Data center projects in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia · The Gulf · dataset updated 2026-10-18

ArusGrid tracks 14 active data center projects in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with 1,216 MW of planned IT load. Of these, 1 is operational, 1 is operational and expanding, 5 are under construction, 3 are at the land and permitting stage and 4 are announced only. Projects under construction or commissioning account for 717 MW and operational sites for 20 MW of planned capacity.

The largest project is SDAIA Hexagon at 480 MW, under construction. The operators with the most planned capacity here are SDAIA (500 MW across 2 projects), AirTrunk (250 MW across 1 project) and Humain (200 MW across 4 projects). No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Riyadh, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

The US export control position for advanced AI chips in Saudi Arabia, as of 19 November 2025, is recorded as “Case-by-case authorisation only”.

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All projects largest planned capacity first

Project	City	Stage	Planned MW	Running MW	Operator	AI
SDAIA Hexagon	Riyadh	Under construction	480 *	undisclosed	SDAIA (Saudi Data and AI Authority)	Confirmed
AirTrunk and Humain Riyadh campus	Riyadh	Announced	250	undisclosed	AirTrunk and Humain	Likely
Humain Riyadh campus	Riyadh	Under construction	100	undisclosed	Humain	Likely
ICS Arabia Desert Dragon (Riyadh phase)	Al Kharj	Under construction	65	undisclosed	ICS Arabia	Likely
NHC Innovation Khuzam Digital Valley data centre	Riyadh (Khuzam)	Announced	65 *	undisclosed	NHC Innovation	Likely
Humain / xAI Riyadh campus	Riyadh	Announced	50	undisclosed	Humain	Likely
Humain and center3 Riyadh AI data centre	Riyadh	Announced	50	undisclosed	Humain and center3	Likely
Dawiyat Riyadh data centre	Riyadh	Under construction	48 *	undisclosed	Dawiyat Integrated Telecommunications and Information Technology Company	No signal either way
DataVolt Riyadh East (First Technology Park)	Riyadh	Land and permitting	44	undisclosed	DataVolt	Likely
Ezditek RUH01	Riyadh	Under construction	24	undisclosed	Ezditek	No signal either way
DAMAC Digital RUH-1 (Riyadh Industrial City 2)	Riyadh	Operational	20	undisclosed	DAMAC Digital (EDGNEX)	No signal either way
SDAIA Salboukh data centre	Salboukh	Land and permitting	20	undisclosed	SDAIA (Saudi Data and AI Authority)	No signal either way
Humain Al-Saad campus	Riyadh	Land and permitting	none published	undisclosed	Humain	Likely
center3 Riyadh (Khurais)	Riyadh	Expanding	none published	undisclosed	center3	No signal either way

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Operators here with their own page

SDAIA · AirTrunk · Humain · ICS Arabia · DataVolt · DAMAC Digital (EDGNEX) · stc

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* marks a capacity figure whose source states a basis other than IT load. Planned MW is IT load unless marked. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Cancelled projects are listed and excluded from every total. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to corrections@arusgrid.com. This page is generated from the dataset, so it cannot drift from the map.