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Following three consecutive years in Bahrain, the conference\u2019s move to Abu \u200eDhabi reflects its growing regional footprint and positions the UAE\u2019s capital as its first \u200enew host venue. \u200e<\/p>\n<p>The conference will attract data centre operators, investors, technology providers, \u200egovernment stakeholders, real estate leaders, energy specialists and digital \u200einfrastructure decision-makers from across the Middle East and international markets. \u200eThe event is expected to attract more than 1,500 visitors, over 400 companies, 70 \u200espeakers and participants from more than 30 countries.\u200e<\/p>\n<p><strong>Abdullah Al Hameli, CEO, Economic Cities &amp; Free Zones Cluster \u2014 AD Ports \u200eGroup<\/strong>, said: \u201cHosting Touchdown Middle East 2026 in Abu Dhabi reflects the Emirate\u2019s \u200egrowing role in the digital infrastructure economy. Data centres are now central to \u200eindustrial growth, AI adoption, cloud services, advanced manufacturing and secure digital \u200etrade. At KEZAD Group, we see this conference as a practical platform to connect \u200einvestors, operators and infrastructure partners with Abu Dhabi\u2019s industrial base, logistics \u200estrength and long-term growth environment.\u201d\u200e<\/p>\n<p>The two-day conference will feature keynote sessions, panel discussions, networking \u200emeetings and industry-led conversations on the key issues shaping the sector, including \u200epower availability, connectivity, site readiness, regulation, investment, AI demand, cloud \u200egrowth and sustainable data centre development.\u200e<\/p>\n<p><strong>Henry Sutton, Director of the Gulf Data Centre Association and Touchdown \u200eMiddle East<\/strong>, said: \u201cTouchdown Middle East was created to bring the region\u2019s data \u200ecentre industry together, with a clear focus on knowledge, partnerships and market \u200egrowth. After three successful years in Bahrain, bringing the fourth edition to Abu Dhabi \u200eis an important step for the event and for the wider regional industry. We are delighted to \u200ehave KEZAD Group as our main sponsor and we look forward to welcoming leaders from \u200eacross the data centre value chain to discuss the next phase of digital infrastructure \u200egrowth in the Middle East.\u201d\u200e<\/p>\n<p>Abu Dhabi is placing digital infrastructure at the centre of its next phase of economic \u200egrowth, with a clear focus on AI demand, sovereign cloud, hyperscale compute, power \u200eplanning and industrial land readiness. The Emirate\u2019s Digital Strategy 2025 to 2027 \u200ecommits AED 13 billion to digital transformation and targets full sovereign cloud adoption \u200efor government operations, full automation of government processes and more than 200 \u200eAI-led solutions across public services. Abu Dhabi has also moved into large-scale AI \u200ecompute through Stargate UAE, a planned 1GW compute cluster within the wider 5GW \u200eUAE and US AI Campus, with the first 200MW expected to go live in 2026. Together, \u200ethese steps make Abu Dhabi a strong host for a regional data centre conference focused \u200eon the next wave of AI, cloud and digital infrastructure investment.\u200e<\/p>\n<p>The conference comes at a time when demand for digital infrastructure is rising across \u200ethe region, driven by AI, cloud computing, data sovereignty, smart industry, enterprise \u200edigital services and the growth of high-capacity connectivity. As main sponsor, KEZAD \u200eGroup will leverage the platform to foster dialogue on how industrial zones, logistics \u200eplatforms, energy infrastructure and real estate can work together to support the next \u200ewave of data centre investment.\u200e<\/p><\/div>\n","show_read_more":"0","content_for_read_more":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8031"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8034,"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8031\/revisions\/8034"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpvip.adportsgroup.com\/kezadgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}