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DEWA Signs Agreement With Dell to Explore Smart Grid, Cyber Resilience and Edge AI Projects

The memorandum covers possible reference designs and pilot projects for Dubai's substations and grid operations, plus edge computing at remote field sites.

By Nakoda News Desk

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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dell Technologies to look at joint work on cyber resilience, business continuity and modernising the emirate's smart grid and substations, according to a report by the state news agency WAM.

The agreement also covers wider use of edge computing, artificial intelligence and data management at the utility. As a memorandum of understanding, it commits the two sides to studying projects rather than to specific purchases, and no financial terms were disclosed.

According to WAM, the two sides will study reference designs and pilot projects for upgrading the smart grid, substations and network operations. The aim is to make the grid more reliable and to improve monitoring, control and recovery, while keeping any new systems compatible with the platforms DEWA already runs. They also plan to look at edge computing on hardened infrastructure, with central management of DEWA's remote and field sites.

The focus on recovery and resilience reflects the exposure of operational technology at utilities, where substations and grid controls are increasingly networked and managed remotely.

Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, DEWA's managing director and chief executive, said the authority wanted to expand cooperation with global technology companies to find ways of strengthening cyber and operational resilience and getting more out of AI and data, according to WAM. He said DEWA was using AI to make its electricity and water services more efficient and reliable.

Walid Yehia, Dell Technologies' general manager for the South Gulf region, said building future-ready infrastructure required a digital foundation that was secure, intelligent and highly resilient, and that the work with DEWA would explore technologies that could provide a scalable base for AI-driven innovation.

The memorandum was signed by Yehia and Eng. Hussain Lootah, DEWA's executive vice president for power transmission.

The agreement builds on earlier ties. In December 2025, Al Tayer received a Dell delegation that included Yehia to discuss collaboration on internet-of-things, edge computing and data centre technology for grid reliability, according to DEWA. Moro Hub and DigitalX, subsidiaries of Digital DEWA, signed separate memorandums with Dell last year covering AI cloud infrastructure and asset provisioning.

The two companies have not said when the first pilot projects might begin.

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