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Pure DC AUH01 (Yas Island)

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

Pure DC AUH01 (Yas Island) is a data center project in Yas Island, United Arab Emirates, operated by Pure Data Centres Group. It is operational and expanding. It is planned for 48 MW of IT load. The operator reports 20 MW running.

Latest change on record: moved to expanding on 27 April 2026.

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Stage
Expanding
Planned IT load
48 MW
Running now
20 MW
Operator
Pure Data Centres Group
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
Evidence grade
Verified
Will it get built?Built7 of 7 gates passed
✓ Land secured✓ Power arranged✓ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed✓ Construction started

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

Running capacity. The site is operational or expanding. On record: named funder, disclosed client (confirmed), three or more sources, dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusLikely

Building 1 was handed to an unnamed hyperscale customer. Hyperscale tenancy on a modern greenfield.

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.

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

Building 1 · Operational20 MW
Building 2 (fully permitted) · Land and permitting28 MW

Stage history

2025-02-27Operational · puredc.com
2026-04-27Expanding · puredc.com

Who is behind it

OperatorPure Data Centres Group · Colocation
Funder, EquityOaktree Capital Management

Who uses the compute

Tenant · hyperscalerUndisclosed hyperscaler · confirmed

41 MW · Whole campus; first hall handed over 2025, expansion from 41MW to 48MW announced Apr 2026 · as of 2026-07-15

Upgrade from reported to confirmed on the operator's own words. Pure DC's 2025 review states 'transitioning our Abu Dhabi campus into operations for our hyperscale customer'. DCD adds that the first data hall was handed over to a hyperscale customer in 2025 and the campus grows from 41MW to 48MW. Identity still undisclosed.

Source · A year of international expansion, growth and innovation: Pure DC's 2025 in review (Pure Data Centres Group, 2026-07-15)

Source · Pure DC to expand Abu Dhabi data center campus by 7MW (DCD, 2026-04-24)

Project team
Cost consultant (quantity surveyor)Linesight Confirmed source ↗
Pre- and post-contract cost management, contract administration, planning and scheduling, and procurement coordination of owner-furnished vendors, consultants and the main contractor. Warm shell, external works and ancillary buildings first, then data hall fit-out.
Main contractorLaing O'Rourke · Mar 2025 Confirmed source ↗
Construction of the Yas Island campus. First data hall handed over on 2025-02-27.
Power supply
Grid supplyTAQA · Apr 2026 Confirmed source ↗
TAQA gave final approvals to raise campus IT capacity from 41MW to 48MW through design optimisation and new power strings. · Applies to the whole campus.
Power allocation or planMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park (certificates) · Apr 2026 Confirmed source ↗
100% of 2025 electricity use matched with I-RECs from the MBR Solar Park. Certificate matching. No physical supply from the park. · Applies to the whole campus.
Water and cooling
CoolingHybrid air and liquid cooling Confirmed source ↗
Hybrid air and liquid cooling on a 16-acre site.

Sources

  1. Pure DC commits to Middle East focus, backed by in-region solar renewables (Pure Data Centres Group, 2026-04-27)
  2. Pure DC not pausing Middle East investment, contrary to reports, despite drone debris near miss (DatacenterDynamics, 2026-05-01)
  3. London data centre firm Pure DC secures $2.7BN for European and Middle East expansion (Tech.eu, 2026-05-27)
  4. Abu Dhabi (Yas Island) (Pure DC)
  5. Laing O'Rourke achieves major milestone for Pure Data Centres in Abu Dhabi (Pure Data Centres Group, 2025-03-14)
  6. Pure DC doubles down on capacity building and decarbonization efforts in the Middle East (W.Media, 2026-04-27)
  7. Laing O'Rourke achieves major milestone for Pure Data Centres in Abu Dhabi (Intelligent Data Centres, 2025-05-09)
  8. JLL secures FM contract with Pure DC in Abu Dhabi (FMJ, 2025-03-10)
  9. Pure Data Centres Campus, Abu Dhabi (Linesight)

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