{"id":906385,"date":"2026-05-17T03:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/ai-driven-surveillance-growth-reshapes-data-infrastructure-in-uae\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T03:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:12:18","slug":"ai-driven-surveillance-growth-reshapes-data-infrastructure-in-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/17\/ai-driven-surveillance-growth-reshapes-data-infrastructure-in-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-driven surveillance growth reshapes data infrastructure in UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content-header\">\n<h2>Seagate Technology\u2019s Sameer Bhatia discusses how the UAE\u2019s smart infrastructure ambitions are driving demand for scalable, resilient and sovereign data storage architectures for AI-enabled surveillance and critical infrastructure environments<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-center\">\n<ul>\n<li><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i data-icon=\"2\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"contributors-block\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/computerweekly\/Andrea-Benito-Arauzo-140x180.jpg\" alt=\"Andrea Benito \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Andrea-Benito\">Andrea Benito ,<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Computer Weekly<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tPublished: <span>13 May 2026 11:12<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"content-body\">\n<p>As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the role of surveillance and operational monitoring across the Middle East, data infrastructure providers are increasingly positioning storage as a strategic foundation for digital resilience and smart-city innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Video surveillance systems across the Middle East are generating unprecedented data volumes, and organisations are deploying AI-powered analytics at scale. Infrastructure strategy has become a critical enabler of both operational performance and sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sameer Bhatia, senior regional director for India, the Middle East, Turkey and Africa at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerweekly.com\/microscope\/news\/366632065\/Data-preparation-is-where-AI-strategies-must-start\" rel=\"noopener\">Seagate<\/a> Technology, industry engagement across the region has served as an important platform for accelerating collaboration across the wider security and infrastructure ecosystem, including systems integrators, solution providers and enterprise customers deploying AI-enabled video environments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVideo is evolving from passive surveillance into searchable, decision-ready intelligence,\u201d said Bhatia. \u201cThat transformation changes the requirements for the underlying data infrastructure, particularly around scale, resilience, retention and compliance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bhatia said Seagate\u2019s partnerships are centred on helping organisations manage the explosive growth of video data as AI adds metadata, summaries, analytics and operational context to every frame captured. \u201cMore than 75% of organisations expect their video data to at least double over the next five years. That is exactly why these collaborations matter now.\u201d<\/p>\n<section data-menu-title=\"UAE smart infrastructure ambitions create new opportunities\">\n<h2><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i>UAE smart infrastructure ambitions create new opportunities<\/h2>\n<p>Bhatia said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) market presents significant growth opportunities as government and enterprise organisations continue investing in smart infrastructure, digital transformation and AI-driven operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UAE is investing ambitiously in smart infrastructure and national innovation. Our role is to help organisations build secure and scalable data foundations for AI-enabled video and sensor-driven environments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/computerweekly\/Sameer-Bhatia-Seagate-140x180px.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Sameer Bhatia, senior regional director for India, the Middle East, Turkey and Africa at Seagate Technology\">\n <\/p>\n<p><span><strong><span>\u201cOur focus is on delivering storage platforms engineered for mission-critical workloads. That includes capabilities designed to support governance, auditability, security and long-life infrastructure planning\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Sameer Bhatia, Seagate Technology <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Seagate is showcasing storage infrastructure designed to support AI-powered video analytics across use cases, including smart city surveillance, retail operations and critical infrastructure monitoring. Bhatia added that the company continues to emphasise architectures that support local control of sensitive data, particularly in regulated and mission-critical environments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData sovereignty, governance and compliance are increasingly important requirements for organisations operating critical infrastructure and public sector services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-menu-title=\"Supporting public sector resilience and governance\">\n<h2><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i>Supporting public sector resilience and governance<\/h2>\n<p>Bhatia explained that Seagate works with the public sector through a broader ecosystem of enterprise partners, systems integrators and customers supporting government-adjacent and critical sector environments. Public sector organisations globally are dealing with rapidly expanding volumes of sensitive data, ranging from citizen records and archives to telemetry generated by smart infrastructure platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus is on delivering storage platforms engineered for mission-critical workloads,\u201d Bhatia explained. \u201cThat includes capabilities designed to support governance, auditability, security and long-life infrastructure planning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the UAE\u2019s national focus on innovation and smart city development closely aligns with the broader industry shift towards treating video and sensor data as a scalable intelligence layer rather than simply archived information.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-menu-title=\"AI drives new infrastructure requirements\">\n<h2><i data-icon=\"1\"><\/i>AI drives new infrastructure requirements<\/h2>\n<p>According to Bhatia, enterprise and critical sector organisations are increasingly under pressure to retain larger volumes of data for longer periods while extracting operational insights more quickly and securely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI is accelerating the transition from \u2018record and review\u2019 to \u2018search, summarise and act\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>To support this shift, Seagate is helping customers build scalable edge-to-cloud data architectures capable of handling growing video workloads, including automated alerts, investigations, compliance requirements and operational analytics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProcessing data closer to the edge helps reduce latency while supporting local control of sensitive information,\u201d said Bhatia. \u201cThat is becoming increasingly important in regulated industries and critical infrastructure environments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the UAE\u2019s strongest differentiators is the speed at which public and private sector stakeholders align around national technology objectives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs AI transforms passive data into operational intelligence, 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