Khazna AUH5 (KEZAD) is a data center project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, operated by Khazna Data Centers. It is under construction. It is planned for 30 MW of IT load.
Latest change on record: entered the record as under construction on 1 January 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 19 October 2026.
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Abu Dhabi holds 7 active projects with 434 MW of planned IT load between them, and Khazna AUH5 (KEZAD) ranks 6th 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.
Khazna has 6 others in the United Arab Emirates and 1 project elsewhere in the dataset tracked by ArusGrid, including Stargate UAE phase 1, Khazna Dubai Production City and Khazna QAJ1. Named funding comes from G42 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 stage was recorded as under construction on 1 January 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 1 public source for this project, the latest dated 1 January 2026, and last checked the record on 19 October 2026.
Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
Reaching this stage requires a dated construction source, which corroborates the project on its own.
Part of Khazna's stated AI capacity programme. No cooling or density disclosure for this site.
A dated US government document names this project's operator, its parent, or a named funder as authorised to receive advanced computing items. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.
G42 · Named in Supplement No. 8 to Part 740, licence-free under A:5 and License Exception STA. Earlier authorised 2025-11-19 for up to 35,000 Nvidia GB300 accelerators. (2026-07-14) Authorisation lapses 2027-04-06 source
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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