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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners settled on a USD 25 billion endeavor to secure low-carbon power for data centers serving AI workloads. July 2025: Fujitsu unveiled its Technology and Service Vision 2025, stressing AI-enabled cross-industry environments and net-positive outcomes. May 2025: Oracle reiterated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi investment to align with economic-prosperity initiatives and broaden cloud areas.
February 2025: Cognizant went into a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to offer Gen-AI-powered finance automation. INTRODUCTION1.1 Study Presumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Rise in hyperscale cloud-region introduces throughout GCC4.2.2 Compulsory in-country data-residency and sovereignty rules4.2.3 Outsourcing push from Vision 2030 and other national agendas4.2.4 Rising cyber-insurance requirements driving managed security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting overall expense of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX moving CAPEX work to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Relentless scarcity of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 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 Risk of New Entrants4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers4.7.4 Hazard of Substitutes4.7.5 Strength of Competitive Rivalry4.8 Impact of Macro Trends4.9 Key Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Relocations (M&A, Collaborations, Launches)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Business Profiles (includes Global Level Overview, Market Level Overview, Core Segments, Financials as offered, Strategic Details, Market Rank/Share, Services And Product, Current Advancements)6.4.1 Etihad Etisalat Co. (Mobily)6.4.2 Emitac Business Solutions LLC6.4.3 Saudi Telecom Business (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 Business 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 Availability Managed services are the practice of contracting out the responsibility for preserving and anticipating the need for a series of processes and functions, ostensibly for the purpose of enhanced operations and decreased financial expenditures through the decrease of straight utilized personnel.
The market sizes and projections are offered in regards to worth in USD for all the above sections. By Managed Service TypeManaged Facilities ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Recovery and Business ContinuityNetwork and Communication ServicesEnd-user Support ServicesManaged IoT ServicesBy End-user VerticalIT and TelecomBFSIOil and GasHealthcareGovernmentRetail and E-commerceEducationManufacturingEnergy and UtilitiesBy Service Delivery ModelRemote/ Off-site Managed ServicesOn-site/ Field Managed ServicesHybrid ModelCo-managed ServicesBy Organization SizeLarge EnterprisesSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)By Release EnvironmentOn-premisePublic CloudPrivate CloudHybrid CloudBy GeographySaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitOmanBahrain The GCC Managed Services 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 Services Market size is anticipated to reach USD 12.35 billion.
How to Maintain a Competitive Edge in 2026(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Company), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Business and IBM Corporation are the significant companies operating in the GCC Managed Provider Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Solutions Market size was approximated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Solutions Market historic market size for many years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Page last updated on: January 28, 2026.
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