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Gulf Data Hub Abu Dhabi (ICAD)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi market · location approximate to district level

Gulf Data Hub Abu Dhabi (ICAD) is a data center project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, operated by Gulf Data Hub. It is operational and expanding. It is planned for 64 MW of IT load. The operator reports 16 MW running.

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Stage
Expanding
Planned IT load
64 MW
Running now
16 MW
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
Gulf Data Hub
Colocation
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Verified

How well evidenced is it

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Named funderYes
Disclosed clientNo
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseYes
Three or more sourcesNo
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusNo signal either way

Multi-tenant colocation with no AI tenant, workload or cooling disclosure.

Access to AI chips

GradeNo public signal

Nothing found in the public record. This describes the record, not the company, and it is not evidence that access was sought or denied. Criteria are published on the Methodology page.

Country-level export frameworkYes
A party named in a government authorisationNo
US approved operator or confirmed client on the projectNo
Named chip-vendor partnershipNo

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

ICAD 1 · Operational16 MW, target 2022

Stage history

2026-08-28Expanding · gulfdatahub.ae

Who is behind it

OperatorGulf Data Hub · Colocation
Funder, EquityKKR

No tenant disclosed. Most colocation leases are confidential, so this says nothing about occupancy.

Build, land, power and water
Nothing found in public sources yet. Most contractors and utilities never name their data centre clients. Know who built it or where its power comes from? Tell us.

Sources checked 2026-09-26

  1. Gulf Data Hub locations (Gulf Data Hub, 2026-08-28)

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Planned MW is IT load, the power available to servers, unless marked otherwise. Running capacity is rarely published, so a missing figure means undisclosed. Definitions, sourcing standards and evidence rules are on the Methodology page. Data is CC BY-NC 4.0. Corrections go to [email protected]. Dataset updated 2026-09-26.