a USD 25 billion venture to secure low-carbon power for data centers serving AI workloads. July 2025: Fujitsu unveiled its Innovation and Service Vision 2025, stressing AI-enabled cross-industry environments and net-positive results. May 2025: Oracle restated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi financial investment to line up with economic-prosperity initiatives and broaden cloud regions.
February 2025: Cognizant entered a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to provide Gen-AI-powered finance automation. INTRODUCTION1.1 Research Study Assumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Surge in hyperscale cloud-region launches across GCC4.2.2 Necessary in-country data-residency and sovereignty rules4.2.3 Outsourcing push from Vision 2030 and other nationwide agendas4.2.4 Increasing cyber-insurance requirements driving managed security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting total cost of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX shifting CAPEX workloads to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Persistent lack of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 Federal 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 Value/ Supply-Chain Analysis4.5 Regulatory Landscape4.6 Technological Outlook4.7 Porter's Five Forces Analysis4.7.1 Threat of New Entrants4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers4.7.4 Hazard of Substitutes4.7.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry4.8 Impact of Macro Trends4.9 Key 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 (includes International Level Introduction, Market Level Overview, Core Segments, Financials as available, Strategic Details, Market Rank/Share, Products and Solutions, Recent Developments)6.4.1 Etihad Etisalat Co. (Mobily)6.4.2 Emitac Enterprise Solutions LLC6.4.3 Saudi Telecom Company (stc)6.4.4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company6.4.5 AIR CONDITIONING Group6.4.6 International Business 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 Telecommunications Company PJSC (du)6.4.13 Injazat Data Systems LLC6.4.14 Gulf Organization Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET CHANCES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Assessment **Subject to Accessibility Managed services are the practice of outsourcing the duty for keeping and preparing for the requirement for a series of processes and functions, seemingly for the purpose of enhanced operations and decreased financial expenditures through the reduction of straight utilized personnel.
The marketplace sizes and forecasts are supplied in regards to value in USD for all the above segments. By Managed Service TypeManaged Facilities ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Recovery and Company ContinuityNetwork and Interaction ServicesEnd-user Support ServicesManaged IoT ServicesBy End-user VerticalIT and TelecomBFSIOil and GasHealthcareGovernmentRetail and E-commerceEducationManufacturingEnergy and UtilitiesBy Service Shipment ModelRemote/ Off-site Managed ServicesOn-site/ Field Managed ServicesHybrid ModelCo-managed ServicesBy Company 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 expected 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 Provider Market size is anticipated to reach USD 12.35 billion.
(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 Solutions Market size was estimated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Services Market historic market size for several years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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