DSOA Silicon Park Project bags ‘infrastructure innovation award’

DUBAI / Emirates Business

Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis, the integrated free zone technology park, in collaboration with NXN (formerly neXgen), the leading smart city consulting and digital service provider, have received the prestigious ‘Best Infrastructure Innovation Award’ for its Silicon Park project at the annual Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Innovation Awards ceremony held in London.
Recognizing the industry’s most significant project partnerships and showcasing the very best projects in telecommunications, the award celebrates DSOA’s collaboration with smart city advisory and managed services provider NXN in establishing Dubai’s first integrated smart city project at the high-tech park.
The award was received based on several criteria including overall Smart District ICT concept design, technology blueprint and service delivery framework for the Silicon Park project in Dubai Silicon Oasis. The project defines Smart District Services and value propositions, and develops detailed technical designs and specifications that make it future proof, readily able to take on more smart services as they became available or relevant in the future.
Currently under construction at an estimated total cost of AED1.3bn spanning an area of 150,000sqm, Silicon Park will comprise 71,000sqm office space, 25,000sqm of commercial space, 46,000sqm of residential area and 112-key business hotel and 59-room furnished apartment Radisson RED Dubai Silicon Oasis.