{"id":101009,"date":"2025-08-26T13:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/?p=101009"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T09:55:47","slug":"gcc-sustainability-hackathon-launched-for-green-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/gcc-sustainability-hackathon-launched-for-green-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"GCC Sustainability Hackathon Launched for Green Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etisalat\">e&amp;<\/a>, a global technology group and founding member of the GCC Sustainability Innovation Hub, announced it has joined top regional telecom operators to launch the first GCC Sustainability Hackathon. The high-intensity challenge aims to uncover the next wave of green technology breakthroughs and rethink how regional networks are built, powered, and maintained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The inaugural hackathon invites innovators, solution providers, and startups to compete across three tracks: AI-driven energy efficiency to reduce power consumption; e-waste management to transform discarded <a href=\"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/category\/smart-sectors\/telecom-industry-news\/\">telecom<\/a> hardware into valuable resources; and renewable energy solutions to scale clean power for towers and data centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohamed H Almarzooqi, Sr. Vice President\/Access Network, e&amp; international, said, \u201cBy uniting the GCC\u2019s strongest networks and brightest talent, we can turn prototypes into region-wide change in months, not years. The ideas born here could help cut costs, slash emissions, and support net-zero ambitions faster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants will compete for prizes while designing solutions with measurable environmental impact. The best ideas will be presented live during a special event hosted by stc Group in Riyadh. Registration is open until September 1, and submissions will be evaluated by a judging panel representing all participating telcos. Finalists will present their ideas from September 14 to 16, with winners announced on September 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Dunnett, Group Senior Vice President of Sustainability, e&amp;, added, \u201cMeeting net-zero targets requires accelerating the best ideas to full-scale adoption. This hackathon provides a platform for startups to turn pilots into impactful solutions and prove that sustainable networks are a performance advantage, not a trade-off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GCC Sustainability Innovation Hub, formed by e&amp;, Beyon, du, Ooredoo, Omantel, stc Group, and Zain, aims to establish region-wide procurement standards for green technology and accelerate renewable energy adoption across 39 subsidiaries in 33 countries. The hub has a strong track record in cutting network energy use, deploying renewables, and reducing e-waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e&amp;\u2019s sustainability initiatives include net-zero emissions targets (Scopes 1 &amp; 2) by 2030 in the UAE and by 2040 globally, Project Life to reduce Scope 3 emissions, eco-friendly recycled SIM cards, the region\u2019s first net-zero 5G Massive MIMO site powered by renewables, and Sustainability-as-a-Service solutions using IoT, AI, and automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GCC has the talent, the networks, and the urgency, and this hackathon is a standing invitation to turn innovation into measurable impact and set a global benchmark for sustainable telecom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bullet Points for Quick Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>GCC Sustainability Hackathon launched by e&amp; and top regional telcos.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participants compete across AI energy efficiency, e-waste, and renewable energy tracks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finalists present solutions live in Riyadh; winners announced September 17.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>e&amp;, a global technology group and founding member of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":101020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10310],"tags":[93],"contributor":[9732],"class_list":["post-101009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-green-tech","tag-sustainability","contributor-news-desk"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/E_Artboard-1-copy-24.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Lubna","author_link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/author\/lubna\/"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101010,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101009\/revisions\/101010"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101009"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=101009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}