UAE-Based Yango Group to Open Flagship Data Centre Hub in Serbia
Jun 16, 2025
Dubai-headquartered Yango Group has signed a memorandum of understanding to host its servers at Serbia's state-run data centre in Kragujevac. The facility, designed to meet TIER 4 standards and equipped with ISO/IEC 27001 and PCI DSS certifications, will serve as Yango's primary infrastructure hub for its global technology ecosystem.
Under a colocation model, Yango will operate within a single-tenant environment to better control latency and performance—especially during peak loads—by avoiding shared public-cloud variability. Serbia was chosen for its central location, energy cost efficiency, and favorable cooling conditions—key elements that support robust data centre operations.
The Kragujevac centre will reinforce Yango's services across more than 30 countries. Since its founding in 2018, Yango has built a diverse tech portfolio including ride-hailing, maps, delivery, entertainment, adtech, AI assistants, robotics, and autonomous services.
By anchoring infrastructure in Serbia, Yango is doubling down on a self-reliant, scalable strategy aimed at improving service quality, transparency, and regulatory readiness in the MENA, Latin America, Africa, and European regions.
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