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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.

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Stage
Expanding
Planned IT load
48 MW
Running now
20 MW
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
Pure Data Centres Group
Colocation
AI workloads
Likely
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 client (reported)Yes
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesYes
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

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 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

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

Stage history

2026-04-27Expanding · puredc.com

Who is behind it

OperatorPure Data Centres Group · Colocation
Funder, EquityOaktree Capital Management
Client, reported, unconfirmedUndisclosed hyperscaler
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 checked 2026-09-26

  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)

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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.