Colt Technology Services revealed plans to strengthen its business in the Middle East to meet what it calls “a surge in growth opportunities” in the region driven by cloud adoption, AI investment, digital transformation and financial market growth.
To that end, Colt said it will expand its team and continue building its business in its existing regional markets, including Turkey and Dubai. In Saudi Arabia, Colt plans to partner with local operators to enable solutions connected to its own infrastructure.
Colt also plans to expand via partner-enabled models in additional regions of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman.
The plan also calls for Colt to expand its digital infrastructure and reinforce its position as gateway into the region by leasing capacity in three subsea cable systems connecting Europe and Asia with countries in the Middle East: the Europe India Gateway (EIG) connecting Europe to the Middle East and India; the Falcon cable connecting India, Sri Lanka and the Maldives to the Middle East; and the Hawk cable that extends Falcon’s reach from India into Europe.
No financial details were disclosed in terms of how much Colt has earmarked to fund its expansion plan.
Colt said the plan is in response to growing demand for high capacity, low latency digital infrastructure across the Middle East as the region emerges as a significant growth engine. Colt’s customers with existing operations in the region are scaling rapidly, while new entrants are also turning to Colt as they establish their own regional presence. Meanwhile, organisations in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific are extending and deepening their connections into the Middle East.
Colt is also seeing demand for connectivity driven by a surge in data centre builds in the Middle East. Hyperscalers are investing heavily in the region, taking advantage of lower power costs and a favourable regulatory and planning environment with gigawatt campuses and joint ventures supporting their expansion.
“Businesses are increasingly looking to the Middle East as a land of extraordinary opportunity - a region reshaping the global digital economy and setting the pace for the next era of AI-powered innovation,” said Colt CEO Keri Gilder in a statement. “While many providers are racing to establish a foothold, Colt already has exceptional people, deep regional expertise and robust infrastructure in key Middle Eastern markets - and we have ambitious, exciting plans to scale even further.”
Colt also cites a November 2025 report from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) that forecasts GDP growth in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council)3 region to outpace global growth at 4.4% in 2026.
