UAE Cloud Storage Service Market Size and Forecast by Offering, Use Cases, Deployment Model, Subscription Model, Organization Size, and End User Industry: 2019-2033

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Industry Assessment Overview

Industry Findings: Across the UAE, cloud storage adoption remains closely tied to government digitization programs, financial services modernization, and expanding analytics use across regulated sectors. Enterprises rely heavily on object and file storage to support data platforms, collaboration environments, and long-term retention, while block storage underpins enterprise applications and transactional systems. Hybrid deployment continues to dominate as organizations balance hyperscale cloud efficiency with national data residency and operational control requirements. A structural development occurred during 2024, when regulatory enforcement around data protection and cybersecurity strengthened expectations for retention discipline, backup integrity, and recovery readiness. That shift encouraged enterprises to formalize lifecycle management and expand in-country archival capacity. Through 2025, storage consumption has continued to grow steadily as retained public sector and enterprise data accumulates across BFSI, energy, and public services. Subscription preferences increasingly blend committed baseline capacity with controlled expansion, reflecting predictable long-term data growth.

Industry Player Insights: UAE’s industry path is being shaped by global cloud platforms expanding in-region storage capabilities. During Oct-2024, Oracle Cloud expanded object storage availability in its UAE cloud region to support analytics and government workloads. In Jun-2025, the provider enhanced lifecycle and durability controls to align with long-term retention requirements. In parallel, Oracle Cloud continues to support cloud storage adoption in the UAE through scalable object and block storage services delivered from domestic cloud infrastructure.