Pure DC AUH01 (Yas Island) is a data center project in Yas Island, United Arab Emirates, operated by Pure Data Centres Group. It is operational and expanding. It is planned for 48 MW of IT load. The operator reports 20 MW running.
Latest change on record: moved to expanding on 27 April 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 22 October 2026.
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Abu Dhabi holds 7 active projects with 434 MW of planned IT load between them, and Pure DC AUH01 (Yas Island) ranks third 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.
It is the only Pure DC project ArusGrid tracks. Named funding comes from Oaktree Capital Management on the equity side. No tenant has been disclosed, which is normal for colocation and says nothing about occupancy.
The build is phased. Building 1 at 20 MW is operational; Building 2 (fully permitted) at 28 MW is land and permitting. The dated record runs from operational on 27 February 2025 to operational and expanding on 27 April 2026. Power comes from TAQA through grid supply. Cooling uses hybrid air and liquid cooling.
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 8 public sources for this project, the latest dated 27 May 2026, and last checked the record on 22 October 2026.
Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
Building 1 was handed to an unnamed hyperscale customer. Hyperscale tenancy on a modern greenfield.
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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
41 MW · Whole campus; first hall handed over 2025, expansion from 41MW to 48MW announced Apr 2026 · as of 2026-07-15
Upgrade from reported to confirmed on the operator's own words. Pure DC's 2025 review states 'transitioning our Abu Dhabi campus into operations for our hyperscale customer'. DCD adds that the first data hall was handed over to a hyperscale customer in 2025 and the campus grows from 41MW to 48MW. Identity still undisclosed.
Source · A year of international expansion, growth and innovation: Pure DC's 2025 in review (Pure Data Centres Group, 2026-07-15)
Source · Pure DC to expand Abu Dhabi data center campus by 7MW (DCD, 2026-04-24)
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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Project team on other projects: Laing O'Rourke