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DEWA explores strategic collaboration on sustainability, clean energy, AI and future-ready infrastructure with Masdar, Schneider Electric and ServiceNow • Meetings held at World Governments Summit 2026 · DEWA Podcasts

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  Welcome back to Future Forward. Today we're looking
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  at some really significant developments from
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  the World Government Summit 2026. The Dubai Electricity
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  and Water Authority has been laying the groundwork
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  for, well, for the city's future. That's right.
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  His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al -Tayr, the MD
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  and CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority,
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  held a series of high -stakes meetings with global
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  leaders like Mostar, Schneider Electric, and
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  ServiceNow. This is all part of a grand strategy.
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  Right. To solidify Dubai's status as a leading,
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  smart, and sustainable hub. So let's break this
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  down. First, the meeting with Mohamed Jamil al
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  -Ramahi, the CEO of Mostar. What was the core
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  of that discussion? It focused on supercharging
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  their partnership in clean energy. Okay. Directly
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  supporting the UAE's net zero 2050 goals. And
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  the centerpiece of this is the Mohamed bin Rashid
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  al -Maktoum solar park. It's already producing
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  3 ,860 megawatts. Wow. And there's a clear roadmap
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  to exceed 8 ,000 megawatts by 2030. That is an
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  immense amount of clean power. And this green
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  vision, it extends beyond just power plants,
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  doesn't it? It does. They also highlighted the
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  growth of the EV green charger network. Yeah.
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  Which now has over 1 ,860 stations. But, you
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  know, beyond the new projects. Right. Their current
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  operational excellence is what's truly remarkable.
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  I mean, the efficiency numbers are just world
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  class. You're talking about the network losses.
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  I read their electricity transmission losses
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  are only 2 .0%. Yeah. Where Europe and the U
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  .S. are at, what, 6 or 7 %? Exactly. And for
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  water, it's 4 .5 % loss. Hmm. Then compared to
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  about 15 % in North America. Then there's the
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  reliability. They achieved a new world record
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  for customer minutes lost. Oh, really? Emphatically,
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  with Dubai averaging just 0 .94 minutes per customer
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  annually. That's less than 60 seconds of outage
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  time per year. That level of service is incredible.
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  So how did the technology partners fit into all
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  this? What about the meeting with Schneider Electric?
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  With Waleed Shetta and Amel Chodley from Schneider
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  Electric, the focus was energy resilience, grid
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  modernization, and green data centers. Okay.
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  And they specifically discussed the one run by
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  Moro Hub, which holds a Guinness World Record
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  for being the largest solar -powered data center.
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  That's a critical piece of the sustainable digital
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  infrastructure. And that infrastructure is getting
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  a massive upgrade, right? I saw a figure for
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  their smart grid investment. A huge one. The
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  Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is investing
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  a total of $7 billion AED in its smart grid up
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  to 2035. Wow. That is the backbone for making
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  Dubai the smartest city in the world. Which leads
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  us perfectly to that final meeting with Cathy
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  Malzais from ServiceNow. This is where the AI
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  strategy comes into play, isn't it? Yes, this
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  is the brain of the operation. The goal is to
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  use advanced AI, analytics, and automated workflows
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  to boost efficiency and enhance the customer
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  experience. Right. His Excellency Saeed Al -Tayr
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  laid out this just a groundbreaking vision for
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  the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority to
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  become the world's very first AI -native utility.
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  An AI -native utility. That's a powerful concept.
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  It's not just about adding AI tools. No. It's
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  about rebuilding the organization's entire strategy
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  and culture around artificial intelligence from
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  the ground up. It's a complete paradigm shift.
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  So these meetings were about creating this powerful
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  synergy. Hmm. Mostar for clean energy, Schneider
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  Electric for resilient infrastructure, and ServiceNow
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  for the intelligence to run it all. It's a blueprint
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  for a truly future -ready city. A comprehensive
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  and inspiring vision for a sustainable future.
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  It will be absolutely fascinating to watch it
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  unfold. Indeed. And now, here's a question we'd
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  like you to think about. As our city's core utilities
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  become AI -native and deeply intelligent, what
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  is one unexpected change you predict for our
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  daily lives?