Industry Findings: Kuwait’s adoption curve is being driven by telco-cloud modernization and hybrid-cloud enablement — enterprises prefer vendors that can offer consistent multi-site orchestration and telco-grade connectivity, which accelerates hybrid transformations (Jul-2023). A defining local example is Zain Kuwait’s selection of Google Cloud’s Anthos hybrid platform to standardize telco-cloud and enterprise workloads, enabling more consistent on-premise/cloud portability and reducing friction for regulated and latency-sensitive applications.
Industry Progression: The market is progressing from scattered colo and telco DCs toward a coordinated expansion informed by commercial demand and capacity forecasting: regional market analyses and market-size reporting (Aug-2024) show a rising pipeline of DC investment in Kuwait, which is driving both incumbent telcos and new entrants to accelerate capacity and managed-service offerings to capture enterprise migrations.
Industry Player Insights: Few of the vendors operating in the Kuwait marketplace are Zain, Ooredoo Kuwait, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure etc. Zain’s earlier collaboration with Google Cloud and the telco’s broader cloud ambitions (Feb-2023 / Jul-2023) demonstrate how local operators are pivoting to become IaaS enablers; that shift improves local sovereignty options and encourages enterprises to adopt hybrid, telco-integrated architectures.