Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, has entered into a strategic engagement on the ground breaking Energy City Qatar (ECQ) project, tagged the ‘city with a brain’.

In conjunction with a team of other global technology partners led by Accelerator Technology Holdings, Cisco will identify and design advanced technology solutions to create the infrastructure required to support the $2.6 billion regional energy hub in Qatar’s Lusail development.
Nearly one square kilometer of land has been allotted for ECQ that will house 92 buildings in the business park. Work is expected to start in mid-2007 and the first phase of the project that was launched in March 2006 is scheduled for completion in mid-2009. A team of over 30 technology experts from across Cisco’s global offices will work round the clock to complete and handover the technology blueprint to implementation teams within the stipulated timeframe. Cisco will provide specialist services for Internet related projects, including the design and creation of the city’s connected real estate framework, IT infrastructure network and IT and technology based products, services and operations. One of the world’s largest Internet Protocol (IP) enabled projects, Energy City Qatar will provide sophisticated office facilities for gas and oil producers, service, infrastructure and downstream companies, located alongside specialist technical and service facilities.
“We highly value Cisco’s partnership in building a leading business and technology experience across a world class energy city. As the Middle East’s hub for energy business expertise Energy City Qatar must deliver access to the highest possible standards of connectivity and efficiency. Cisco’s proven expertise and ingenuity will help us to make this a reality,” says Energy City Qatar CEO Bob Moore.