Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - December 9, 2025 - Khazna Data Centers, the UAE-based hyperscale infrastructure provider, has officially entered the Saudi market with plans to build its first data centre campus in Dammam.
The company announced the appointment of Mohammed Bin Hassan as Country Head for Saudi Arabia, coinciding with the acquisition of a 225,000 m² land parcel for the new facility. The site will deliver up to 200 MW of AI-ready capacity, aimed at serving cloud, AI, and high-performance compute workloads under the country’s digital economy ambitions aligned with Vision 2030.
Bin Hassan brings over two decades of experience leading digital transformation programs in both public and private sectors. The company said he will oversee the Dammam build-out and drive Khazna’s long-term expansion across Saudi Arabia.
“This entry into the Kingdom reflects a long-term commitment to enabling Saudi Arabia’s digital economy goals under Vision 2030,” Bin Hassan said. “I’m honoured to lead this next chapter as we build infrastructure that not only meets future demand, but accelerates innovation, resilience and national progress.”
Khazna CEO Hassan Alnaqbi framed the Saudi project as a continuation of its rapid regional growth and as a foundational layer for future AI-driven digital services. “Over the past decade, Saudi Arabia has laid some of the strongest digital and AI foundations in the world…. With Mohammed now leading our operations in Saudi Arabia, we have the right expertise to help the country achieve its national AI goals.”
The Dammam campus is being marketed as modular and scalable, able to support a broad spectrum of workloads, from traditional cloud to GPU-heavy AI clusters. Khazna’s announcement emphasises a flexible architecture, rapid expansion potential, and AI readiness without giving detailed technical metrics such as PUE, rack density, or exact commissioning dates.
This Saudi expansion sits within a larger Khazna roadmap: the company has pledged to build over 1 GW of new capacity by 2030 across the Middle East and key international markets. The Dammam facility represents a significant portion of the capacity earmarked for Saudi Arabia and signals increasing demand for sovereign, scalable digital infrastructure in the region.
Industry observers note that Saudi Arabia’s favourable energy economics, regulatory push for digital and AI infrastructure, and strategic alignment via Vision 2030 make it an attractive market for hyperscale providers. For Khazna, timing appears aligned; the company launches in Saudi Arabia as demand rises and regional connectivity expands.
With the Dammam project, Khazna aims to establish a local footprint capable of supporting enterprise, public sector, and AI workloads, positioning the Kingdom as a rising hub for AI-backed data infrastructure while accelerating Khazna’s international growth trajectory under Vision 2030’s digital transformation agenda.
