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Khazna AUH6 (with AUH8 extension) data center

Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi market · location approximate to district level

Khazna AUH6 (with AUH8 extension) is a data center project in Masdar City, United Arab Emirates, operated by Khazna Data Centers. It is operational and expanding. It is planned for 32 MW of IT load. The operator reports 32 MW running.

Latest change on record: moved to expanding on 24 April 2025. Record last checked against its sources on 21 October 2026.

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Stage
Expanding
Planned IT load
32 MW
Running now
32 MW
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
Khazna Data Centers
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Verified
Will it get built?Built7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started

This project is built or running, so every gate counts as passed.

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

How United Arab Emirates approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in United Arab Emirates.

Where it sits

Abu Dhabi holds 7 active projects with 434 MW of planned IT load between them, and Khazna AUH6 (with AUH8 extension) ranks 4th 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 dated record runs from operational on 1 February 2024 to operational and expanding on 24 April 2025. Power comes from Emerge through onsite solar (reported, unconfirmed).

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 5 public sources for this project, the latest dated 3 September 2025, and last checked the record on 21 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderYes
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Marketed by the operator as a hyperscale AI-ready facility at launch.

Access to AI chips

GradeGovernment-confirmed

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.

US licence required for this destination as enforcedYes
A party headquartered in China or Macau on the projectNo
Country-level export frameworkYes
A party named in a government authorisationYes
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

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

Stage history

2024-02-01Operational · khazna.ae
2025-04-24Expanding · datacenterdynamics.com

Who is behind it

OperatorKhazna Data Centers · Colocation
Funder, EquityG42

Who uses the compute

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.

Colocation price per kW of IT load per month

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.

Project team
Design and build contractorLaing O'Rourke · completed Inferred by ArusGrid source ↗
Design, construction and commissioning of 7.5MW IT Masdar City facility
Why we think so. Contractor page names a Khazna 7.5MW facility in Masdar City (MEED award Dec 2020); AUH6 is our only Khazna Masdar City project.
Power supply
On-site solarEmerge · 7 MW · Feb 2024 Reported source ↗
A 7MWp ground-mounted solar PV plant developed with Emerge supplies electricity for AUH6 operations. · Capacity is MWp.

Sources checked 2026-10-21

  1. Khazna Data Centers fuels UAE's digital future with the launch of hyperscale AI-ready data center in Masdar City (Khazna Data Centers, 2024-02-01)
  2. Khazna breaks ground on two data centers in Abu Dhabi (DatacenterDynamics, 2025-04-24)
  3. Khazna secures $2.6bn for UAE data centre projects (MEED, 2025-09-03)
  4. Khazna Data Centre AUH8 30MW (James L. Williams ME)
  5. Khazna launches AI-ready Data Center in Masdar City (W.Media, 2024-02-07)

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Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to corrections@arusgrid.com. Dataset updated 2026-10-18.