Pranav Hotkar
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – June 2, 2026 - DAMAC Digital has announced that its planned North American data center landbank has reached 6,000 MW of potential IT capacity, significantly expanding the company’s ambitions in the rapidly growing AI and hyperscale infrastructure market.
The company said the landbank spans multiple strategic sites across the United States and Canada and is intended to support the development of large-scale AI factories, hyperscale cloud campuses, and high-density digital infrastructure environments. The announcement marks one of the largest disclosed planned capacity pipelines by a private digital infrastructure developer focused on next-generation AI workloads.
According to DAMAC Digital, the expansion reflects accelerating global demand for AI computing infrastructure and growing requirements for power-intensive data center deployments. The company said its strategy centers on securing large-scale land and power opportunities capable of supporting long-term hyperscale and AI growth.
“Our objective is to build the foundational infrastructure required for the next era of AI and digital transformation,” said Hussain Sajwani, founder of DAMAC Group. The company added that power access, scalability, and speed-to-market are becoming increasingly important in determining future AI infrastructure locations.
DAMAC Digital said the planned capacity pipeline includes sites designed to accommodate high-density AI workloads, advanced cooling technologies, and large-scale power infrastructure. The company is targeting hyperscalers, cloud providers, enterprise AI operators, and GPU-intensive compute customers seeking long-term expansion capacity.
The announcement follows a broader industry trend in which infrastructure developers are racing to secure land, grid access, and energy resources as AI-related demand reshapes the global data center market. Large AI training clusters and inference workloads are significantly increasing electricity consumption, prompting developers to pursue gigawatt-scale campuses capable of supporting future compute growth.
DAMAC Digital said its North American strategy is aligned with the increasing convergence between energy infrastructure and digital infrastructure. The company emphasized that securing long-term power availability is now central to hyperscale data center planning, particularly for AI-focused developments.
While DAMAC did not disclose specific project locations, construction timelines, or investment values tied to the full 6,000 MW pipeline, the company indicated that multiple sites are progressing through various stages of planning, permitting, and infrastructure development.
The expansion builds on DAMAC Group’s broader digital infrastructure strategy, which includes investments in cloud infrastructure, AI technologies, and data center development through DAMAC Digital and Edgnex Data Centers.
Industry analysts increasingly expect hyperscale and AI infrastructure developers to pursue larger multi-gigawatt landbanks as operators seek to secure future power capacity amid tightening grid availability across major global markets. DAMAC Digital’s latest announcement positions the company among a growing group of developers preparing for the next wave of AI-driven infrastructure expansion.
