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Saudi Arabia

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15 research campus / site groups.

20 research records across all lifecycle states in Saudi Arabia, including building / phase observations and unresolved identities. These records are not additional campuses.

Research totals describe NTRY’s documented inventory. They are not a complete market census, fresh operating verification or accepted evidence. Source and identity checks determine which named details can be released.

Facility details are not yet available for this selection. This is a coverage gap, not evidence of no data centres.

Campus / site groups are counted once; supporting building and phase rows do not add campus counts. Named facility details are a subset of this inventory and must not be added to its counts. Planning approval is not construction or operation. Accepted measurements remain separate from facility counts.

Market evidence for Saudi Arabia

Source-linked measurements and news provide context for the facility inventory. Evidence records do not add sites to its counts.

MARKET SNAPSHOT

Saudi Arabia

5 cited records · 5 accepted observations · 0 pending review

9 cited research updates · context only
  • DC Byte / named Riyadh operators · Riyadh data-centre marketDC BYTE 2026 RIYADH SNAPSHOT · REPORTED LIVE PROJECT STATUS · CONTEXT ONLY · NOT CAPACITY HEADROOM

    Center3 represented 46% of DC Byte's reported live Riyadh capacity as the metro ranked tenth in EMEA

    Riyadh · Published 27 Jul 2026

    This is a proprietary, point-in-time metro snapshot—not an NTRY score, a national capacity total, spare capacity, utilization or a repeated series. DC Byte labels the table's project status Live, but the report does not disclose the capacity basis, facility-level reconciliation or observation timestamp beyond publication; the values must not be compared or added to government-reported national operating capacity or DC Byte total supply across mixed lifecycle stages. Percentages are source-rounded and sum to 101%. The table does not prove customer concentration, available headroom, contractual access or the delivery of any planned cloud region. Excluded from operating-capacity totals and scores.DC Byte source ↗
  • Saudi Arabia national electricity network · National transmission and distribution networkOFFICIAL ANNUAL STATISTICS · NATIONAL NETWORK ENERGY · 2023–2024 · CONTEXT ONLY

    Saudi network electricity increased 5.7% in 2024—but throughput is not spare capacity

    Saudi Arabia · Published 07 Dec 2025

    Annual energy sent to the national network is not installed capacity, available capacity, reserve margin, regional or substation headroom, contracted power, data-centre electricity demand or campus-ready supply. The annual totals do not reveal coincident peak conditions, local constraints, losses, curtailment or connection timing and cannot size a data-centre supply-demand gap or enter operating-capacity totals. Excluded from operating-capacity totals and scores.General Authority for Statistics source ↗
  • Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority / SEC distribution system · SEC distribution systemOFFICIAL 2023–2024 SEC DISTRIBUTION RELIABILITY COMPARISON · NATIONAL SYSTEM AVERAGE · NOT A FACILITY SLA

    Saudi SEC distribution interruption duration improved 11.2% in 2024—but the national average is not a campus SLA

    Saudi Arabia · Published 10 Sept 2025

    Two-point SEC distribution-system general averages, not a long-run trend and not a measure of a named data-centre campus. SAIDI and SAIFI cover sustained customer interruptions; they do not establish voltage quality, momentary-event exposure, substation or feeder redundancy, event concentration, connection headroom, backup performance, contractual availability or facility SLA compliance. The values cannot be used to infer spare capacity or causal effects from data-centre load. Excluded from operating-capacity totals and scores.Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority source ↗
  • General Authority for Statistics / Ministry of Energy · Saudi electricity network regionsOFFICIAL 2020–2024 REGIONAL PEAK SERIES · NETWORK AREAS · NON-COINCIDENT PEAKS · NOT SITE HEADROOM

    Saudi regional peak load grew fastest in the Southern region—but remained concentrated in Central and Eastern networks

    Saudi Arabia · Published 07 Dec 2025

    Regional annual peaks may occur at different times, so their sum is not a coincident national peak and is not compared arithmetically with national available capacity. The regions are electricity-network reporting areas, not named substations or campus service territories. Peak load is demand, not reserve margin, spare capacity, connection headroom, contracted power or deliverable site power; no data-centre causation is inferred. Excluded from operating-capacity totals and scores.General Authority for Statistics, Saudi Arabia source ↗
  • Saudi national electricity system · National Grid SAOFFICIAL REGULATOR SERIES · NATIONAL PEAK AND AVAILABLE CAPACITY · 2020–2024 · NOT SITE HEADROOM

    Saudi peak load reached 74.8 GW in 2024—with a 5.6 GW national capacity margin

    Saudi Arabia · Published 11 Oct 2026

    Peak load, available capacity and their national annual margin are system-level observations, not regional or substation headroom, spare data-centre capacity, firm connection capacity, contracted power or campus-available supply. The annual margin is not a guaranteed reserve at a named site and cannot be allocated to Riyadh, Jeddah, Eastern Province, NEOM or Oxagon without local network and connection evidence. Excluded from operating-capacity totals and scores.Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority source ↗
  • HUMAIN / DataVolt · Oxagon AI data-centre campusCONSTRUCTION ANNOUNCED · FIRST 100 MW TARGET 2028 · 360 MW PHASE · NOT OPERATING

    HUMAIN and DataVolt move 100 MW at Oxagon into construction

    Oxagon, NEOM · Published 31 Aug 2026

    This is a company construction announcement, not independent evidence of completed works, energisation, customer occupancy or utilisation. The 100 MW is under development and not operating; 360 MW is the stated first-phase plan and 1.5 GW is the wider planned campus ceiling. The 2028 service date, renewable-energy integration and cooling design remain forward-looking. Excluded from operating-capacity totals and scores.DataVolt source ↗
  • Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology · LEAP 2026 infrastructure commitmentsGOVERNMENT EVENT SUMMARY · MULTIPLE FUTURE COMMITMENTS · NOT OPERATING

    Saudi commitments separate near-term cloud launches from 2028–2033 capacity plans

    Saudi Arabia · Published 05 Sept 2026

    These are government-reported announcements and delivery commitments, not one comparable capacity series. The 50 MW is planned for 2028; 192 MW is an intended post-expansion capacity; 65 MW is an expandability ceiling; and cloud-region availability dates do not disclose delivered power, utilisation or customer absorption. The event's nearly US$15 billion total spans several technology sectors and is not data-centre spend. Excluded from operating-capacity totals and scores.Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology source ↗
  • Ministry of Communications and Information Technology · National data-centre fleetGOVERNMENT-REPORTED OPERATING BASE · NATIONAL AGGREGATE · BASIS UNDISCLOSED

    Saudi Arabia reports operational capacity rising from 68 MW to 467 MW

    Saudi Arabia · Published 05 May 2026

    These are government-reported national aggregates. The capacity basis and facility-level reconciliation are not disclosed, and the 2025 value is a lower bound. The sequence is useful context but is not yet a governed comparable series or evidence of available IT load. Excluded from operating-capacity totals and scores.Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology source ↗
  • Microsoft · Saudi Arabia East cloud regionNOVEMBER 2026 AVAILABILITY TARGET · NOT YET VERIFIED LIVE

    Microsoft sets November 2026 availability for Saudi Arabia East

    Eastern Province · Published 31 Aug 2026

    The date is a company delivery commitment, not independent proof of service availability. Microsoft discloses neither MW capacity nor customer utilisation, and the region is not yet verified live. Excluded from operating-capacity totals and scores.Microsoft source ↗
  • DataVolt Oxagon AI Data CenterUnder construction · Accepted

    Oxagon · Evidence 31 Aug 2026

    Development pipeline capacity. NEOM reports construction underway for the first 100 MW of a 360 MW Oxagon phase, with availability anticipated in 2028. This is under-construction pipeline, not operating capacity. The official release does not establish an IT-load basis, so the basis remains publisher-reported and unspecified.NEOM HUMAIN DataVolt Oxagon release source ↗
  • HUMAIN-center3 AI Data Centre Joint VentureAnnounced partnership · Accepted

    Saudi Arabia country program · Evidence 18 Dec 2025

    Development pipeline capacity ceiling. Saudi Press Agency reported that the HUMAIN-center3 partnership would develop and operate infrastructure capable of supporting up to 1 GW of AI workloads. The normalized 1,000 MW value is an explicit partnership-programme ceiling, not exact site capacity, operating capacity or a Saudi market total.Saudi Press Agency HUMAIN center3 JV release source ↗
  • Alfanar Projects Saudi Data Centre ProgramFinanced · planned phase; delivery unverified · Accepted

    Riyadh and Dammam · Evidence 16 Feb 2025

    Development pipeline capacity. Saudi National Infrastructure Fund reported financing for a first phase of four Alfanar Projects data centres in Riyadh and Dammam totaling 19.2 MW, or 4.8 MW per centre. This is a financed planned phase, not operating capacity, delivered power, a commissioning milestone or a Saudi market total.Saudi National Infrastructure Fund Alfanar financing release source ↗

2 other proposals concern policy, demand, grid load, investment or broader market context.

Accepted development measurements · Saudi Arabia · 3 records

These accepted measurements can describe a campus, phase or wider programme. They are not additional facilities and are not added to the inventory. A site relationship is shown only after its identity is matched.

  • DataVolt Oxagon AI Data CenterAccepted evidence · Under construction

    Development pipeline capacity · Evidence 31 Aug 2026

    NEOM reports construction underway for the first 100 MW of a 360 MW Oxagon phase, with availability anticipated in 2028. This is under-construction pipeline, not operating capacity. The official release does not establish an IT-load basis, so the basis remains publisher-reported and unspecified.NEOM HUMAIN DataVolt Oxagon release source ↗
  • HUMAIN-center3 AI Data Centre Joint VentureAccepted evidence · Announced partnership

    Development pipeline capacity ceiling · Evidence 18 Dec 2025

    Saudi Press Agency reported that the HUMAIN-center3 partnership would develop and operate infrastructure capable of supporting up to 1 GW of AI workloads. The normalized 1,000 MW value is an explicit partnership-programme ceiling, not exact site capacity, operating capacity or a Saudi market total.Saudi Press Agency HUMAIN center3 JV release source ↗
  • Alfanar Projects Saudi Data Centre ProgramAccepted evidence · Financed · planned phase; delivery unverified

    Development pipeline capacity · Evidence 16 Feb 2025

    Saudi National Infrastructure Fund reported financing for a first phase of four Alfanar Projects data centres in Riyadh and Dammam totaling 19.2 MW, or 4.8 MW per centre. This is a financed planned phase, not operating capacity, delivered power, a commissioning milestone or a Saudi market total.Saudi National Infrastructure Fund Alfanar financing release source ↗

One physical facility map; lifecycle and evidence review remain separate. Power allocations, MW, capital plans and programme measurements never become extra facility counts.

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Saudi Arabia

9 cited research updates · 8 contextual charts · latest source publication 2026-10-11

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AND WHY IT MATTERSRECENT ARTICLES · SOURCE FACTS & ANALYSIS
FILTER BY THEME, GEOGRAPHY, COMPANY OR EFFECT3 / 9
POWER / SYSTEM ADEQUACYSaudi ArabiaCONTEXT ONLYSaudi peak load reached 74.8 GW in 2024—with a 5.6 GW national capacity margin

Saudi Arabia's electricity regulator reports national peak load rising from 62.3 GW in 2020 to 74.8 GW in 2024, a 20.1% increase. Available capacity reached 80.4 GW in 2024, leaving a 5.6 GW national margin; the same official sequence shows that margin falling as low as 2.4 GW in 2022.

PROJECT STAGE
OFFICIAL REGULATOR SERIES · NATIONAL PEAK AND AVAILABLE CAPACITY · 2020–2024 · NOT SITE HEADROOM
2020 peak load
62.3 GW
2024 peak load
74.8 GW
2024 available capacity
80.4 GW
2024 national margin
5.6 GW

CAVEAT Peak load, available capacity and their national annual margin are system-level observations, not regional or substation headroom, spare data-centre capacity, firm connection capacity, contracted power or campus-available supply. The annual margin is not a guaranteed reserve at a named site and cannot be allocated to Riyadh, Jeddah, Eastern Province, NEOM or Oxagon without local network and connection evidence.

Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority · 11 Oct 2026 · Context only · excluded from capacity totals DELIVERY / PIPELINE SEQUENCINGSaudi ArabiaCONTEXT ONLYSaudi commitments separate near-term cloud launches from 2028–2033 capacity plans

Saudi MCIT reports a November 2026 availability target for Microsoft Azure, a December 2026 launch target for AWS, up to 50 MW for the AWS–HUMAIN AI zone by 2028, and separate expansion ambitions of 192 MW for Al Moammar Information Systems and 65 MW for Khuzam Digital Valley by 2033.

PROJECT STAGE
GOVERNMENT EVENT SUMMARY · MULTIPLE FUTURE COMMITMENTS · NOT OPERATING
Cloud delivery targets
Nov–Dec 2026
AWS–HUMAIN plan
Up to 50 MW by 2028
MIS expansion ambition
192 MW by 2033
Khuzam expandability ceiling
65 MW by 2033

CAVEAT These are government-reported announcements and delivery commitments, not one comparable capacity series. The 50 MW is planned for 2028; 192 MW is an intended post-expansion capacity; 65 MW is an expandability ceiling; and cloud-region availability dates do not disclose delivered power, utilisation or customer absorption. The event's nearly US$15 billion total spans several technology sectors and is not data-centre spend.

Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology · 05 Sept 2026 · Context only · excluded from capacity totals DELIVERY / AI CAPACITYSaudi ArabiaCONTEXT ONLYHUMAIN and DataVolt move 100 MW at Oxagon into construction

HUMAIN and DataVolt say construction is underway on 100 MW of AI-ready capacity at Oxagon, inside a stated 360 MW first phase targeted for service in 2028. DataVolt places that phase within a wider planned 1.5 GW campus, separating the portion now described as under development from the longer-term masterplan.

PROJECT STAGE
CONSTRUCTION ANNOUNCED · FIRST 100 MW TARGET 2028 · 360 MW PHASE · NOT OPERATING
Under development
100 MW
Stated first phase
360 MW
Wider campus plan
1.5 GW
Ready-for-service target
2028

CAVEAT This is a company construction announcement, not independent evidence of completed works, energisation, customer occupancy or utilisation. The 100 MW is under development and not operating; 360 MW is the stated first-phase plan and 1.5 GW is the wider planned campus ceiling. The 2028 service date, renewable-energy integration and cooling design remain forward-looking.

DataVolt · 31 Aug 2026 · Context only · excluded from capacity totals

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POPULATION × DIGITAL REACH · SAUDI ARABIA

How large is the digital demand backdrop?

Inspect Saudi Arabia population, internet participation and business adoption. Regional comparisons are optional below. These are demand proxies; they do not measure local compute workloads or available data-centre capacity.

Saudi Arabia · 2024 population × internet participation

Horizontal axis: population, logarithmic scale. Vertical axis: individuals using the internet, % of population. Select a point or choose a market below.

0%25%50%75%100%1m10m100m1000mMedian populationMedian reachSaudi Arabia: 35.3m people · 100% · 2024SAPopulation (millions, log scale)
Saudi Arabia · relative to the 18-market 2024 panel median1.1× panel median population · +4.5 pp internet participation

Panel medians are 31.2m people and 95.5% internet participation. They are descriptive reference lines—not targets, scores, demand forecasts or investment thresholds.

World Bank WDI / ITU · fixed 2024 comparison · 18 matched economies. Dashed guides are panel medians. Unverified or conflicting cells are omitted, never plotted as zero.

Saudi Arabia · population movement · 2023–2024 · 1 matching midyear series

Market size and population growth answer different questions. Switch between percentage change and people added; select a bar to inspect its source. Market order is alphabetical.

Shared zero line · left: decrease · right: increase · percent change from the 2023 base. Bar lengths use one common scale. Mint: increase · slate: decrease · amber: selected market.

Source: World Bank WDI population estimates, CC BY 4.0; exact source links appear in each profile. NTRY calculation: (2024 − 2023) / 2023 × 100; absolute change is 2024 − 2023. Taiwan’s year-end registered-population series remains separate in its profile. Population change does not establish customer spend, local workloads or causation.

Saudi Arabia · digital participation movement · 2019–2024 · 1 matching series

Compare reported digital-participation change on its own, or place it beside population movement. Select any point or bar to inspect the exact dated history and source.

Horizontal: 2023→2024 population change, %. Vertical: 2019→2024 internet-participation change, percentage points. Same source series within each axis; periods intentionally remain distinct. Amber: selected market.

-10 pp0 pp10 pp20 pp30 pp40 pp0%2%4%6%8%Saudi Arabia: population +4.74% · internet participation +4.3 ppSAPopulation change, 2023–2024 (%)
Saudi Arabia · two contextual movementsPopulation +4.74% · digital participation +4.3 pp

Population uses 2023→2024 midyear estimates; digital participation uses the 2019→2024 internet-use series. Different periods and units remain separate.

Sources: World Bank WDI population estimates and WDI / ITU indicator “Individuals using the Internet (% of population)”, CC BY 4.0; exact source links appear in each profile. NTRY calculations: 2024 population − 2023 population as a percent of the 2023 base; 2024 internet-use value − 2019 value. The relationship view has 1 matched markets. China and Taiwan remain outside it because their retained internet observations use unresolved or different denominators. Survey methods and historical revisions can create apparent movement; neither view measures enterprise adoption, compute demand or causation.

Population35.3m2024 · 35,300,280 persons
Internet participation100%2024 · individuals, not enterprises
Population movement · 2023 → 2024+1,597,549 people · +4.74%

33,702,731 → 35,300,280 persons. World Bank country/economy midyear estimates on the displayed source basis.

Population estimates may be modelled and revised; not a census count or measure of local compute demand. Internet-use survey quality, frames and reference periods can differ among reporting economies. Annual population and internet percentages must not be interpreted as enterprise AI adoption, spending, or campus-ready power.

Population source ↗Internet source ↗

Internet participation over time

Internet participation movement · 2019 → 2024+4.3 percentage points

95.7% → 100% of population on the displayed World Bank / ITU indicator basis. Historical revisions and survey-method changes remain possible.

0%25%50%75%100%Individuals using the internet · 2019: 95.7%Individuals using the internet · 2020: 97.9%Individuals using the internet · 2021: 100%Individuals using the internet · 2022: 100%Individuals using the internet · 2023: 100%Individuals using the internet · 2024: 100%201920202021202220232024
  • Individuals using the internet
Exact dated observations
MetricReference periodPercent
Individuals using the internet201995.7%
Individuals using the internet202097.9%
Individuals using the internet2021100%
Individuals using the internet2022100%
Individuals using the internet2023100%
Individuals using the internet2024100%

Source-reported contextual history. Historical revisions and national survey differences remain possible.

Compare Saudi Arabia with other markets · ChatGPT use and estimated AI adoption

Optional regional comparison. These charts intentionally include other countries; the selected profile remains Saudi Arabia.

PROVIDER-PUBLISHED USAGE · OPENAI SIGNALS V2.0

How much ChatGPT conversation is work-related?

June 2026 · 18/20 markets. Compare the work-related share of consumer ChatGPT messages, then select a market to inspect its monthly history. The percentage describes messages within each market; it is not a business-adoption rate or provider market share.

Common 0–100% scale · alphabetical order · mint: published share · amber: selected market · unknown: no released observation. Select a row to update all demand evidence.

Saudi Arabia · June 2026 · work-related message share22.5%

24/24 monthly observations in this release. Automated publisher classification; messages, not users or businesses.

0%25%50%75%100%Jul 2024: 52.8%Aug 2024: 50.2%Sep 2024: 45.2%Oct 2024: 36.5%Nov 2024: 31.6%Dec 2024: 28.7%Jan 2025: 30.3%Feb 2025: 28.3%Mar 2025: 23.7%Apr 2025: 23.8%May 2025: 24.1%Jun 2025: 17.9%Jul 2025: 20.7%Aug 2025: 21.3%Sep 2025: 23.5%Oct 2025: 23.4%Nov 2025: 23.9%Dec 2025: 22.6%Jan 2026: 20.1%Feb 2026: 22.3%Mar 2026: 17.3%Apr 2026: 26.0%May 2026: 21.9%Jun 2026: 22.5%Jul 2024Jan 2025Jul 2025Jan 2026Jun 2026
Exact monthly observations and gaps
Month (UTC)Work-related sharePublished fraction
Jul 202452.8%0.528
Aug 202450.2%0.502
Sep 202445.2%0.452
Oct 202436.5%0.365
Nov 202431.6%0.316
Dec 202428.7%0.287
Jan 202530.3%0.303
Feb 202528.3%0.283
Mar 202523.7%0.237
Apr 202523.8%0.238
May 202524.1%0.241
Jun 202517.9%0.179
Jul 202520.7%0.207
Aug 202521.3%0.213
Sep 202523.5%0.235
Oct 202523.4%0.234
Nov 202523.9%0.239
Dec 202522.6%0.226
Jan 202620.1%0.201
Feb 202622.3%0.223
Mar 202617.3%0.173
Apr 202626.0%0.260
May 202621.9%0.219
Jun 202622.5%0.225
Saudi Arabia · Q2 2026 · population-adjusted ChatGPT message-use rank#49 of 147

Lower rank number means higher consumer ChatGPT message use relative to 2023 population within the publisher's country panel.

#1#50#100#147Jan 2025: rank #66Apr 2025: rank #55Jul 2025: rank #44Oct 2025: rank #38Jan 2026: rank #56Apr 2026: rank #49Jan '2025Apr '2025Jul '2025Oct '2025Jan '2026Apr '2026
Exact quarterly population-adjusted ranks
QuarterPublished rankPopulation basis
Jan 2025#662023 World Bank population
Apr 2025#552023 World Bank population
Jul 2025#442023 World Bank population
Oct 2025#382023 World Bank population
Jan 2026#562023 World Bank population
Apr 2026#492023 World Bank population
Decision use: separate use intensity from work orientation.

Work-related share shows the composition of messages within a market; the ordinal rank shows population-adjusted consumer ChatGPT message use across countries. Together they can prioritise deeper demand diligence, but neither measures adoption, users, absolute message volume, paid enterprise demand, provider market share, local workload hosting or compute demand.

Saudi Arabia · Q2 2026 · two-publisher demand context#49 of 147 · 31.4% estimated AI use

OpenAI population-adjusted consumer message-use rank paired with Microsoft's estimated share of people ages 15–64 using any generative-AI product.

0%20%40%60%80%Australia: OpenAI rank #19; Microsoft estimated AI use 40.7%India: OpenAI rank #109; Microsoft estimated AI use 18.5%Indonesia: OpenAI rank #101; Microsoft estimated AI use 14.8%Japan: OpenAI rank #57; Microsoft estimated AI use 24.7%Kuwait: OpenAI rank #69; Microsoft estimated AI use 22.6%Malaysia: OpenAI rank #59; Microsoft estimated AI use 22.6%New Zealand: OpenAI rank #40; Microsoft estimated AI use 44.1%Oman: OpenAI rank #74; Microsoft estimated AI use 27.6%Philippines: OpenAI rank #92; Microsoft estimated AI use 20.7%Qatar: OpenAI rank #34; Microsoft estimated AI use 43.5%Saudi Arabia: OpenAI rank #49; Microsoft estimated AI use 31.4%Saudi ArabiaSingapore: OpenAI rank #1; Microsoft estimated AI use 64.3%South Korea: OpenAI rank #25; Microsoft estimated AI use 40.6%Taiwan: OpenAI rank #62; Microsoft estimated AI use 33.8%Thailand: OpenAI rank #96; Microsoft estimated AI use 13.4%United Arab Emirates: OpenAI rank #6; Microsoft estimated AI use 73.3%Vietnam: OpenAI rank #88; Microsoft estimated AI use 27.9%lower population-adjusted ChatGPT usehigher use

Dashed lines are the descriptive medians of the 17 matched markets: rank #59 and 27.9% estimated AI use. They are not targets or thresholds.

Decision use: test whether two independent demand signals point in the same direction.

The relationship can flag markets for deeper diligence when population-adjusted ChatGPT message use and the broader Microsoft generative-AI-use estimate diverge or align. Different products, populations, methods and denominators make this contextual triangulation—not provider market share, adoption proof, a composite score, causal evidence, compute demand or an allocation rule.

Claude and Gemini: comparable country-by-month measures are not included in this view. No cross-provider share or composite adoption score is calculated.

Source, population, precision and reuse

Consumer ChatGPT messages from Free, Go, Plus and Pro accounts with declared age at least 18; excludes Enterprise and Codex, deleted accounts and users who opt out of training.

300,000 messages sampled globally per month; day-weighted, automatically classified work-relatedness; differential privacy and rounding to 3 decimals. Country is associated with request. Rank uses 2023 World Bank population. Values are publisher estimates; granular country slices have greater sampling variance. Changes may reflect user composition, classification and restatements. This is external contextual history, with no semantic acceptance or NTRY inference.

OpenAI source ↗Data dictionary ↗Official data download ↗Microsoft report ↗

Chatterji, Cunningham, Deming, Hitzig, Johnston, Richmond, Ong, Shan and Wadman, OpenAI Signals v2.0 · CC BY 4.0. NTRY modifications: selected country rows, conversion of fractions to percentages, monthly chart, quarterly ordinal-rank chart, cross-publisher descriptive scatter and missing-value display. Snapshot checked 12 October 2026; data ends June 2026. The public downloads are verified source material; this contextual panel does not create accepted observations or NTRY inference.

ESTABLISHED CROSS-MARKET ADOPTION PROXY · MICROSOFT AI DIFFUSION

How widely is generative AI being used?

Q2 2026 · 18/20 NTRY markets · 72 dated estimates. Microsoft estimates the share of people ages 15–64 who used a generative AI product. This is a broad usage measure—not ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini market share.

Ranked Q2 2026 estimate · common 0–100% scale · mint: published estimate · amber: selected market · unknown: no economy estimate in this release.

Population scale × generative-AI use

Horizontal: 2024 population, logarithmic scale. Vertical: Microsoft Q2 2026 AI Diffusion estimate. Dashed guides are the 18-market panel medians—not targets, scores or allocation thresholds. Select a point to inspect its evidence.

0%20%40%60%80%5m10m100m1000mUnited Arab Emirates: 11m people · 73.3% estimated AI useSingapore: 6m people · 64.3% estimated AI useNew Zealand: 5.3m people · 44.1% estimated AI useQatar: 2.9m people · 43.5% estimated AI useAustralia: 27.2m people · 40.7% estimated AI useSouth Korea: 51.8m people · 40.6% estimated AI useTaiwan: 23.4m people · 33.8% estimated AI useSaudi Arabia: 35.3m people · 31.4% estimated AI useSaudi ArabiaVietnam: 101m people · 27.9% estimated AI useOman: 5.3m people · 27.6% estimated AI useJapan: 124m people · 24.7% estimated AI useKuwait: 4.9m people · 22.6% estimated AI useMalaysia: 35.6m people · 22.6% estimated AI usePhilippines: 115.8m people · 20.7% estimated AI useIndia: 1,450.9m people · 18.5% estimated AI useChina: 1,409m people · 17.5% estimated AI useIndonesia: 283.5m people · 14.8% estimated AI useThailand: 71.7m people · 13.4% estimated AI usePopulation (millions, log scale)
Saudi Arabia · two separate contextual observations35.3m people · 31.4% estimated AI use

1.0× the panel median population · +3.6 percentage points versus the panel median AI-use estimate.

The axes intentionally retain different reference periods and definitions. Their position is descriptive context only: it does not estimate addressable users, enterprise demand, compute load, revenue, hosting location, power need or causation.

Saudi Arabia · Q2 2026 · ages 15–64 estimated usage31.4%

4 published estimates · H1 2025 23.7% → Q2 2026 31.4% · +7.7 percentage points.

0%25%50%75%100%H1 2025: 23.7%H1 2025H2 2025: 26.2%H2 2025Q1 2026: 29.4%Q1 2026Q2 2026: 31.4%Q2 2026
Exact dated estimates
PeriodEstimated adoption
H1 202523.7%
H2 202526.2%
Q1 202629.4%
Q2 202631.4%
Decision use: identify where broad consumer generative-AI use may deepen demand diligence.

Use this as a comparable adoption proxy beside population, digital reach and official enterprise surveys. It can prioritize questions about paid business demand, local workload placement and connectivity. It cannot size compute, power, revenue, capacity headroom or hyperscaler allocation.

The population×AI scatter and ranked bars are used instead of a radar chart. They preserve actual magnitudes, ordering and unknown values without normalizing unrelated evidence into a composite score.

Source, method, revisions and limits

Estimated share of people ages 15–64 who used a generative AI product during the period. Microsoft aggregates and anonymizes consumer AI telemetry, then adjusts estimates for operating-system and device-market share, internet penetration and population.

Microsoft describes this as an estimate from aggregated, anonymized consumer telemetry. Results can move with product coverage, calibration, internet access and historical revisions. The measure is usage—not skill, productivity, business adoption, spending, provider share, compute demand, hosting location or infrastructure capacity.

Microsoft report ↗Immutable dataset ↗Method and repository ↗MIT licence ↗

NTRY modifications: exact selection of the 20-market universe, labels aligned to NTRY market names, percentage parsing, ranking and selected-market trend. Snapshot checked 2026-10-12. The public dataset is verified source material; this contextual panel does not create accepted observations or NTRY inference.

Population is country/economy context, not a utility service territory. World Bank WDI population values are midyear estimates; Taiwan uses separately sourced year-end registered population and is excluded from the shared scatter. Internet use is the share of individuals who used the internet. World Bank / ITU attribution, CC BY 4.0. NTRY modifications: 2024 selection, rounding, chart rendering and within-series percentage-point changes and 2023–2024 population differences. These sources provide context only; this panel does not create accepted observations or an investment conclusion.

MARKET EVIDENCE

Findings to examine

Source-linked context and NTRY interpretation. Open each finding to inspect its limits.

01Saudi Arabia · CONTEXT

Saudi peak load reached 74.8 GW in 2024—with a 5.6 GW national capacity margin

WHY IT MATTERS · NTRY INTERPRETATION

Keep Saudi Arabia investable; release site capital only when the national margin is translated into dated regional headroom, a firm connection and delivered-power milestones.

What to verify and evidence limitsWhat to verify next

Regional peak load, substation headroom, connection queue, curtailment terms and energisation dates for the named campus.

Project stage and scope

OFFICIAL REGULATOR SERIES · NATIONAL PEAK AND AVAILABLE CAPACITY · 2020–2024 · NOT SITE HEADROOM

Peak load, available capacity and their national annual margin are system-level observations, not regional or substation headroom, spare data-centre capacity, firm connection capacity, contracted power or campus-available supply. The annual margin is not a guaranteed reserve at a named site and cannot be allocated to Riyadh, Jeddah, Eastern Province, NEOM or Oxagon without local network and connection evidence.

Evidence period / effective date: 2024-12-31

Source published Explore finding & chart →Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority ↗
02Saudi Arabia · CONTEXT

Saudi commitments separate near-term cloud launches from 2028–2033 capacity plans

WHY IT MATTERS · NTRY INTERPRETATION

Treat the November–December 2026 cloud launches as near-term service milestones, but phase 2028–2033 site allocation behind named-project construction, energisation, firm power and operating-status evidence. Do not add the three MW figures.

What to verify and evidence limitsWhat to verify next

Named-site construction and commissioning evidence; dated utility connections; firm delivered power; phase-level operating capacity; customer absorption; and confirmation that intended or expandable capacity has entered service.

Project stage and scope

GOVERNMENT EVENT SUMMARY · MULTIPLE FUTURE COMMITMENTS · NOT OPERATING

These are government-reported announcements and delivery commitments, not one comparable capacity series. The 50 MW is planned for 2028; 192 MW is an intended post-expansion capacity; 65 MW is an expandability ceiling; and cloud-region availability dates do not disclose delivered power, utilisation or customer absorption. The event's nearly US$15 billion total spans several technology sectors and is not data-centre spend.

Evidence period / effective date: 2026-09-05

Source published Explore finding & chart →Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology ↗
03Saudi Arabia · CONTEXT

HUMAIN and DataVolt move 100 MW at Oxagon into construction

WHY IT MATTERS · NTRY INTERPRETATION

Treat the 100 MW construction claim as the first delivery checkpoint and withhold credit for the remaining planned scale until power delivery, commissioning and customer take-up are evidenced.

What to verify and evidence limitsWhat to verify next

Verified construction progress; contracted and delivered power; energised and commissioned MW; live service date; customer commitments; occupied workload; utilisation; cooling performance; and a dated schedule for later tranches.

Project stage and scope

CONSTRUCTION ANNOUNCED · FIRST 100 MW TARGET 2028 · 360 MW PHASE · NOT OPERATING

This is a company construction announcement, not independent evidence of completed works, energisation, customer occupancy or utilisation. The 100 MW is under development and not operating; 360 MW is the stated first-phase plan and 1.5 GW is the wider planned campus ceiling. The 2028 service date, renewable-energy integration and cooling design remain forward-looking.

Evidence period / effective date: 2026-08-31

Source published Explore finding & chart →DataVolt ↗
ACCEPTED EVIDENCE HISTORY

Saudi Arabia comparable history

Only accepted observations with matching measurement definitions, reporting boundaries and units are shown. Individual records appear once there is enough comparable history to chart.

Saudi Arabia · Electrical energy sent to the Saudi national network2 accepted observations · 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-31
First accepted
380,878 GWh
Latest accepted
402,628 GWh
Observed change
+21,750 GWh (+5.7%)

Saudi Arabia national electricity network
Coverage: Saudi national network · annual electricity sent to the grid

GWh0201,300402,600Dec 2023Dec 20242023-12-31: 380878 GWh2024-12-31: 402628 GWhEffective date · calendar spacing

Historical periods only; the feed check date is not a new observation. Axis ticks are rounded; exact plotted values and source evidence are listed above. Missing periods have no points or connecting lines. The point-to-point change is descriptive and does not establish a trend or causal conclusion. Earlier accepted records may be outside the current history response.

CITED RESEARCH UPDATES

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Source-reported developments, with project stage and caveats. These updates do not change accepted measurements, capacity totals or rankings.

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Saudi Arabia · Saudi ArabiaPublished Effective

Saudi peak load reached 74.8 GW in 2024—with a 5.6 GW national capacity margin

OFFICIAL REGULATOR SERIES · NATIONAL PEAK AND AVAILABLE CAPACITY · 2020–2024 · NOT SITE HEADROOM

Saudi Arabia's electricity regulator reports national peak load rising from 62.3 GW in 2020 to 74.8 GW in 2024, a 20.1% increase. Available capacity reached 80.4 GW in 2024, leaving a 5.6 GW national margin; the same official sequence shows that margin falling as low as 2.4 GW in 2022.

2020 peak load
62.3 GW
2024 peak load
74.8 GW
2024 available capacity
80.4 GW
2024 national margin
5.6 GW
Saudi Arabia national electricity peak loadGW
  1. 202062.3 GW
  2. 202164.2 GW
  3. 202265.3 GW
  4. 202370.7 GW
  5. 202474.8 GW

Historical series · repeated dated points · context only · excluded from governed totals

Caveat: Peak load, available capacity and their national annual margin are system-level observations, not regional or substation headroom, spare data-centre capacity, firm connection capacity, contracted power or campus-available supply. The annual margin is not a guaranteed reserve at a named site and cannot be allocated to Riyadh, Jeddah, Eastern Province, NEOM or Oxagon without local network and connection evidence.

Link to this update ↗Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority · Read source ↗Primary-source statement · Context only
Saudi Arabia · Saudi ArabiaPublished Effective

Saudi commitments separate near-term cloud launches from 2028–2033 capacity plans

GOVERNMENT EVENT SUMMARY · MULTIPLE FUTURE COMMITMENTS · NOT OPERATING

Saudi MCIT reports a November 2026 availability target for Microsoft Azure, a December 2026 launch target for AWS, up to 50 MW for the AWS–HUMAIN AI zone by 2028, and separate expansion ambitions of 192 MW for Al Moammar Information Systems and 65 MW for Khuzam Digital Valley by 2033.

Cloud delivery targets
Nov–Dec 2026
AWS–HUMAIN plan
Up to 50 MW by 2028
MIS expansion ambition
192 MW by 2033
Khuzam expandability ceiling
65 MW by 2033
Saudi disclosed future capacity plans — status-separatedMW · plan, intended capacity and ceiling; not additive
  1. AWS–HUMAIN · 2028Up to 50 MW
  2. MIS · 2033192 MW intended
  3. Khuzam · 203365 MW ceiling

Stage comparison · statuses are not additive · context only · excluded from governed totals

Caveat: These are government-reported announcements and delivery commitments, not one comparable capacity series. The 50 MW is planned for 2028; 192 MW is an intended post-expansion capacity; 65 MW is an expandability ceiling; and cloud-region availability dates do not disclose delivered power, utilisation or customer absorption. The event's nearly US$15 billion total spans several technology sectors and is not data-centre spend.

Link to this update ↗Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology · Read source ↗Primary-source statement · Context only
Saudi Arabia · Oxagon, NEOMPublished Effective

HUMAIN and DataVolt move 100 MW at Oxagon into construction

CONSTRUCTION ANNOUNCED · FIRST 100 MW TARGET 2028 · 360 MW PHASE · NOT OPERATING

HUMAIN and DataVolt say construction is underway on 100 MW of AI-ready capacity at Oxagon, inside a stated 360 MW first phase targeted for service in 2028. DataVolt places that phase within a wider planned 1.5 GW campus, separating the portion now described as under development from the longer-term masterplan.

Under development
100 MW
Stated first phase
360 MW
Wider campus plan
1.5 GW
Ready-for-service target
2028
Oxagon disclosed capacity stagesMW · under development / planned, not operating
  1. Under development100 MW
  2. Stated first phase360 MW
  3. Wider campus plan1,500 MW

Stage comparison · statuses are not additive · context only · excluded from governed totals

Caveat: This is a company construction announcement, not independent evidence of completed works, energisation, customer occupancy or utilisation. The 100 MW is under development and not operating; 360 MW is the stated first-phase plan and 1.5 GW is the wider planned campus ceiling. The 2028 service date, renewable-energy integration and cooling design remain forward-looking.

Link to this update ↗DataVolt · Read source ↗Primary-source statement · Context only
Saudi Arabia · RiyadhPublished Effective

Center3 represented 46% of DC Byte's reported live Riyadh capacity as the metro ranked tenth in EMEA

DC BYTE 2026 RIYADH SNAPSHOT · REPORTED LIVE PROJECT STATUS · CONTEXT ONLY · NOT CAPACITY HEADROOM

DC Byte's 2026 report ranks Riyadh tenth within EMEA at 3.70 and classifies it as an Emerging Growth Metro. Its Riyadh market-share table, filtered to colocation and self-build facilities with project status Live, reports Center3 at 41.4 MW (46%), Others at 22.39 MW (25%), Saudi Central Bank at 8.1 MW (9%), Mobily at 6.93 MW (8%), Ezditek at 6 MW (7%) and DAMAC Digital at 5 MW (6%). The listed capacity values total 89.82 MW.

Riyadh EMEA rank
10th · score 3.70 / 5
DC Byte category
Emerging Growth Metro
Center3 reported share
41.4 MW · 46% of listed live capacity
Listed live-capacity total
89.82 MW · derived from reported operator values
Riyadh reported live-facility capacity by operator — DC Byte 2026MW · DC Byte reported project status: Live
  1. Center341.4 MW · 46%
  2. Others22.39 MW · 25%
  3. Saudi Central Bank8.1 MW · 9%
  4. Mobily6.93 MW · 8%
  5. Ezditek6 MW · 7%
  6. DAMAC Digital5 MW · 6%

Point-in-time comparison · not a trend · context only · excluded from governed totals

Caveat: This is a proprietary, point-in-time metro snapshot—not an NTRY score, a national capacity total, spare capacity, utilization or a repeated series. DC Byte labels the table's project status Live, but the report does not disclose the capacity basis, facility-level reconciliation or observation timestamp beyond publication; the values must not be compared or added to government-reported national operating capacity or DC Byte total supply across mixed lifecycle stages. Percentages are source-rounded and sum to 101%. The table does not prove customer concentration, available headroom, contractual access or the delivery of any planned cloud region.

Link to this update ↗DC Byte · Read source ↗Industry reporting · Context only
Saudi Arabia · Saudi ArabiaPublished Effective

Saudi Arabia reports operational capacity rising from 68 MW to 467 MW

GOVERNMENT-REPORTED OPERATING BASE · NATIONAL AGGREGATE · BASIS UNDISCLOSED

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology reports national operational data-centre capacity of 68 MW in 2021, more than 440 MW in 2025 and 467 MW in Q1 2026. The ministry also reports more than 60 data centres operated by more than 20 companies.

2021 operating base
68 MW
2025 reported base
>440 MW
Q1 2026 reported base
467 MW
Saudi Arabia source-reported national operating data-centre capacityMW · national aggregate
  1. 202168 MW
  2. 2025>440 MW
  3. Q1 2026467 MW

Historical series · repeated dated points · context only · excluded from governed totals

Caveat: These are government-reported national aggregates. The capacity basis and facility-level reconciliation are not disclosed, and the 2025 value is a lower bound. The sequence is useful context but is not yet a governed comparable series or evidence of available IT load.

Link to this update ↗Saudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology · Read source ↗Primary-source statement · Context only
Saudi Arabia · Saudi ArabiaPublished Effective

Saudi network electricity increased 5.7% in 2024—but throughput is not spare capacity

OFFICIAL ANNUAL STATISTICS · NATIONAL NETWORK ENERGY · 2023–2024 · CONTEXT ONLY

Saudi Arabia's official electricity workbook reports annual electrical energy sent to the national network rising from 380,878 GWh in 2023 to 402,628 GWh in 2024, a 5.7% increase. This is system throughput across all uses, not a measure of data-centre demand or power available to a new campus.

2023 network energy
380,878 GWh
2024 network energy
402,628 GWh
Annual change
+5.7%
Evidence state
Context only
Saudi Arabia electricity sent to the national networkGWh
  1. 2023380,878 GWh
  2. 2024402,628 GWh

Historical series · repeated dated points · context only · excluded from governed totals

Caveat: Annual energy sent to the national network is not installed capacity, available capacity, reserve margin, regional or substation headroom, contracted power, data-centre electricity demand or campus-ready supply. The annual totals do not reveal coincident peak conditions, local constraints, losses, curtailment or connection timing and cannot size a data-centre supply-demand gap or enter operating-capacity totals.

Link to this update ↗General Authority for Statistics · Read source ↗Primary-source statement · Context only
Saudi Arabia · Saudi ArabiaPublished Effective

Saudi regional peak load grew fastest in the Southern region—but remained concentrated in Central and Eastern networks

OFFICIAL 2020–2024 REGIONAL PEAK SERIES · NETWORK AREAS · NON-COINCIDENT PEAKS · NOT SITE HEADROOM

GASTAT's official workbook reports regional peak load increasing between 2020 and 2024 from 19.8 to 24.7 GW in the Central region, 19.0 to 22.1 GW in the Eastern region, 15.8 to 19.3 GW in the Western region and 6.4 to 8.2 GW in the Southern region. Southern growth was fastest at 28.1%, while Central and Eastern represented 62.9% of the four published 2024 regional peaks.

2024 Central peak
24.7 GW
2024 Eastern peak
22.1 GW
2024 Western peak
19.3 GW
2024 Southern peak
8.2 GW
Saudi Arabia regional peak load — 2024GW · regional annual peaks, not coincident
  1. Central24.7 GW
  2. Eastern22.1 GW
  3. Western19.3 GW
  4. Southern8.2 GW

Point-in-time comparison · not a trend · context only · excluded from governed totals

Caveat: Regional annual peaks may occur at different times, so their sum is not a coincident national peak and is not compared arithmetically with national available capacity. The regions are electricity-network reporting areas, not named substations or campus service territories. Peak load is demand, not reserve margin, spare capacity, connection headroom, contracted power or deliverable site power; no data-centre causation is inferred.

Link to this update ↗General Authority for Statistics, Saudi Arabia · Read source ↗Primary-source statement · Context only
Saudi Arabia · Saudi ArabiaPublished Effective

Saudi SEC distribution interruption duration improved 11.2% in 2024—but the national average is not a campus SLA

OFFICIAL 2023–2024 SEC DISTRIBUTION RELIABILITY COMPARISON · NATIONAL SYSTEM AVERAGE · NOT A FACILITY SLA

SERA's official 2024 statistical booklet reports the SEC distribution system's general-average SAIDI improving from 82.16 minutes per consumer in 2023 to 72.98 minutes in 2024. SAIFI also improved from 1.81 to 1.58 interruptions per consumer, a 12.7% reduction.

2024 SAIDI
72.98 min/customer
2023–2024 SAIDI change
−11.2%
2024 SAIFI
1.58 interruptions/customer
2023–2024 SAIFI change
−12.7%
Saudi Arabia SEC distribution interruption duration — 2023–2024SAIDI minutes per consumer · sustained interruptions
  1. 202382.16 min/customer
  2. 202472.98 min/customer

Historical series · repeated dated points · context only · excluded from governed totals

Caveat: Two-point SEC distribution-system general averages, not a long-run trend and not a measure of a named data-centre campus. SAIDI and SAIFI cover sustained customer interruptions; they do not establish voltage quality, momentary-event exposure, substation or feeder redundancy, event concentration, connection headroom, backup performance, contractual availability or facility SLA compliance. The values cannot be used to infer spare capacity or causal effects from data-centre load.

Link to this update ↗Saudi Electricity Regulatory Authority · Read source ↗Primary-source statement · Context only
SUPPLY × DEMAND · INVESTMENT LENS

Where demand meets delivery.
And where it does not.

Explore the evidence on each side of the market. Values retain their original scope and status; NTRY only calculates a gap when the records are genuinely comparable.

Saudi ArabiaDecision-eligible pair 0/2 · 9 contextual signalsGoverned proof—not a market score
Accepted delivery proofAccepted observed demandFuture pipeline / capital not current supplySource-dated context excluded from totals
DELIVERY PROOF0 accepted records

Only accepted operating, commissioned or available capacity can light this lane. Contracted power remains context until delivery is evidenced.

RESEARCHNo decision-eligible pair yet.
DELIVERYDEMANDPAIR

Forecasts, contracted power and pending proposals can direct research, but cannot establish an investable supply-demand gap.

NUMERICAL GAP WITHHELD
DEMAND PROOF0 accepted records

Accepted workload, utilisation, pre-lease or observed-load evidence only. Forecasts, floors and declared maxima remain context.

MARKET DECISION PULSE · SAUDI ARABIA

Reported operating scale is rising faster than evidence detail.

0/2comparable proof inputs
OPERATING-BASE CLAIM × RECONCILIATIONSource-reported operating-capacity sequence
Source-derived context · excluded from governed totals
0MW · national aggregate
SOURCE RECORDS BY STATED EVIDENCE STATE9 cited context records
Record count—not MW or a conversion rate
1Reported operating
0Launch milestone
1In delivery
0Allocated / contracted
1Announced / planned
6Policy / adoption context
DECISION EFFECTCollect accepted delivery proof and observed or contracted demand.

Opportunity is a conditional path, not spare megawatts: release capital only as power, demand and delivery milestones become comparable.

SUPPLY EVIDENCEMISSING

No cited supply measurement is available for this market.

DEMAND EVIDENCEMISSING

No cited workload-demand, utilisation or observed-load measurement is available for this market.

FUTURE PIPELINE / CAPITALNOT CURRENT SUPPLY
GOVERNED CONTEXT · NOT DECISION-GRADE · UNDER_CONSTRUCTION100 MW

Development pipeline capacity

DataVolt Oxagon AI Data Center · 31 Aug 2026

NEOM reports construction underway for the first 100 MW of a 360 MW Oxagon phase, with availability anticipated in 2028. This is under-construction pipeline, not operating capacity. The official release does not establish an IT-load basis, so the basis remains publisher-reported and unspecified.

NEOM HUMAIN DataVolt Oxagon release ↗GOVERNED CONTEXT · NOT DECISION-GRADE · ANNOUNCED_PARTNERSHIP1,000 MW

Development pipeline capacity ceiling

HUMAIN-center3 AI Data Centre Joint Venture · 18 Dec 2025

Saudi Press Agency reported that the HUMAIN-center3 partnership would develop and operate infrastructure capable of supporting up to 1 GW of AI workloads. The normalized 1,000 MW value is an explicit partnership-programme ceiling, not exact site capacity, operating capacity or a Saudi market total.

Saudi Press Agency HUMAIN center3 JV release ↗
MARKET CONTEXT · SOURCE-DATED

What could change the gap reading?

9 cited updates
CAPACITY CONTEXT
Saudi peak load reached 74.8 GW in 2024—with a 5.6 GW national capacity margin

Saudi Arabia's electricity regulator reports national peak load rising from 62.3 GW in 2020 to 74.8 GW in 2024, a 20.1% increase. Available capacity reached 80.4 GW in 2024, leaving a 5.6 GW national margin; the same official sequence shows that margin falling as low as 2.4 GW in 2022.

  • 2020 peak load62.3 GW
  • 2024 peak load74.8 GW
Saudi Arabia national electricity peak loadY · GW
  1. 62.3 GW2020
  2. 64.2 GW2021
  3. 65.3 GW2022
  4. 70.7 GW2023
  5. 74.8 GW2024

X · PERIODZERO BASELINE · SOURCE POINTS ONLY

OFFICIAL REGULATOR SERIES · NATIONAL PEAK AND AVAILABLE CAPACITY · 2020–2024 · NOT SITE HEADROOMSaudi Electricity Regulatory Authority ↗
DELIVERY SIGNAL
Saudi commitments separate near-term cloud launches from 2028–2033 capacity plans

Saudi MCIT reports a November 2026 availability target for Microsoft Azure, a December 2026 launch target for AWS, up to 50 MW for the AWS–HUMAIN AI zone by 2028, and separate expansion ambitions of 192 MW for Al Moammar Information Systems and 65 MW for Khuzam Digital Valley by 2033.

  • Cloud delivery targetsNov–Dec 2026
  • AWS–HUMAIN planUp to 50 MW by 2028
Saudi disclosed future capacity plans — status-separatedY · MW · plan, intended capacity and ceiling; not additive
  1. Up to 50 MWAWS–HUMAIN · 2028
  2. 192 MW intendedMIS · 2033
  3. 65 MW ceilingKhuzam · 2033

X · PROJECT / COMMITMENTZERO BASELINE · SOURCE POINTS ONLY

GOVERNMENT EVENT SUMMARY · MULTIPLE FUTURE COMMITMENTS · NOT OPERATINGSaudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology ↗
DELIVERY SIGNAL
HUMAIN and DataVolt move 100 MW at Oxagon into construction

HUMAIN and DataVolt say construction is underway on 100 MW of AI-ready capacity at Oxagon, inside a stated 360 MW first phase targeted for service in 2028. DataVolt places that phase within a wider planned 1.5 GW campus, separating the portion now described as under development from the longer-term masterplan.

  • Under development100 MW
  • Stated first phase360 MW
Oxagon disclosed capacity stagesY · MW · under development / planned, not operating
  1. 100 MWUnder development
  2. 360 MWStated first phase
  3. 1,500 MWWider campus plan

X · PERIODZERO BASELINE · SOURCE POINTS ONLY

CONSTRUCTION ANNOUNCED · FIRST 100 MW TARGET 2028 · 360 MW PHASE · NOT OPERATINGDataVolt ↗
DELIVERY SIGNAL
Microsoft sets November 2026 availability for Saudi Arabia East

Microsoft says its Eastern Province cloud region will open to customers in November 2026 with three availability zones for supported local cloud and AI workloads.

  • Availability targetNovember 2026
  • Availability zones3
NOVEMBER 2026 AVAILABILITY TARGET · NOT YET VERIFIED LIVEMicrosoft ↗
POLICY CONTEXT
Center3 represented 46% of DC Byte's reported live Riyadh capacity as the metro ranked tenth in EMEA

DC Byte's 2026 report ranks Riyadh tenth within EMEA at 3.70 and classifies it as an Emerging Growth Metro. Its Riyadh market-share table, filtered to colocation and self-build facilities with project status Live, reports Center3 at 41.4 MW (46%), Others at 22.39 MW (25%), Saudi Central Bank at 8.1 MW (9%), Mobily at 6.93 MW (8%), Ezditek at 6 MW (7%) and DAMAC Digital at 5 MW (6%). The listed capacity values total 89.82 MW.

  • Riyadh EMEA rank10th · score 3.70 / 5
  • DC Byte categoryEmerging Growth Metro
Riyadh reported live-facility capacity by operator — DC Byte 2026Y · MW · DC Byte reported project status: Live
  1. 41.4 MW · 46%Center3
  2. 22.39 MW · 25%Others
  3. 8.1 MW · 9%Saudi Central Bank
  4. 6.93 MW · 8%Mobily
  5. 6 MW · 7%Ezditek
  6. 5 MW · 6%DAMAC Digital

X · MW REPORTED LIVE-FACILITY CAPACITYZERO BASELINE · SOURCE POINTS ONLY

DC BYTE 2026 RIYADH SNAPSHOT · REPORTED LIVE PROJECT STATUS · CONTEXT ONLY · NOT CAPACITY HEADROOMDC Byte ↗
CAPACITY CONTEXT
Saudi Arabia reports operational capacity rising from 68 MW to 467 MW

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology reports national operational data-centre capacity of 68 MW in 2021, more than 440 MW in 2025 and 467 MW in Q1 2026. The ministry also reports more than 60 data centres operated by more than 20 companies.

  • 2021 operating base68 MW
  • 2025 reported base>440 MW
Saudi Arabia source-reported national operating data-centre capacityY · MW · national aggregate
  1. 68 MW2021
  2. >440 MW2025
  3. 467 MWQ1 2026

X · PERIODZERO BASELINE · SOURCE POINTS ONLY

GOVERNMENT-REPORTED OPERATING BASE · NATIONAL AGGREGATE · BASIS UNDISCLOSEDSaudi Ministry of Communications and Information Technology ↗
CAPACITY CONTEXT
Saudi network electricity increased 5.7% in 2024—but throughput is not spare capacity

Saudi Arabia's official electricity workbook reports annual electrical energy sent to the national network rising from 380,878 GWh in 2023 to 402,628 GWh in 2024, a 5.7% increase. This is system throughput across all uses, not a measure of data-centre demand or power available to a new campus.

  • 2023 network energy380,878 GWh
  • 2024 network energy402,628 GWh
Saudi Arabia electricity sent to the national networkY · GWh
  1. 380,878 GWh2023
  2. 402,628 GWh2024

X · PERIODZERO BASELINE · SOURCE POINTS ONLY

OFFICIAL ANNUAL STATISTICS · NATIONAL NETWORK ENERGY · 2023–2024 · CONTEXT ONLYGeneral Authority for Statistics ↗
CAPACITY CONTEXT
Saudi regional peak load grew fastest in the Southern region—but remained concentrated in Central and Eastern networks

GASTAT's official workbook reports regional peak load increasing between 2020 and 2024 from 19.8 to 24.7 GW in the Central region, 19.0 to 22.1 GW in the Eastern region, 15.8 to 19.3 GW in the Western region and 6.4 to 8.2 GW in the Southern region. Southern growth was fastest at 28.1%, while Central and Eastern represented 62.9% of the four published 2024 regional peaks.

  • 2024 Central peak24.7 GW
  • 2024 Eastern peak22.1 GW
Saudi Arabia regional peak load — 2024Y · GW · regional annual peaks, not coincident
  1. 24.7 GWCentral
  2. 22.1 GWEastern
  3. 19.3 GWWestern
  4. 8.2 GWSouthern

X · ELECTRICITY NETWORK REGIONZERO BASELINE · SOURCE POINTS ONLY

OFFICIAL 2020–2024 REGIONAL PEAK SERIES · NETWORK AREAS · NON-COINCIDENT PEAKS · NOT SITE HEADROOMGeneral Authority for Statistics, Saudi Arabia ↗
CAPACITY CONTEXT
Saudi SEC distribution interruption duration improved 11.2% in 2024—but the national average is not a campus SLA

SERA's official 2024 statistical booklet reports the SEC distribution system's general-average SAIDI improving from 82.16 minutes per consumer in 2023 to 72.98 minutes in 2024. SAIFI also improved from 1.81 to 1.58 interruptions per consumer, a 12.7% reduction.

  • 2024 SAIDI72.98 min/customer
  • 2023–2024 SAIDI change−11.2%
Saudi Arabia SEC distribution interruption duration — 2023–2024Y · SAIDI minutes per consumer · sustained interruptions
  1. 82.16 min/customer2023
  2. 72.98 min/customer2024

X · CALENDAR YEARZERO BASELINE · SOURCE POINTS ONLY

OFFICIAL 2023–2024 SEC DISTRIBUTION RELIABILITY COMPARISON · NATIONAL SYSTEM AVERAGE · NOT A FACILITY SLASaudi Electricity Regulatory Authority ↗
Bars show accepted proof presence inside the selected market—not MW, probability or investment attractiveness. Forecasts, declared maxima, contracted power and pending proposals remain visible as context but cannot change the decision posture. Open any record to inspect its source, date, lifecycle and caveat.
Saudi Arabia SWOT and working hypotheses
MARKET SWOT · EVIDENCE + HYPOTHESES

What helps. What holds us back.

Governed evidence anchors the SWOT. Where evidence is still thin, NTRY states a conditional hypothesis, what would falsify it and which dated indicators must be collected next.

Saudi Arabia3 SWOT points · 5 accepted evidence recordsEvidence feed checked 27 Oct 2026

Evidence cards are governed; SWOT placement is a transparent rule-based interpretation. Working hypotheses identify questions for further evidence and do not become facts, market scores, allocation recommendations, trends or Signals.

Potential strengths

What existing advantages are reported?

NTRY WORKING HYPOTHESIS

Existing-ecosystem advantage

If Saudi Arabia can demonstrate available operating capacity, firm power and network diversity, its existing ecosystem may reduce time to deployment.

What would falsify it: Named capacity is unavailable, energisation is delayed, or comparable peer markets can deliver sooner.

Next dated indicator: Available MW, dated energisation, utilisation or pre-lease evidence, and independent network paths.

Priority evidence gaps: Connectivity

Potential weaknesses

What local constraints are evidenced?

NTRY WORKING HYPOTHESIS

Hidden delivery constraint

Sparse evidence may be masking local delivery constraints in Saudi Arabia; grid access, permitting, cooling or construction could be more binding than the current SWOT shows.

What would falsify it: Dated official evidence confirms timely permits, firm power, sufficient cooling resources and on-time delivery.

Next dated indicator: Connection lead time, permit status, water or cooling entitlement, and construction milestones.

Priority evidence gaps: Land and permitting · Cooling and water · Construction

Potential opportunities

What future openings should we investigate?

  • ACCEPTED OBSERVATION · RULE-BASED READING

    Development pipeline capacity

    100 MW · DataVolt Oxagon AI Data Center

    A reported development pipeline identifies expansion to investigate. Planned or under-construction capacity is not operating supply or proven demand.

    Source, scope and what to verify

    Source statement: First 100 MW of the 360 MW phase is under development

    Scope: Oxagon · NAMED_PROJECT_PHASE

    Evidence date: 31 Aug 2026

    Caveat: NEOM reports construction underway for the first 100 MW of a 360 MW Oxagon phase, with availability anticipated in 2028. This is under-construction pipeline, not operating capacity. The official release does not establish an IT-load basis, so the basis remains publisher-reported and unspecified.

    What would change this assessment: Check permits, financing, power delivery, construction milestones and anchor customers.

    Read NEOM HUMAIN DataVolt Oxagon release source ↗
  • ACCEPTED OBSERVATION · RULE-BASED READING

    Development pipeline capacity ceiling

    1,000 MW · HUMAIN-center3 AI Data Centre Joint Venture

    A stated pipeline ceiling describes potential scale, not a committed build-out or delivered capacity.

    Source, scope and what to verify

    Source statement: Joint venture infrastructure planned to support up to 1 GW of AI workloads

    Scope: Saudi Arabia country program · COUNTRY_PARTNERSHIP_PROGRAM_UPPER_BOUND

    Evidence date: 18 Dec 2025

    Caveat: Saudi Press Agency reported that the HUMAIN-center3 partnership would develop and operate infrastructure capable of supporting up to 1 GW of AI workloads. The normalized 1,000 MW value is an explicit partnership-programme ceiling, not exact site capacity, operating capacity or a Saudi market total.

    What would change this assessment: Check which phases are committed, permitted, financed and power-secured.

    Read Saudi Press Agency HUMAIN center3 JV release source ↗
  • ACCEPTED OBSERVATION · RULE-BASED READING

    Development pipeline capacity

    19.2 MW · Alfanar Projects Saudi Data Centre Program

    A reported development pipeline identifies expansion to investigate. Planned or under-construction capacity is not operating supply or proven demand.

    Source, scope and what to verify

    Source statement: Four financed first-phase data centres in Riyadh and Dammam are planned to provide 19.2 MW in total, 4.8 MW per centre

    Scope: Riyadh and Dammam · MULTI_SITE_PROJECT_PHASE

    Evidence date: 16 Feb 2025

    Caveat: Saudi National Infrastructure Fund reported financing for a first phase of four Alfanar Projects data centres in Riyadh and Dammam totaling 19.2 MW, or 4.8 MW per centre. This is a financed planned phase, not operating capacity, delivered power, a commissioning milestone or a Saudi market total.

    What would change this assessment: Check permits, financing, power delivery, construction milestones and anchor customers.

    Read Saudi National Infrastructure Fund Alfanar financing release source ↗

Potential threats

What external changes could undermine the plan?

NTRY WORKING HYPOTHESIS

Relative-attractiveness erosion

Power economics, connection timing, regulation or delivery risk could erode Saudi Arabia's relative attractiveness before 2031—even if headline capacity grows.

What would falsify it: Comparable evidence shows stable delivered-power cost, secured connections, predictable rules and on-time delivery.

Next dated indicator: Delivered power cost, grid delay, policy change, equipment lead time and resilience incidents.

Priority evidence gaps: Power economics · Regulation · Construction

THE UAE EVALUATION SYNOPSIS

Read the UAE build-out synopsis.

A two-page, source-bound synopsis of UAE energy demand context and capital intent, with three reviewed findings and the next diligence receipts.
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