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VOLT UAE Dubai Silicon Oasis data center

Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Dubai market · location approximate to district level

VOLT UAE Dubai Silicon Oasis is a data center project in Dubai Silicon Oasis, United Arab Emirates, operated by VOLT UAE. It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. It is planned for 29 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 1 April 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 21 October 2026.

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Stage
Announced
Planned IT load
29 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
VOLT UAE
Joint venture
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Sourced
Will it get built?Open question3 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured○ Power arranged○ Approvals granted✓ Money committed○ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed○ Construction started

Next gate to watch: Power arranged.

Your call. Will it be built?

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

Dubai holds 6 active projects with 129 MW of planned IT load between them, and VOLT UAE Dubai Silicon Oasis ranks second by planned capacity. Of those, 1 is operational, 1 is operational and expanding, 1 is under construction and 3 are announced only. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Dubai, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.

It is the only VOLT project ArusGrid tracks. Named funding comes from Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ). 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 announced only on 1 April 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 4 public sources for this project, the latest dated 24 April 2026, and last checked the record on 21 October 2026.

How well evidenced is it

One or two hard signals sit behind the announcement. 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

Announced as an AI-ready facility by both joint-venture partners. No cooling, density or tenant disclosure.

Access to AI chips

GradeNo public signal

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.

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 authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

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

2026-04-01Announced · datacenterdynamics.com

Who is behind it

OperatorVOLT UAE · Joint venture
Funder, Joint venture partnerDubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ)

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
Mechanical and electrical worksSchneider Electric · Apr 2026 Reported source ↗
Electrical systems, power distribution and data centre infrastructure
Land
Allocated byDubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority (DIEZ) · 60,000 sqm · Apr 2026 Reported source ↗
DIEZ provides land and core infrastructure as joint venture partner. Site of up to 60,000 sqm.

Sources checked 2026-10-21

  1. Volt sets up joint venture in Dubai to deliver 29MW data center (DatacenterDynamics, 2026-04-01)
  2. DIEZ and Volt ink deal for AI data centres in Dubai Silicon Oasis (Middle East Construction News, 2026-04-01)
  3. DIEZ and VOLT UAE partner to develop AI-ready data center in Dubai Silicon Oasis (Fast Company Middle East, 2026-04-24)
  4. DIEZ and VOLT UAE team up to develop AI-ready data centres in Dubai Silicon Oasis (Dubai Media Office, 2026-04-23)

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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.