Justas open data has been used to fuel multi-billion dollar industries in othersectors, like the weather industry that uses raw satellite data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has spent the last few years nurturing entrepreneurial innovation in the health space through open government data.
And while it will always be a niche investment compared with othersectors such as energy, it seems Qatar's place in world football is only just kicking off.