Industry Findings: Oman’s procurement and vendor strategies are increasingly shaped by a pragmatic push to expand national data-centre capacity and local managed-service capabilities so that enterprises can run regulated workloads without cross-border friction. This is driving demand for PaaS offerings that bundle integrated security, resilience and sustainable power sourcing — a combination that appeals to government programmes and utilities focused on continuity and green-energy goals.
Industry Progression: A concrete, verifiable development was Ooredoo’s launch of a 10MW Sohar data centre (Nov-2024), expanding local capacity and creating more on-island options for hosting PaaS runtimes and AI workloads; this facility strengthened the business case for moving production services into Oman, prompting telcos and local integrators to package managed PaaS and edge connectivity offers for enterprise and government customers.
Industry Player Insights: Among the many providers in this industry, a few include Amazon Web Services, Oman Data Park, Omantel, and Ooredoo Oman etc. The addition of new facilities like Ooredoo’s Sohar site (Nov-2024) together with Oman Data Park’s service expansions gives enterprises multiple credible in-country hosting and managed-service paths; hyperscalers and local operators now jointly offer PaaS packages that accomplish latency, compliance and sustainability objectives required by regulated buyers.