NHC Innovation Khuzam Digital Valley data centre is a data center project in Riyadh (Khuzam), Saudi Arabia, operated by NHC Innovation. It has been announced and has not yet reached the land or permitting stage. The published capacity figure is 65 MW, and its basis is not stated as IT load.
Latest change on record: entered the record as announced on 6 September 2026. Record last checked against its sources on 19 October 2026.
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Riyadh holds 14 active projects with 1,216 MW of planned IT load between them, and NHC Innovation Khuzam Digital Valley data centre ranks 5th by planned capacity. Of those, 1 is operational, 1 is operational and expanding, 5 are under construction, 3 are at the land and permitting stage and 4 are announced only. No third party publishes a colocation vacancy rate for Riyadh, and ArusGrid does not estimate one.
It is the only National Housing Company project ArusGrid tracks. It sits on the Khuzam Digital Valley campus. Named users of the compute are BytePlus and NAVER Innovation (reported, unconfirmed).
The build is phased. Phase 1 at 15 MW is announced with a 2027 target; Later phases (to 65MW) at 50 MW is announced with a 2033 target. The stage was recorded as announced only on 6 September 2026. The money on record is SAR 3.3bn (about US$880m) as of September 2026, the announced investment.
The US export control position for advanced AI chips in Saudi Arabia, as of 19 November 2025, is recorded as “Case-by-case authorisation only”. ArusGrid holds 5 public sources for this project, the latest dated 9 September 2026, and last checked the record on 19 October 2026.
Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.
Two cloud providers, BytePlus and NAVER Innovation, are reported as the first customers.
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Case-by-case authorisation only · Case-by-case authorisation only (2025-11-19) source
First customer named at launch · as of 2026-09-06
Named as one of the first two customers of the Khuzam data centre in the sponsor's LEAP remarks, reported by a secondary outlet. No lease terms.
Source · NHC Innovation Begins SAR 3.3B Khuzam Digital Valley Data Centre Project (MENA Startup Digest, 2026-09-06)
First customer named at launch; Naver Cloud and NHC Innovation joint venture · as of 2026-09-06
Named as one of the first two customers of the Khuzam data centre in the sponsor's LEAP remarks, reported by a secondary outlet. No lease terms.
Source · NHC Innovation Begins SAR 3.3B Khuzam Digital Valley Data Centre Project (MENA Startup Digest, 2026-09-06)
The figure covers the whole campus.
A powered shell leased to its tenant, which is a different product from colocation, so no per kW price applies.
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