How many AI data centers are tracked for Middle East?

The AI Data Center Index tracks 35 facilities for Middle East with 16.9 GW of known capacity.

Regional Market

Middle East

AI infrastructure activity across Middle East — countries, operators, and build status. 35 facilities with 16.9 GW of known capacity.

Facilities

Known Capacity

16.9 GW

Countries

Operators

Operational

Capacity Pipeline

16.9 GW of known capacity across 35 facilities.

Operational769 MW5%15

Under Construction7.0 GW41%8

Planned2.2 GW13%9

Announced7 GW41%3

Data Quality

100% cited

97% capacity known

100% geolocated

60% dated

Head-to-Head Comparisons

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

Middle EastvsEurope

Market Composition

How this slice breaks down

Status, operator concentration, and energy profile across 35 facilities.

Status distribution

Operational1543%

Under construction823%

Planned926%

Announced39%

Top operators by capacity

G4210.1 GW OpenAI10 GW NVIDIA5.1 GW Cisco5 GW Oracle5 GW NEOM & DataVolt1.5 GW

Energy mix

Renewable39%

Nuclear13%

Mixed514%

Other / Unknown2674%

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How many AI data centers are tracked for Middle East?: The AI Data Center Index tracks 35 facilities for Middle East with 16.9 GW of known capacity.

Facilities

Facility	Operator	Location	Capacity ↓	Status	Energy	Workload	Sources
G42 “Stargate” UAE–US AI Campus (Abu Dhabi)	G42 OpenAI NVIDIA Cisco Oracle	United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi	5,000 MW	under construction	Nuclear	Mixed	2
OpenAI–G42 Abu Dhabi AI Megacluster	OpenAI G42	United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi	5,000 MW	announced	Other	Training	1
NEOM Oxagon — AI Data Center Campus	NEOM & DataVolt	Saudi Arabia Tabuk	1,500 MW	planned	Renewable	Unknown	1
NEOM Oxagon Net-Zero AI Data Center (Saudi Arabia)	DataVolt NEOM	Saudi Arabia Oxagon, NEOM	1,500 MW	announced	Renewable	Mixed	2
Stargate UAE — Abu Dhabi AI Cluster	G42, Microsoft & OpenAI	United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi	1,000 MW	under construction	Other	Mixed	1
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
Google & Turkcell — Turkey Hyperscale AI Campus	Google Cloud & Turkcell	Turkey Marmara	200 MW	planned	Other	General Cloud	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 Ankara — Başkent AI Data Center	Khazna Data Centers (G42)	Turkey Ankara	100 MW	planned	Other	Mixed	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
Google Cloud — Turkey Region (Istanbul)	Google	Turkey Istanbul	50 MW	operational	Other	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
Equinix IL3 Istanbul (Turkey)	Equinix	Turkey Marmara	9 MW	planned	Renewable	Colocation and Interconnection	1
Aqaba Digital Hub “Mega” Data Center (Jordan)	Aqaba Digital Hub	Jordan Aqaba	6 MW	operational	Other	Colocation & AI-ready infrastructure	2
NVIDIA “Israel-1” AI Supercomputer (Israel)	NVIDIA Israel Innovation Authority (ecosystem partner)	Israel Israel (undisclosed site)	—	operational	Other	Mixed	2