Welcome to Touchdown Middle East
About Touchdown Middle East
Touchdown Middle East is the Gulf region’s first annual conference for the data centre industry.
Developed by Gulf Data Centre Association (GDCA), a trade association established to create a platform to foster growth and investment in the Gulf data centre industry, Touchdown Middle East brings together data centre industry leaders, C-level executives, critical decision-makers, trailblazing operators, industry influencers and more from across the Middle East.
The conference offers attendees the opportunity to gain region-wide insight into the latest trends, developments, and opportunities in the data centre market through keynote speeches from industry experts, panel discussions from leading voices and ample business development opportunities.
Touchdown Middle East 2026 will take place on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th November 2026 at Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers, UAE.
About KEZAD Group:
KEZAD Group, a subsidiary of AD Ports Group under its Economic Cities & Free Zones Cluster, is the largest operator of integrated and purpose-built economic zones in the United Arab Emirates. Providing competitive business ecosystems that encourage unprecedented growth, KEZAD Group is a key strategic enabler of Abu Dhabi’s vision for the diversification of its economy.
KEZAD Group’s infrastructure and services span 12 economic zones across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Al Dhafra Region, as well as an industrial and logistics zone in East Port Said, Egypt covering a total area of 570 km2. The Group also provides more than 40 staff accommodation complexes operated by Sdeira Group.
KEZAD Group provides strategic market access, lower operating costs, and ease of doing business to more than 2,300 investors from 17 key industrial sectors. KEZAD Group’s ecosystem provides world-class transportation infrastructure with multimodal connectivity, 100 percent foreign ownership, 100 percent repatriation of capital and profit, the potential for duty-free trade within the region, and advanced technology platforms.
About the GDCA
The GDCA is a trade organisation designed to propel the growth of the data centre industry across the GCC in the Middle East.
The GDCA provides a platform for those involved in operating, servicing, or investing in data centres across Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to promote growth within the industry and to develop Middle Eastern digital infrastructure. Through a regular cadence of events across the region and a series of market intelligence reports for every GDCA data centre market, the GDCA enables members from the public and private sector to share knowledge, best practice, and market intelligence.
Founded in September 2022, the GDCA has already welcomed over 3000 members to the association and is currently accepting individual and organisation members free-of-charge. All members have access to the GDCA’s events, including Touchdown Middle East; complimentary detailed market intelligence reporting; and a monthly curated newsletter covering breaking and leading data centre stories in the Gulf region.
The GDCA is supported by its knowledge partner, leading data centre specialist consultancy, TechRE Consulting, and by its sponsors from across the region.