In the presence of HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), and Peng Xiao, CEO of Group 42, Digital DEWA – the digital arm of DEWA, announced a strategic partnership with Group 42 (G42).
The signing ceremony was attended by Marwan Bin Haidar, Vice Chairman – Digital at Digital DEWA; Waleed Salman, Vice Chairman – Energy at Digital DEWA; Matar Al Mehairi, Board Member of Digital DEWA; Mohammad Bin Sulaiman, CEO of Moro Hub; Ahmed Al Ketbi, Chief Information Security Officer of DEWA and Moro Hub; Rashid Al Ahmedi, Chief Operating Officer at InfraX; and Hamad Karam, Chief Operating Officer at DigitalX.
From G42 side, the ceremony was attended by Mansoor AlMansoori, Group Chief Operating Officer; Fadel Almazrouei, Chief Operating Officer-Smart Nations; Naser Alyammahi, Government and Public Affairs Director; and Marcel Ionescu, Service Delivery Manager at G42.
The partnership with Group 42 enables Digital DEWA companies – Moro Hub, InfraX and DigitalX – to introduce and implement digital and data transformation initiatives. It aims to foster new services around AI and enhance innovations across Digital DEWA’s service portfolio.
Commenting on the collaboration, HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, said, “The partnership with G42 will strengthen Digital DEWA offerings, as they can now extensively collaborate on technological endeavours, to co-create services in the clean energy and IoT, leverage AI-led solutions for government entities and enterprises across different sectors as well as explore the commercial and operational feasibility of such opportunities.”
The new services will be hosted on Moro Hub and G42 cloud infrastructure to ensure data security and superior customer experience. The services will be managed in Moro Hub’s Smart Cities Command and Control Centre, offering 24/7 support to future clients.