How many AI data centers are tracked for Middle East?

Name: Middle East AI data center facilities
Creator: AI Data Center Index
License: https://aidatacenterindex.com/data/

The AI Data Center Index tracks 30 facilities for Middle East with 9.1 GW of selected tracked capacity.

Continental Market

Middle East

The AI infrastructure buildout across Middle East — countries, operators, capacity, and pipeline status. Middle East hosts 30 tracked facilities across 8 countries with 9.1 GW of combined selected tracked capacity.

Facilities

Tracked Capacity

9.1 GW

Countries

Operators

Operational

Capacity Pipeline

9.1 GW of selected tracked capacity across 30 facilities.

Operational719 MW8%14

Under Construction985 MW11%6

Planned380 MW4%5

Announced500 MW6%1

Data Quality

100% cited

90% capacity published

97% geolocated

67% dated

Geographic footprint

29 facilities with published coordinates in this slice.

Operational Under construction Planned Announced

Peer Ranking

Where Middle East stands among 8 tracked continents.

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By facility count#4of 8

By selected capacity#4of 8 · 9.1 GW

Share of top market

16% of the #1 continent's capacity

Nearby peers

Europe 90 · 20.6 GW Asia 83 · 18.5 GW South America 14 · 7.6 GW

Head-to-Head Comparisons

Pre-built matchups involving Middle East — facility count, capacity, status mix, and energy breakdown side by side.

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Middle EastvsEurope

Market Composition

How this slice breaks down

Status, operator concentration, and energy profile across 30 facilities.

Status distribution

Operational1447%

Under construction620%

Planned517%

Announced13%

Top operators by capacity

Khazna Data Centers5.2 GW NVIDIA5.1 GW G425.0 GW OpenAI5 GW Oracle5 GW Cisco5 GW

Energy mix

Renewable13%

Mixed517%

Other / Unknown2480%

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How many AI data centers are tracked for Middle East?: The AI Data Center Index tracks 30 facilities for Middle East with 9.1 GW of selected tracked capacity.

Facilities

Facility	Operator	Location	Capacity ↓	Status	Energy	Workload	Sources
G42 “Stargate” UAE–US AI Campus (Abu Dhabi)	G42 Khazna Data Centers OpenAI Oracle NVIDIA Cisco SoftBank Group	United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi	5,000 MW	under construction / first 200 MW Stargate UAE cluster expected in 2026	Other	Mixed	5
NEOM/DataVolt Oxagon AI Factory Campus	DataVolt NEOM	Saudi Arabia Oxagon, NEOM	1,500 MW	agreement signed; phased Oxagon AI factory campus with first phase expected operational by 2028	Other	Mixed	2
Aramco Digital & Groq Inference Data Center (Saudi Arabia)	Aramco Digital Groq	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (TBD)	500 MW	announced	Other	Inference	2
Hexagon Data Center — Riyadh	SDAIA (Saudi Data & AI Authority)	Saudi Arabia Riyadh	480 MW	under construction	Other	Unknown	1
Humain AI Data Centers (Saudi Arabia)	Humain Amazon Web Services AMD	Saudi Arabia Riyadh & Dammam	200 MW	under construction	Other	Mixed	1
Microsoft Azure — UAE North (Dubai)	Microsoft	United Arab Emirates Dubai	200 MW	operational	Mixed	Azure AI, Copilot, Middle East enterprise AI, G42 partnership	2
stc Cloud — Saudi Arabia AI Data Centers	Saudi Telecom Company (stc)stc Cloud	Saudi Arabia Riyadh	200 MW	operational	Mixed	Mixed	2
Asprofin Bank — Qatar Hyperscale AI Data Center	Asprofin Bank Corporation	Qatar Doha	100 MW	planned	Other	Unknown	1
Khazna Ajman AI Data Center (UAE)	Khazna Data Centers	United Arab Emirates Ajman	100 MW	under construction	Other	General Cloud	1
Khazna QAJ1 — Ajman AI Data Center	Khazna Data Centers	United Arab Emirates Ajman	100 MW	under construction	Other	Mixed	3
Microsoft Azure — Saudi Arabia East (Dammam)	Microsoft	Saudi Arabia Eastern Province	100 MW	planned	Other	General Cloud	1
Qai & Brookfield — Qatar AI Compute Center	Qai (QIA) & Brookfield Asset Management	Qatar Doha	100 MW	planned	Other	Mixed	1
Nebius & Mega Or — Israel AI Hub	Nebius & Mega Or	Israel Central District	80 MW	under construction	Other	Mixed	1
Amazon Web Services — Bahrain Middle East Region (me-south-1)	Amazon Web Services	Bahrain Capital Governorate	60 MW	operational	Other	Inference	2
Amazon Web Services — Israel Region (il-central-1, Tel Aviv)	Amazon Web Services	Israel Tel Aviv District	60 MW	operational	Other	Inference	2
AI71 — Abu Dhabi AI Enterprise Cloud	AI71 G42 Abu Dhabi Investment Authority	United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi	50 MW	operational	Mixed	Inference	2
Microsoft — Azure AI Region (Kuwait)	Microsoft	Kuwait Kuwait City	50 MW	planned	Other	Unknown	1
KAUST — Shaheen III Supercomputer	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)Hewlett Packard Enterprise	Saudi Arabia Makkah	35 MW	operational	Mixed	Research	2
Google Cloud — Kuwait Sulaibiya	Google	Kuwait Jahra	30 MW	planned	Other	General Cloud	1
Ooredoo/Syn‌tys AI Cloud Data Center (Qatar)	Ooredoo Syn‌tys NVIDIA	Qatar Doha	30 MW	operational	Other	Mixed	2
Technology Innovation Institute — Falcon AI Compute (UAE)	Technology Innovation Institute (TII)Abu Dhabi Government	United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi	30 MW	operational	Mixed	Research	2
Nebius–Mega Or National AI Data Center (Israel)	Nebius Mega Or	Israel Modi'in	25 MW	under construction	Other	Mixed	2
SDS “Open-Access” AI Supercomputer (Israel)	SDS (Shonfeld Data Services)VAST Data NVIDIA	Israel Petah Tikva	18 MW	operational	Other	Mixed	2
Batelco & Qareeb — Bahrain Edge AI Data Center	Batelco (Beyon) & Qareeb Data Centers	Bahrain Southern Governorate	10 MW	operational	Other	Inference	1
Oman Data Park AI Infrastructure	Oman Data Park Omantel NVIDIA	Oman Muscat	10 MW	operational	Other	Mixed	2
Ooredoo & NVIDIA — Kuwait Sovereign AI Lab	Ooredoo Kuwait & NVIDIA	Kuwait Kuwait City	10 MW	operational	Other	Unknown	1
Aqaba Digital Hub “Mega” Data Center (Jordan)	Aqaba Digital Hub	Jordan Aqaba	6 MW	operational	Other	Colocation & AI-ready infrastructure	2
NEOM/DataVolt Oxagon AI Factory Campus Overlap	NEOM DataVolt	Saudi Arabia Oxagon, NEOM	—	overlapping NEOM/DataVolt Oxagon AI factory campus record; selected MW tracked on canonical record	Renewable	Mixed	2
NVIDIA Israel-1 AI Supercomputer (Israel)	NVIDIA Dell Technologies	Israel Israel (undisclosed NVIDIA data center)	—	operational	Other	Mixed	5
OpenAI / G42 Stargate UAE Cluster	OpenAI G42 Khazna Data Centers Oracle NVIDIA Cisco SoftBank Group	United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi	—	under construction / first 200 MW expected in 2026	Other	Mixed	4