Khazna Data Centers, a provider of hyperscale digital infrastructure, has announced plans to expand to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It has acquired 225,000 sqm of land in Dammam to develop a 200 MW of AI-ready data center facility.
In a press release Khazna said, “Khazna’s first data center in Dammam will support a broad spectrum of high-performance workloads for cloud and AI hyperscale deployments. The facility will be constructed with a modular architecture, offering scalable capacity and dynamic adaptability, enabling seamless expansion in response to evolve digital infrastructure needs.”
Readers would recall that in October 2025, Khazna had announced ambitious plans to expand operational capacity by more than 1GW over the next five years. More than 400MW of the UAE-headquartered company’s new capacity will be delivered in key international markets including Saudi Arabia, and Italy.
To oversee the Dammam project and its wider plans in Saudi Arabia Khazna has appointed Mohammed Bin Hassan as Country Head for KSA, where he will also deepen partnerships with local clients, and drive sustainable capacity growth in the country as it pursues the transformation objectives of Vision 2030.
“Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia has laid some of the strongest digital and AI foundations in the world. Under Vision 2030, the Kingdom has surged into the global top tier for digital government, with world-leading scores in UN digital services and open-data indices, and an ambitious National Strategy for Data & AI,” said Hassan Alnaqbi, CEO of Khazna Data Centers. “With Mohammed now leading our operations in Saudi Arabia, we have the right expertise to help the country achieve its national AI goals as complementary partners. We want to help build the foundation beneath the country’s AI-powered future.”
Bin Hassan added, “Khazna is a proven global expert in the hyperscale infrastructure that is essential for powering AI-driven economies. Our entry into the Kingdom reflects a long-term commitment to enabling Saudi Arabia’s digital economy goals under Vision 2030. I’m honored to lead this next chapter as we build infrastructure that not only meets future demand, but accelerates innovation, resilience, and national progress.”
Khazna says that the facility’s flexible design means it can be rapidly configured to accommodate a range of workloads, including GPU clusters for AI deployments with different rack weights and power loads. The design also integrates advanced sustainability features that reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, and will be built to LEED Gold standards.
Today Khana is one of the largest hyperscale wholesale data center providers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and currently runs 30 live data centers, representing a portfolio of almost 650MW in energy-efficient capacity.