• Savills says Saudi Arabia's live data-centre capacity grew 57% between 2024 and 2026, placing it fourth among the world's fastest-growing markets
  • Saudi officials put operational capacity at 467MW, while the government is working towards 3GW by 2030 and 6.9GW by 2034

The fact

Saudi Arabia's live data-centre capacity has grown by about 57% since 2024, placing it fourth among the world's fastest-growing markets in new Savills research based on DC Byte data. The measure covers live IT power rather than projects that have only been announced or planned.

Saudi government figures put operational capacity at 467MW, up from 68MW in 2021 and 440MW in 2025. Communications Minister Abdullah Alswaha said in July that the Kingdom is working towards 3GW of data-centre capacity by 2030 and 6.9GW by 2034.

New cloud and AI projects are adding to that pipeline. AWS says its first Saudi cloud Region remains on track for December 2026, while AWS and HUMAIN are separately planning up to 50MW for an AI Zone by 2028. HUMAIN and Together AI have also announced plans for a 250MW data centre.

The assessment

The Savills ranking is useful because it counts capacity that is already live. The 57% increase therefore shows that Saudi Arabia has added operating infrastructure, rather than simply building a large list of future projects.

The next stage is much bigger. Saudi Arabia has 467MW operating today and is aiming for 3GW by 2030. The government says 12.8GW of power capacity is available for computing and AI projects, but individual data centres still need connections, substations, cooling, fibre, equipment and commissioning before that electricity turns into usable compute capacity.

For BTW readers, Saudi Arabia already has a growing operating base. What matters now is how quickly the much larger AI projects move from announcements into working data centres. New power connections and commissioned capacity will say more about the market's progress than another multi-gigawatt target.

What to watch

Watch operational capacity figures as the larger projects move forward. AWS's planned Saudi Region launch in December is one near-term marker. After that, commissioned capacity from HUMAIN, center3 and other developers, together with the power infrastructure supporting it, will show whether Saudi Arabia can maintain its recent growth as projects become much larger.