Silicon Oasis Established in 2004, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority is wholly owned by the Government of Dubai providing both a living and working integrated community. Silicon Oasis is a Free Zone Authority and providesfree trade zoneincentives and benefits to companies operating within the tech park.

Dubai Silicon Oasis spans 7.2km. The Authority has made a large capital investment in its infrastructure to cater to the need of high tech industries in the free zone, this ranges from advanced telecommunications, afibre opticnetwork, tier 3 data center with 120 high capacity racks, and a high-tech utility infrastructure with 8 power stations with a capacity of 1600 MW.

The technology park possesses a combined fire, water and irrigation supply system which is supported by a pump station and a 5000 m underground irrigation tank. A sanitary water network is also provided giving potable water supply of 44,525 m per day based on an estimated 162,400 population working and/or living at the Silicon Oasis. DSO has a sewerage management system includes onsite pumping stations that transport wastewater to municipal plants through a new pressure pipeline. Current capacity of the sewage management system is 3,000 m per day (of which the technology park currently uses approximately a third) with a planned expansion set to see the capacity increased to 10,000 m to facilitate the communitys future growth.

In addition, DSO has a fully completed network of roads allowing quick in and out access toDubais major highways.