Unified Service Targets Hyperscale Design to Facility Management
KEO, a leading multidisciplinary consulting firm, and Margulies Hoelzli Architecture, a specialist in data centre and mission-critical design, have announced a strategic partnership to deliver integrated data centre solutions for developers and investors across the Gulf Cooperation Council and Europe, in Mumbai dated April 16, 2026. Under the partnership, the two firms will offer a unified, full-cycle service covering feasibility studies, design, construction, commissioning, and ongoing facility management to address rising global demand for digital infrastructure. The collaboration aims to streamline delivery of complex data centre projects by aligning infrastructure planning, regulatory approvals, and technical design from the earliest stages, helping clients reduce risk, accelerate approvals, and bring capacity online faster amid pressure on power availability and regulatory frameworks.
Market Context
The collaboration comes at a time of rapidly rising global demand for digital infrastructure, driven by the expansion of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and hyperscale data requirements, alongside increasing pressure on power availability and regulatory frameworks. The companies highlighted that global investment in data centre infrastructure is expected to exceed United States Dollar 3 trillion over the next five years, underscoring the scale of demand driven by digital transformation. The partnership positions itself to support this growth by addressing key industry challenges such as grid constraints, regulatory complexity, and the need for uninterrupted operational performance. KEO brings extensive regional infrastructure expertise across the Middle East, while Margulies Hoelzli Architecture contributes deep specialisation in hyperscale and mission-critical facility design. Together, the firms aim to provide a coordinated development framework for clients navigating the challenges of high-performance digital infrastructure.
Delivery Model
The companies stated that the partnership will enable a fully integrated development model that spans hyperscale design, infrastructure planning, regulatory coordination, and project execution within a single framework. This approach is expected to allow simultaneous development of data centre facilities and supporting grid infrastructure from day one. The integrated delivery model also aims to provide a single point of accountability across the project lifecycle, improving cost predictability, reducing delivery risks, and supporting environmental, social, and governance compliance and access to green financing through recognised certification standards. The model covers feasibility studies, design, construction, commissioning, and ongoing facility management, ensuring that infrastructure planning, regulatory approvals, and technical design are aligned from the outset to streamline the delivery of complex projects for developers and investors in the Gulf Cooperation Council and Europe.
Commenting on the partnership, Gregory Karpinski, Chief Operating Officer & Partner, KEO, said the collaboration brings together global design expertise and regional infrastructure delivery capabilities. โThis partnership brings together global hyperscale design expertise with deep regional infrastructure delivery, enabling a more coordinated approach to data centre development. By aligning grid, regulatory, and facility design from the outset, we help clients reduce risk, accelerate approvals, and bring capacity online faster,โ he said. Matthew Hoelzli, representing Margulies Hoelzli Architecture, said the alliance will help accelerate the development of advanced digital infrastructure across the region. โBy aligning our deep technical expertise with KEOโs leadership in the Middle East, we are streamlining the path to advanced AI infrastructure. Our combined strengths allow us to cut through delivery complexities, optimising both capital expenditure and long-term operational performance for the regionโs most ambitious projects,โ he said.
Track Record
With a combined track record spanning more than 30 countries, the two firms have contributed to over 1,200 megawatts of installed capacity and more than United States Dollar 100 billion in energy, power, and data centre investments, positioning the partnership as a significant player in the global digital infrastructure sector. KEO is described as a leading multidisciplinary consulting firm with extensive regional infrastructure expertise across the Middle East. Margulies Hoelzli Architecture is a specialist in data centre and mission-critical design with deep technical expertise in hyperscale facilities. The unified service targets the full cycle of data centre development to meet demand from artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and hyperscale requirements while navigating grid constraints and regulatory complexity across the Gulf Cooperation Council and Europe.
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