Gulf Data Hub Abu Dhabi (ICAD) is a data center project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, operated by Gulf Data Hub. It is operational and expanding. It is planned for 64 MW of IT load. The operator reports 16 MW running.
Latest change on record: moved to expanding on 28 August 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 21 October 2026.
This project is built or running, so every gate counts as passed.
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How United Arab Emirates approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in United Arab Emirates.
Abu Dhabi holds 7 active projects with 434 MW of planned IT load between them, and Gulf Data Hub Abu Dhabi (ICAD) ranks second by planned capacity. Of those, 3 are operational and expanding and 4 are under construction. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Abu Dhabi, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.
Gulf Data Hub has 1 other in the United Arab Emirates tracked by ArusGrid, including Gulf Data Hub Dubai Silicon Oasis campus. It sits on the ICAD campus. Named funding comes from KKR on the equity side. No user of the capacity is on the public record as of 2026-10-01, after a check of operator, landlord, contractor, regulator and lender documents. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.
The dated record runs from under construction in July 2021 to operational and expanding on 28 August 2026.
The US export control position for advanced AI chips in the United Arab Emirates, as of 14 July 2026, is recorded as “Country Group A:5 with Supplement No. 8 approved end users”. ArusGrid holds 2 public sources for this project, the latest dated 28 August 2026, and last checked the record on 21 October 2026.
Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
Multi-tenant colocation with no AI tenant, workload or cooling disclosure.
Nothing found in the public record. This describes the record, not the company, and it is not evidence that access was sought or denied. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.
Country Group A:5 with Supplement No. 8 approved end users · Country Group A:5 with Supplement No. 8 approved end users (2026-07-14) source
Checked on 2026-10-01. No user of this capacity is on the public record. ArusGrid read the operator's releases, the landlord's and contractors' exchange filings, regulator and lender documents and interconnection records. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.
No published price band exists for United Arab Emirates, and ArusGrid does not estimate from the regional benchmark alone. What was searched is listed on the Colo prices page.
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