SDAIA Salboukh data centre is a data center project in Salboukh, Saudi Arabia, operated by SDAIA (Saudi Data and AI Authority). It is at the land and permitting stage. It is planned for 20 MW of IT load.
Latest change on record: entered the record as land and permitting on 8 July 2025. Record last checked against its sources on 21 October 2026.
Next gate to watch: Land secured.
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How Saudi Arabia approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh holds 14 active projects with 1,216 MW of planned IT load between them, and SDAIA Salboukh data centre ranks 12th by planned capacity. Of those, 1 is operational, 1 is operational and expanding, 5 are under construction, 3 are at the land and permitting stage and 4 are announced only. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Riyadh, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.
SDAIA has 1 other in Saudi Arabia tracked by ArusGrid, including SDAIA Hexagon. Named funding comes from Government of Saudi Arabia on the equity side. The named user of the compute is Government of Saudi Arabia (confirmed).
The stage was recorded as at the land and permitting stage on 8 July 2025.
The US export control position for advanced AI chips in Saudi Arabia, as of 19 November 2025, is recorded as “Case-by-case authorisation only”. ArusGrid holds 2 public sources for this project, the latest dated 8 July 2025, and last checked the record on 21 October 2026.
Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
No public signal either way.
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Case-by-case authorisation only · Case-by-case authorisation only (2025-11-19) source
No published price band exists for Saudi Arabia, and ArusGrid does not estimate from the regional benchmark alone. What was searched is listed on the Colo prices page.
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