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How do you see the growth of cloud computing and data centres in the Middle East? We see an unprecedented data centre building spree to ensure business continuing and support of remote work environments. What role will Rackspace Technology play with three new data centre’s opening in the UAE? Rackspace Technology is a premier partner for AWS globally and regionally. We were at the forefront of migrating customers of all sizes to AWS. We are primed to support customers wanting a local footprint in region and have skilled and experienced team to support, execute and complete assessments or migrations. Tell us about you growth trajectory and footprint in the Middle East. We launched our Middle Eastern presence in 2020 with just three employees in UAE. Today, we have 140 employees across the Middle East and are continuing to grow. We have delivery leaders, architects, programme managers locally who deliver all aspects of the cloud journey from assessment, migration, security, data analytics, governance and optimisation. Globally, the region is also supported by a team of nearly 7,000. How are you supporting the UAE in addressing the tech skills gap? We continue to recruit skilled people in the UAE. We have an active internship programme that provides opportunities for graduates and are supporting the return of women to work. We work closely with the cloud providers in transferring knowledge and skills to our customers as part of our migration to cloud to enable legacy staff embrace the new technologies and new agile ways of working.