MEED Insight Report: The GCC Data Centre Projects Market 2026

Table of Contents

1 Executive Snapshot

2 Market Landscape

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Data Centre Typologies & Classifications

2.3 Evolution of Data Centres: 1950s – Present

2.4 GCC Data Centre Evolution

3 Key Trends & Market Signals

3.1 Key Trends in Modern Data Centres: Global & GCC

3.2 Global Distribution of Data Centres

3.3 Installed Capacity Growth: Historic & Forecast

3.4 Data Centre Construction Projects Globally

3.5 Regional Power Demand: Historic & Outlook

3.6 Technology & Value Chain Leaders

4 Market Drivers & Constraints

5 Supply Ecosystem

5.1 Supply Chain Dynamics

5.2 GCC Supply Chain by Country

5.3 GCC Data Centre Operators

5.4 GCC – Data Centre Equipment Suppliers

6 Capex & Delivery

6.1 GCC Data Centre Construction Cost Index 2025

6.2 GCC Data Centre – PPP Framework

7 Regulation & Policy

8 Regional Projects Market

8.1 Project Market Size

8.2 Historical Contracts

8.3 Pipeline Projects

8.4 Top Stakeholders

8.5 Top Projects in Execution

8.6 Top Future Projects

9 Case Studies

9.1 Major Data Centre Projects in Saudi Arabia

9.2 Other Known Data Centre Projects in Saudi Arabia

9.3 Major Data Centre Projects in the UAE

9.4 Other Known Data Centre Projects in the UAE

9.5 Major Data Centre Projects in Bahrain

9.6 Other Known Data Centre Projects in Bahrain

9.7 Major Data Centre Projects in Kuwait

9.8 Other Known Data Centre Projects in Kuwait

9.9 Major Data Centre Projects in Qatar

9.1 Other Known Data Centre Projects in Qatar

10 Contact Us

Table 1 GCC Data Centre Strategic Shift (2015–2020) – Vision-Driven Infrastructure Expansion

Table 2 Global Leaders Shaping the Data Centre Ecosystem Across Servers, Storage, Networking, Cloud, Edge, and Telecom.

Table 3 GCC Data Centre Supply Chain Snapshot

Table 4 Global Data Centre Cost Index (2024 & 2025)

Table 5 Top Data Centre Projects under Execution in the GCC

Table 6 Top Planned and Un-awarded Data Centre Projects in GCC in different Bidding Stages

Table 7 Top Planned and Un-awarded Data Centre Projects in GCC under Study or Design

Table 8 Key Specifications and Features of the Humain – Riyadh 112 MW Data Centre

Table 9 Key Specifications and Features of the NEOM/Ezditek – NEOM City: Oxagon: Southern Cluster: Data Centre

Table 10 Key Specifications and Features of the SFMC Data Centre in Riyadh

Table 11 Key Specifications and Features of the Riyadh RUH01 Data Centre

Table 12 Key Specifications and Features of the Khazna Data Center in Dammam

Table 13 Key Specifications and Features of the Saudi Telecom Company – Data Centre in Dammam

Table 14 Key Specifications and Features of the DataVolt – Modon Technical Zone Riyadh Data Centre

Table 15 Key Specifications and Features of the MCIT – Jeddah Data Centre

Table 16 Key Specifications and Features of the MIS – Sahayeb Data Centres Expansion

Table 17 Key Specifications and Features of the Desert Dragon – Desert Dragon Data Centers

Table 18 Key Specifications and Features of the DataVolt/ NEOM – Oxagon AI Data Centre Campus

Table 19 Key Specifications and Features of the Amazon Web Services – AWS Data Centres

Table 20 Key Specifications and Features of the 6 GW AI Datacenter in Saudi Arabia

Table 21 Key Specifications and Features of the The Blackstone Group – Hyperscale Data Centre Campus

Table 22 Key Specifications and Features of the Ezditek – JED Hyperscale Data Centre

Table 23 Key Specifications and Features of the SFC – Six Data Centres

Table 24 Key Specifications and Features of the Ezditek – 24MW Riyadh PNU Hyperscale Data Centre

Table 25 Key Specifications and Features of the MoI, Saudi Arabia – Jeddah SFMC Data Centre

Table 26 Key Specifications and Features of the MCIT – NEOM City Data Centre

Table 27 Key Specifications and Features of the NVIDIA/Humain – AI Datacentre Factory

Table 28 Key Specifications and Features of Ezditek – Al Jenadriyah Technical Zone (Riyadh) Data Centre

Table 29 Key Specifications and Features of the MCIT – Riyadh Data Centre

Table 30 Key Specifications and Features of MODON – Dammam Second Industrial City Data Centre

Table 31 Under Execution Projects in Saudi Arabia

Table 32 Planned and Unawarded Projects in Saudi Arabia

Table 33 Key Specifications and Features of the AI Enhanced Data Centre in Al Amerah

Table 34 Key Specifications and Features of the Group 42 – Project Stargate (5GW)

Table 35 Key Specifications and Features of the Equinix – Dubai Production City: DX3.2 Data Centre

Table 36 Key Specifications and Features of ADIO/Khazna – Mafraq Data Centre (AUH04)

Table 37 Key Specifications and Features of the Moro Hub – Solar Powered Data Centre

Table 38 Key Specifications and Features of EITC (du)/ Microsoft – Dubai Hyperscale Data Centre

Table 39 Under Execution Projects in the UAE

Table 40 Pipeline Projects in the UAE

Table 41 Key Specifications and Features of the USACE – P979 DISA Core Data Centre

Table 42 Pipeline Projects in Bahrain

Table 43 Key Specifications and Features of the Boubyan Bank Data Centre

Table 44 Pipeline Projects in Kuwait

Table 45 Key Specifications and Features of the Meeza – MV6 Data Centre Expansion 44MW

Table 46 Key Specifications and Features of the Meeza – MV4 Data Centre Expansion 4 MW

Table 47 Under Execution Projects in Qatar

Figure 1 Number of Data Centres by Country

Figure 2 Growth in the Number of Hyperscale Data Centres Globally (operational)

Figure 3 Installed Capacity of Data Centres by Type/Model Globally (GW)

Figure 4 Installed Capacity of Data Centres by Region (GW)

Figure 5 Global – Data Centre Construction Project Pipeline, Value by Stage and Region ($m)

Figure 6 Electricity Consumption of Data Centres Globally by Year (TWh)

Figure 7 Electricity Consumption of Data Centres by Region (TWh)

Figure 8 Data Centre Cost Index 2025 of Top 5 Markets, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE

Figure 9 Data Centre Projects Market by Project Status ($m)

Figure 10 Value of Contract Awards in GCC by Year, 2017 – 2025 ($m)

Figure 11 Value of Contract Awards by Year and Country ($m)

Figure 12 Data Centre Projects Currently under Construction in GCC

Figure 13 Value of Known, Planned and Un-Awarded Projects by Status ($m)

Figure 14 GCC Data Centre Projects planned but unawarded by Status (%)

Figure 15 Upcoming Data Centres in GCC

Figure 16 Top 20 Clients in GCC by Value of Contracts in Execution ($m)

Figure 17 Top 20 Main Contractors in GCC by Value of Contracts in Execution ($m)

Figure 18 Top 15 Future Clients by Value of Contracts Planned ($m)