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July 2025: ADQ and Energy Capital Partners concurred on a USD 25 billion endeavor to secure low-carbon power for data centers serving AI work. July 2025: Fujitsu unveiled its Technology and Service Vision 2025, stressing AI-enabled cross-industry communities and net-positive outcomes. May 2025: Oracle repeated its USD 1.5 billion Saudi investment to align with economic-prosperity initiatives and broaden cloud regions.
February 2025: Cognizant entered a three-year alliance with Upsource by Solutions in Saudi Arabia to provide Gen-AI-powered finance automation. INTRODUCTION1.1 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 introduces across 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 overall expense of ownership4.2.6 ESG-linked OPEX shifting CAPEX workloads to MSPs4.3 Market Restraints4.3.1 Relentless lack of Arabic-speaking Tier-3 engineers4.3.2 Government "Saudization/Emiratization" working with 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 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 Effect of Macro Trends4.9 Key Market Considerations and Emerging Use-Cases5.
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE6.1 Market Concentration Analysis6.2 Strategic Relocations (M&A, Collaborations, Launches)6.3 Market Share Analysis (Top-15, 2024)6.4 Business Profiles (consists of Global Level Introduction, Market Level Overview, Core Segments, Financials as readily available, Strategic Info, Market Rank/Share, Services And Product, Current Developments)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 Enterprise Company6.4.5 AIR CONDITIONER Group6.4.6 International Company 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 Company PJSC (du)6.4.13 Injazat Data Systems LLC6.4.14 Gulf Organization Machines (GBM)6.4.15 Fujitsu Ltd.
MARKET CHANCES AND FUTURE TRENDS7.1 White-space and Unmet-Need Evaluation **Subject to Availability Managed services are the practice of outsourcing the obligation for preserving and preparing for the requirement for a series of processes and functions, seemingly for the function of enhanced operations and reduced monetary expenditures through the reduction of directly used staff.
The marketplace sizes and forecasts are offered in terms of value in USD for all the above segments. 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 Shipment ModelRemote/ Off-site Managed ServicesOn-site/ Field Managed ServicesHybrid ModelCo-managed ServicesBy Company SizeLarge EnterprisesSmall and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)By Deployment EnvironmentOn-premisePublic CloudPrivate CloudHybrid CloudBy GeographySaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitOmanBahrain The GCC Managed Provider 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 Services Market size is expected to reach USD 12.35 billion.
The Appeal of Saudi Arabia's New Service Ecosystems(Mobily), AGC Networks (An ESSAR Company), EITC Group (du), Saudi Telecom Business and IBM Corporation are the major business operating in the GCC Managed Solutions Market. In 2025, the GCC Managed Provider Market size was approximated at USD 12.35 billion. The report covers the GCC Managed Services Market historical market size for many years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Page last updated on: January 28, 2026.
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