Microsoft Deepens Investment In Qatar
Microsoft has expanded its operations in Qatar with the opening of a new Lusail City facility. It is the company’s fourth and largest in the country, part of a significant investment in Qatar which includes the soon to be launched Microsoft Cloud Datacenter Region. The launch of the new offices reinforces Microsoft’s commitment to establish […]
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Microsoft has expanded its operations in Qatar with the opening of a new Lusail City facility.
It is the company’s fourth and largest in the country, part of a significant investment in Qatar which includes the soon to be launched Microsoft Cloud Datacenter Region.
The launch of the new offices reinforces Microsoft’s commitment to establish Qatar as a knowledge and innovation hub, and will enable Microsoft to better serve its customers, collaborate with its technology partners and attract and develop top talent.
“Microsoft has been deeply rooted in Qatar and our commitment to help grow Qatar’s innovation economy has never been stronger,” said Lana Khalaf, General Manager at Microsoft Qatar. “With the launch of our new offices and our Customer Innovation Center, customers and partners will have the opportunity to co-innovate, ideate and envision ground breaking solutions that will revolutionize their industries”
The new Microsoft facility includes a Customer Innovation Center that will host innovation and ideation workshops aimed at inspiring groundbreaking solutions that spur transformation across industries in Qatar. The office will play a vital role as an innovation hub for leading technology startups, students, and community organizations from across Qatar.
It will also serve as a regional hub for the company’s talent, servicing Qatar and the wider Microsoft Middle East Cluster region. Work done at the facility will support the company’s efforts to grow, retain, and recruit the most talented people to build the most cutting-edge solutions. The new office was designed with the evolution of work in mind, presenting an inclusive hybrid workplace that empowers employees to better serve customers and collaborate with partners, whether they are in person or remote.
Leveraging the company’s latest future of work technologies, the sustainable, smart space facilitates seamless hybrid work that offers employees flexibility to divide their work time between the office and offsite locations, leading to increased productivity, higher employee satisfaction and enhanced team collaboration. The office incorporates a Team Based Space design that pairs the latest technology with modern and collaborative workplaces and is fitted with the latest Microsoft Teams-enabled hardware and software to facilitate seamless hybrid work.
“In designing the new office, we were guided by two main principles. The first was our determination to provide the best workplace for our employees, offering a highly engaging, inclusive, and flexible environment that leverages the latest modern work technologies to create future proof smart workspaces. The second was sustainability, to deliver the first office to be certified on the highest sustainability standards in the Middle East. I am extremely proud to say that we delivered on both of those objectives – while prioritizing the focus on customers with our Customer Innovation Center,” said Khalaf.
