Tech disruptors are eyeing renewable energy opportunities in Dubai

With annual digital transformation spend set to reach US $40 Billion in MENA by 2022, Fortune 500s like California-based NetApp, look to Dubai for growth.
Director of Technology and Strategy, NetApp, a hybrid cloud data service company, Matt Watt, talks renewable energy, tech, A.I., IoT, and why MENA is one of their fastest growing regions. “In this region there’s this huge drive now to use technologies like A.I. to reduce costs to accelerate opportunities. The UAE Clean Energy Strategy sets out to ensure 44% of energy is renewable by 2050, and there’s real recognition that the industry has to change, and technology is going to be huge part of helping that industry change”.