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ALDAR Properties in partnership with Injazat Data Systems awards AED 380 million contract to Ed Zublin AG

  • United Arab Emirates: Wednesday, July 04 - 2007 at 14:15
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ALDAR Properties PJSC has announced that it has awarded a AED 380 million contract to Ed Zublin AG for the construction of Injazat's Data Centre and office facility.

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Injazat Data Systems, the region's leading Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company announced that the new project will provide advanced high available IT-managed services and hosting facility.

Located on a 17,000-square meter area in Madinat Mohammed Bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi, the project comprises a two-storey Tier IV Data Centre with a 2,000 square meter Data Hall designed to support up to 9,000 servers and associated infrastructure; a five-storey headquarters building accommodating 1,000 employees and featuring recreation facilities such as a 200 seat auditorium, gymnasium, library, coffee shop and eight storey car park.

"The selected contractor and design teams for the project are reputable organizations and are suited to implement the scope of requirements for such a high-profile project. The selection of Zublin was subject to an extensive technical and commercial evaluation process where they were chosen based on demonstrating the most suitable expertise and market experience to execute this project,"


said Hazem Al Nowais, Senior Development Manager, ALDAR Properties PJSC. Al Nowais added "The overall programme is on target, with completion of the Data Centre expected to be in early 2008. Piling work has been completed ahead of schedule and the substructure works nearing completion and Contractors design work on schedule."

Commenting on this appointment, Ahmed Tawfiq, Manager, Data Centre Services at Injazat Data Systems, said: "The Data Centre will be a regional breakthrough designed according to the specifications of Tier IV performance rating and will be a groundbreaking project."

"The Data Centre will offer world-class services to Injazat's clients, while giving us the ability to expand our service coverage across the entire region, providing clients with the highest level of availability and performance with 24/7 on site security and technical support." added Tawfiq.

Established in early 2005, Injazat Data Systems is an Abu Dhabi-based joint venture between Mubadala Development Company, a wholly owned investment vehicle of the government of the emirate of Abu Dhabi; and Electronic Data Systems (EDS), a global IT and business process services giant.
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About Injazat Data Systems LLC:

Established in the 1st Quarter of 2005, Injazat Data Systems is an Information Technology and Business Services company that offers a wide range of outsourcing services. It is focused on providing IT outsourcing services to the oil & gas, utilities, financial services, government, transportation, telecom and healthcare sectors. Injazat is a joint venture of Mubadala Development Company and Electronic Data Systems (EDS).

Injazat aims to become the premier information technology and business process outsourcing services provider in the region. Growth is driven through Mubadala's knowledge of the Middle East business environment plus the delivery capabilities of EDS - creating a local company with the experience of a global player.

Mubadala Development is a Public Joint Stock company, established and wholly owned by the Government of the Emirate Abu Dhabi. Its mission is to invest in commercially-viable, strategic, industrial and commercial partnerships.

EDS provides a broad portfolio of business and technology solutions to help its clients worldwide improve their business performance. EDS' core portfolio comprises Information Technology, applications and business process services, as well as Information Technology transformation services. EDS supports the world's leading companies and governments in 60 countries.

About ALDAR Properties

ALDAR Properties PJSC is a premier real estate development, management and investment company with headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The company was formed as the result of an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of shares. The PJSC was created under Emiri Decree No 808 of 2004. ALDAR Properties PJSC is owned by leading Abu Dhabi institutions, founder shareholders and individual investors.

ALDAR Properties PJSC was created to fast track real estate investment opportunities, and to offer an opportunity to participate in the prosperity of this increasingly important industry in the UAE.

The current property portfolio includes major developments and re-developments within the Abu Dhabi Emirate, such as the Central Market in Abu Dhabi, the Al Raha Beach Development, Yas Island, Al Gurm Resort, Al Mamoura - the Mubadala Development Company and Environment Agency Abu Dhabi Headquarter Building in Abu Dhabi, and Al Jimi Mall Expansion in Al Ain.

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