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Khazna QAJ1 data center

Ajman, United Arab Emirates · Northern Emirates market · location approximate to city level

Also listed as Khazna data center Ajman and Ajman data centre (Khazna QAJ1).

Khazna QAJ1 is a data center project in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, operated by Khazna Data Centers. It is under construction. It is planned for 100 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as under construction on 16 October 2024.

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Stage
Under construction
Planned IT load
100 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operator
Khazna Data Centers
Colocation
AI workloads
Confirmed
Evidence grade
Corroborated
Will it get built?Strong7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started
Your call. Will it be built?

Build odds is ArusGrid's reading of the public record, not a forecast, a rating or advice. It counts the gates this project has passed in public sources. Private progress does not show, a passed gate can be undone, and projects that pass every gate still stop. The method has not yet been tested against outcomes. How it works.

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How well evidenced is it

Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. On record: named funder, disclosed client (confirmed), dated, sized phase, three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusConfirmed

Khazna describes a first 30MW AI deployment phase by Microsoft. Stated AI purpose plus a confirmed hyperscaler tenant on a 100MW greenfield. Liquid cooling stated by w.media on 2025-04-22. Adiabatic free cooling plus liquid cooling for GPU/CPU heat.

Access to AI chips

GradeGovernment-confirmed

A dated US government document names this project's operator, its parent, or a named funder as authorised to receive advanced computing items. Criteria.

G42 · Named in Supplement No. 8 to Part 740, licence-free under A:5 and License Exception STA. Earlier authorised 2025-11-19 for up to 35,000 Nvidia GB300 accelerators. (2026-07-14) Authorisation lapses 2027-04-06 source

Country Group A:5 with Supplement No. 8 approved end users · Country Group A:5 with Supplement No. 8 approved end users (2026-07-14) source

Phases

QAJ1 full facility · Under construction100 MW, target Dec 2026

Stage history

2024-10-16Under construction · etihadwe.ae

Who is behind it

OperatorKhazna Data Centers · Colocation
Funder, EquityG42

Who uses the compute

Tenant · hyperscalerMicrosoft · confirmed
Project team
ArchitectProarc Architects & Engineering Consultants Reported source ↗
Architect of record, Ajman 100MW data centre
Main contractorLaing O'Rourke · Oct 2024 Reported source ↗
Construction of 100MW, 20-hall Ajman data centre
Power supply
Grid supplyEtihad Water and Electricity (EtihadWE) · Oct 2024 Confirmed source ↗
Release says electricity will be primarily provided by EtihadWE. No capacity or substation stated.
Water and cooling
CoolingHybrid air and liquid cooling Reported source ↗
Adiabatic free cooling plus liquid cooling for GPU/CPU heat
CoolingDirect liquid cooling Confirmed source ↗
Khazna says QAJ1 is designed for liquid cooling and high-density racks for AI training and inference, and is set to be the region's first Uptime Tier certified liquid-cooled AI data centre.

Sources

  1. Khazna Awarded Tier III Certification of Design Documents for Ajman, UAE Facility (Khazna Data Centers, 2026-02-24)
  2. Khazna secures $2.6bn for UAE data centre projects (MEED, 2025-09-03)
  3. G42 capitalizes on Microsoft partnership to add 200 MW of data center capacity through Khazna (Enterprise AM, 2025-11-06)
  4. Construction begins on Khazna data centre in Ajman (MEED, 2024-10-18)
  5. Khazna to boost UAE data center infrastructure with 60 MW projects (Enterprise AM, 2025-04-22)
  6. إنشاء أكبر مركز بيانات محسّن بتكنولوجيا الذكاء الاصطناعي في الإمارات (Al Khaleej, 2024-10-16)
  7. Khazna Awarded Uptime Tier III Certification of Design Documents for Ajman, UAE Facility, Largest in Company's Portfolio (Business Wire (Khazna Data Centers release), 2026-02-24)
  8. How UAE prepares AI data centers for heavy rains, extreme heat, water shortages (Khaleej Times, 2026-10-19)
  9. Khazna breaks ground on two data centre facilities in Abu Dhabi (Gulf Construction Online (TradeArabia), 2025-04-21)
  10. Khazna breaks ground on new UAE data centre projects (MEED, 2025-04-22)
  11. Khazna announces the UAE's first AI-optimised data center and the largest in its portfolio, powering the nation's drive toward AI leadership (Etihad Water and Electricity (EtihadWE), 2024-10-16)
  12. Construction begins on Khazna data centre in Ajman (MEED, 2024-10-18)
  13. Khazna aims for 100% carbon-free electricity for cooling load by 2035 (TradeArabia, 2026-10-08)
  14. Khazna secures $2.6bn for UAE data centre projects (MEED, 2025-09-03)

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