Keep production in Dubai and recovery in the capital, or host everything in Abu Dhabi beside federal and energy partners. The NetForChoice Data Center in Abu Dhabi gives you rack space, secure cages and disaster recovery with a 99.95% uptime SLA, and every copy of your data stays in the UAE.
DR for Dubai servers
ISO/IEC 27001
Secure cages
Pick a single service or combine them into a primary and backup setup across two emirates.

Replicate production from Dubai to Abu Dhabi and restore within the recovery targets we set together.
Acronis Cloud Backup
Rent racks for your own hardware, with power, cooling and 24x7 facility support included.
Colocation Data CenterLocked cages, named-access lists and visitor logs for regulated teams.
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Single-tenant servers with full root access, kept inside the UAE.
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Monitoring, patching and backup checks handled by our engineers.
Server Management ServicesSmaller cloud instances for test, staging and light apps.
NetForChoice UAE VPS HostingFrom one rack for a backup site to a private suite for your main systems.
A rack sized for your recovery copy, with power and network ready.
Best for: Dubai firms needing DRA locked cage with visitor logs for every entry.
Best for: Banks and healthcare groupsA suite with its own entry rules for larger estates.
Best for: Oil, gas and utility firmsA hall planned around your power and security targets.
Best for: Government programmesBuilt so your backup site is ready the day your primary site needs it.
UPS carries the load the instant grid power drops, with generators for longer cuts.
Equipment stays in its safe range through peak UAE summer.
Several carriers and routes keep replication links to Dubai steady.
Gate, lobby, hall and cage checkpoints, all recorded on camera.
Our team monitors the facility around the clock and catches issues early.
Move from one rack to a cage or suite in the same building.
Hosting in the capital keeps data in the UAE, puts you near key partners and gives Dubai firms a second site.
About 140 km between sites protects you from a local outage hitting both copies.
Federal Decree Law No. 45 of 2021 and Federal Law No. 2 of 2019 set rules for personal and health data. Hosting here keeps files on UAE soil.
Federal bodies and major energy firms are based in Abu Dhabi.
A base for users in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait.
Low latency to Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Al Ain.
Our Abu Dhabi office gives you on-site help in local hours.
A backup site is only useful if it works on the day you need it. With NetForChoice colocation in Abu Dhabi, we test recovery with you, keep the hardware monitored and agree recovery targets in writing.
One contract spans all three Emirates sites, uptime is promised at 99.95% and a capital-based office handles on-site visits.
Best for: government suppliers, energy companies, banks, healthcare groups and Dubai businesses that need a second-emirate DR site.
Use these checks to compare DR and hosting providers in the capital.
Far enough from your primary site in Dubai.
Steady routes between emirates.
Drills with written RPO and RTO.
All copies stay in the UAE.
Visitor logs and CCTV for audits.
Capital-grade 99.95% promise with credits if missed.
Ask the capital team for a DR plan and a tour of the Abu Dhabi facility.
Three ways to keep a second copy of your systems in the UAE, and how they compare.
| What matters | NetForChoice Abu Dhabi | Second office server room | Cloud backup only |
|---|---|---|---|
| Setup cost | Low, rent racks as you need them | High: fit-out, UPS and cooling | Low |
| Recovery speed | Restore to standby hardware on site | Depends on your own team | Slow restore for large systems |
| Uptime | 99.95% SLA with 24x7 monitoring | No formal SLA | Provider SLA by service |
| Data residency | All copies stay in the UAE | Stays in your office | Depends on region |
| Control | Your hardware, your recovery plan | Full control | Limited to provider tools |
| Growth | Move from rack to cage on site | Limited by office space | Grows with storage bills |
Sectors that can't afford downtime or data leaving the country.
Citizen portals and records kept in the UAE.
SCADA data and plant analytics with steady uptime.
Core banking and payment systems with audit trails.
Patient records under UAE health data rules.
Billing and grid monitoring systems.
Booking and operations systems for the capital.
University and school platforms that scale.
Network nodes and edge caching.
Review platform scores and words from teams with DR and production on our racks.
"I cannot say enough good things about NetForChoice. They have saved our business on more than one occasion, and they're always there to help resolve a crisis that no one anticipated."
"I've been working with NetForChoice for the past 2 years now. The one time I needed their help, they managed to find the solution in less than an hour, which was more than I can say for our previous provider."
Questions UAE teams ask about hosting and DR in the capital.
It is a facility where you place your own servers in rented racks. We supply power, cooling, security and network, and every setting on the box stays yours.
Yes. Many UAE firms keep production in Dubai and recovery in Abu Dhabi, about 140 km away.
Recovery targets depend on your setup. We agree RPO and RTO with you in writing and test them before go-live.
No. Production and backup copies remain inside the UAE unless you ask us to keep a copy elsewhere.
Rent is set by rack count, kW per rack and uplink speed. Our capital team prices it in writing after a short call.
Yes. Registered staff can visit with photo ID, and remote hands handle reboots and cabling when you cannot come in.
Yes. Our office is in Shabiya 10, Abu Dhabi. We also have an office in Sharjah.
We share ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 20000-1 certificates with procurement and audit teams.
Yes. Pair the UAE with our data centers in India under one contract.
Every rack and server carries 99.95% in writing, with service credits explained in our Service Level Agreement.
Combine Abu Dhabi with another site for primary and backup hosting.
Tell us what you host in Dubai today and how fast you need to recover. We will design a DR plan and quote.
Colocation, DR and secure hosting at the NetForChoice Abu Dhabi data center, with a 99.95% uptime SLA.
What a full-service provider offers and how round-the-clock NOC teams work.