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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners agreed on a USD 25 billion endeavor to secure low-carbon power for information centers serving AI work. July 2025: Fujitsu unveiled its Innovation and Service Vision 2025, stressing AI-enabled cross-industry environments and net-positive results. May 2025: Oracle restated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi financial investment to align with economic-prosperity initiatives and expand cloud areas.
February 2025: Cognizant got in a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to offer Gen-AI-powered financing automation. 1. INTRODUCTION1.1 Study Presumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY3. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY4. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Rise in hyperscale cloud-region releases across GCC4.2.2 Necessary in-country data-residency and sovereignty rules4.2.3 Outsourcing push from Vision 2030 and other nationwide agendas4.2.4 Rising cyber-insurance requirements driving handled security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting total expense of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX shifting CAPEX workloads to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Consistent lack 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 Worth/ Supply-Chain Analysis4.5 Regulatory Landscape4.6 Technological Outlook4.7 Porter's Five Forces Analysis4.7.1 Danger of New Entrants4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers4.7.4 Threat of Substitutes4.7.5 Strength of Competitive Rivalry4.8 Impact of Macro Trends4.9 Secret Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Relocations (M&A, Collaborations, Releases)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Business Profiles (includes Worldwide Level Summary, Market Level Summary, 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 Enterprise Solutions LLC6.4.3 Saudi Telecom Business (stc)6.4.4 Hewlett Packard Business 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 Company PJSC (du)6.4.13 Injazat Data Systems LLC6.4.14 Gulf Service Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Assessment **Subject to Schedule Managed services are the practice of outsourcing the obligation for keeping and expecting the need for a series of procedures and functions, seemingly for the purpose of enhanced operations and lowered budgetary expenditures through the reduction of straight employed personnel.
The market sizes and projections are supplied in terms of value in USD for all the above sectors. By Managed Service TypeManaged Infrastructure ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Healing and Organization ContinuityNetwork and Interaction ServicesEnd-user Support ServicesManaged IoT ServicesBy End-user VerticalIT and TelecomBFSIOil and GasHealthcareGovernmentRetail and E-commerceEducationManufacturingEnergy and UtilitiesBy Service Shipment ModelRemote/ Off-site Managed ServicesOn-site/ Field Managed ServicesHybrid ModelCo-managed ServicesBy Organization SizeLarge EnterprisesSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)By Implementation EnvironmentOn-premisePublic CloudPrivate CloudHybrid CloudBy GeographySaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitOmanBahrain The GCC Managed Solutions 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.
Corporate Planning for GCC Leadership(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Company), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Company and IBM Corporation are the significant business operating in the GCC Managed Services Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Services Market size was approximated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Services Market historical market size for years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Page last updated on: January 28, 2026.
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