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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners settled on a USD 25 billion venture to protect low-carbon power for information centers serving AI workloads. July 2025: Fujitsu revealed its Innovation and Service Vision 2025, highlighting AI-enabled cross-industry ecosystems and net-positive results. Might 2025: Oracle restated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi investment to align with economic-prosperity efforts and broaden cloud areas.
February 2025: Cognizant entered a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to supply Gen-AI-powered finance automation. INTRODUCTION1.1 Research 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 releases throughout GCC4.2.2 Necessary in-country data-residency and sovereignty rules4.2.3 Outsourcing push from Vision 2030 and other national agendas4.2.4 Increasing cyber-insurance requirements driving managed security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting total cost of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX shifting CAPEX workloads to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Consistent shortage of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 Government "Saudization/Emiratization" employing 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 5 Forces Analysis4.7.1 Risk of New Entrants4.7.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers4.7.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers4.7.4 Danger of Substitutes4.7.5 Intensity of Competitive Rivalry4.8 Impact of Macro Trends4.9 Key Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Moves (M&A, Collaborations, Launches)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Business Profiles (includes International Level Summary, Market Level Overview, Core Segments, Financials as readily available, Strategic Info, 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 Company (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 Telecom Business PJSC (du)6.4.13 Injazat Data Systems LLC6.4.14 Gulf Service Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET CHANCES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Evaluation **Subject to Accessibility Managed services are the practice of outsourcing the duty for preserving and preparing for the requirement for a variety of procedures and functions, ostensibly for the purpose of improved operations and lowered financial expenditures through the decrease of directly utilized personnel.
The marketplace sizes and forecasts are provided in terms of worth in USD for all the above sectors. By Managed Service TypeManaged Facilities ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Healing and Organization ContinuityNetwork and Communication ServicesEnd-user Assistance 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 Deployment EnvironmentOn-premisePublic CloudPrivate CloudHybrid CloudBy GeographySaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitOmanBahrain The GCC Managed Services Market size is anticipated 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 Provider Market size is anticipated to reach USD 12.35 billion.
Checking Out New Service Frontiers Beyond Riyadh and Jeddah(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Business), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Business and IBM Corporation are the major companies operating in the GCC Managed Provider Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Provider Market size was estimated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Provider Market historical market size for years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Page last updated on: January 28, 2026.
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