Meeza M-VAULT 1 to 5 (Doha portfolio) is a data center project in Doha, Qatar, operated by Meeza QSTP LLC. It is operational and expanding. It is planned for 18 MW of IT load. The operator reports 18 MW running.
Latest change on record: moved to expanding on 21 June 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 19 October 2026.
This project is built or running, so every gate counts as passed.
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How Qatar approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in Qatar.
Doha holds 4 active projects with 62 MW of planned IT load between them, and Meeza M-VAULT 1 to 5 (Doha portfolio) ranks second by planned capacity. Of those, 2 are operational, 1 is operational and expanding and 1 is under construction. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Doha, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.
Meeza has 1 other in Qatar tracked by ArusGrid, including Meeza M-VAULT 6, 7 and 8. It sits on the Meeza M-VAULT campus. Named funding comes from Meeza on the equity side. The named user of the compute is Microsoft (confirmed).
The dated record runs from operational on 29 November 2021 to operational and expanding on 21 June 2026.
The US export control position for advanced AI chips in Qatar, as of 27 September 2026, is recorded as “Licence required as enforced (Country Group D:4), no named authorisation found”. ArusGrid holds 4 public sources for this project, the latest dated 5 August 2026, and last checked the record on 19 October 2026.
Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
Hosts Microsoft's Qatar Central Azure region (M-VAULT 4, QSTP, inaugurated 2021 to 11) and a 4MW expansion for a global hyperscaler delivered June 2026 for cloud and AI workloads.
A chip-vendor partnership or US hyperscaler relationship has been announced, but no government document names anyone involved. Signal, not licence. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.
Licence required as enforced (Country Group D:4), no named authorisation found · Licence required as enforced (Country Group D:4), no named authorisation found (2026-09-27) source
M-VAULT 4 hosts the Microsoft Cloud Qatar region (Qatar Central) · as of 2021-11-27
Meeza's own release on the M-VAULT 4 launch says 'The new data centre building hosts Microsoft Cloud data centre region offering cloud services to customers in Qatar, the region, and the world.' PeeringDB also lists Microsoft AS8075 present at Meeza MV2 in the same QSTP campus.
Source · MEEZA Reveals the Launch of its 4th M-VAULT 4 Data Center Building in Concurrence with its 13th Anniversary Celebrations (MEEZA, 2021-11-27)
Source · PeeringDB netfac records for Meeza Data Center - MV2 (fac 8069): Microsoft AS8075 (PeeringDB, 2026-10-02)
No published price band exists for Qatar, and ArusGrid does not estimate from the regional benchmark alone. What was searched is listed on the Colo prices page.
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