Hakan Ozdemir, who runs Siemens Smart Infrastructure across the Middle East and Qatar, argues the Gulf is moving with more urgency on AI-enabled infrastructure than global peers. Siemens’ Infrastructure Transition Monitor found 66% of Middle East executives want the energy transition to accelerate, against 57% worldwide, while 62% expect AI to reshape infrastructure operations within three years. The conversation covers smart grid software, AI-enabled buildings and data centers, and the tension between autonomous systems and physical vulnerability.
Siemens says Gulf states treat power grids as an AI race
Siemens Smart Infrastructure's Middle East chief on why the Gulf is spending faster on grids, data centers and AI-enabled systems.
