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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners settled on a USD 25 billion endeavor to protect low-carbon power for data centers serving AI workloads. July 2025: Fujitsu revealed its Technology and Service Vision 2025, emphasizing AI-enabled cross-industry environments and net-positive outcomes. May 2025: Oracle restated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi investment to line up with economic-prosperity efforts and broaden cloud areas.
February 2025: Cognizant entered a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to offer Gen-AI-powered financing automation. INTRODUCTION1.1 Research Study Assumptions and Market Definition1.2 Scope of the Study2. MARKET LANDSCAPE4.1 Market Overview4.2 Market Drivers4.2.1 Surge in hyperscale cloud-region introduces throughout GCC4.2.2 Obligatory 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 handled security uptake4.2.5 AI-enabled service automation cutting overall expense of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX shifting CAPEX work to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Persistent scarcity 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 accreditations across GCC states4.4 Value/ Supply-Chain Analysis4.5 Regulatory Landscape4.6 Technological Outlook4.7 Porter's 5 Forces Analysis4.7.1 Hazard 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 Key Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Moves (M&A, Partnerships, Launches)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Business Profiles (includes Global Level Summary, Market Level Summary, Core Segments, Financials as available, Strategic Info, Market Rank/Share, Services And Product, Recent 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 Organization 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 Company Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Evaluation **Topic to Accessibility Managed services are the practice of outsourcing the responsibility for preserving and anticipating the need for a series of procedures and functions, seemingly for the function of improved operations and lowered monetary expenditures through the reduction of straight utilized personnel.
The marketplace sizes and projections are offered in regards to value in USD for all the above sections. By Managed Service TypeManaged Infrastructure ServicesManaged Hosting ServicesManaged Security ServicesManaged Cloud ServicesDisaster Recovery and Service ContinuityNetwork and Interaction 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 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 expected to reach USD 12.35 billion.
Leveraging Market Research to Effectively Drive Strategic Growth(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Business), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Business and IBM Corporation are the significant companies running in the GCC Managed Solutions Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Solutions Market size was approximated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Solutions Market historical market size for several years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Leveraging Market Research to Effectively Drive Strategic GrowthPage last updated on: January 28, 2026.
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