In a significant development, Khazna Data Centers, the UAE\u2019s largest national data center operator, has secured a plot of land for its first data center in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
The company confirmed it has acquired a 225,000-square-foot (~21,000-square-meter) site in Dammam, Eastern Province, where it plans to build a data center with up to 200 MW of capacity.<\/p>\n
As expected, the upcoming facility will be designed to handle high-performance workloads for cloud and AI hyperscale deployments and will follow a modular construction approach.<\/p>\n
To oversee the development of the Dammam project and guide the company\u2019s broader expansion efforts within the kingdom, Khazna has appointed Mohammed bin Hassan as its country head for Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
At present, Khazna operates 30 active data centers with a combined capacity of nearly 650 megawatts. This makes the Saudi project of great importance to the company\u2019s expansion. Yet the Saudi project is not the only one; the company aims to deliver more than 1 GW of additional AI-ready capacity across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Italy, and other major markets.<\/p>\n
Details on the project\u2019s timeline, financial terms, and exact location are still under wraps.<\/p>\n
Khazna has grown significantly in the past year. In March, UAE investment firm MGX and US private equity company Silver Lake acquired a minority stake in it. Later, the company signed a deal for a 500 MW AI data campus in northern Italy. By September, it secured a $2.62 billion credit facility to support its expansion across regional and international markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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