Mai Barakat is a Senior Analyst on the 451 Research Data Center Services & Infrastructure team at 451 Research from S&P Global Energy Horizons. Her research focuses on data center market activity across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Her key research areas include emerging data center markets; retail, wholesale and cloud provider activity; industry growth projections; market share analysis; government incentives and regulations; and pricing dynamics. Before joining the Data Center Services & Infrastructure team in 2020, her focus was on mobile telecommunications and 5G in Europe. Prior to that, she spent more than 10 years at Omdia covering mobile/fixed telecommunications and TV in the Middle East and Africa, with a special focus on mobile banking and fintech initiatives in emerging markets.