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SDAIA Hexagon

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Riyadh market · location approximate to city level

SDAIA Hexagon is a data center project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, operated by SDAIA (Saudi Data and AI Authority). It is under construction. The only published capacity figure is 480 MW of total facility power. IT load will be lower.

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Stage
Under construction
Planned IT load
480 MW
Total facility power
Running now
Not disclosed
Operators rarely publish this
Operator
SDAIA (Saudi Data and AI Authority)
Local developer
AI workloads
Confirmed
Evidence grade
Corroborated

How well evidenced is it

Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. The rules are fixed and published on the Methodology page.

Reaching this stage requires a dated construction source, which corroborates the project on its own.

Named funderYes
Disclosed client (confirmed)Yes
Committed or approved capitalNo
Dated, sized phaseNo
Three or more sourcesNo
Dated source in the last 24 monthsYes

AI workloads

StatusConfirmed

Hosts more than 290 government systems. Government workloads with no disclosed AI purpose, cooling spec or accelerator deployment. Liquid cooling stated by Gulf Business on 2026-01-04. Direct liquid cooling plus hybrid systems.

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

Case-by-case authorisation only · Case-by-case authorisation only (2025-11-19) source

Stage history

2026-01-01Under construction · spa.gov.sa

Who is behind it

OperatorSDAIA (Saudi Data and AI Authority) · Local developer
Funder, EquityGovernment of Saudi Arabia
Client, confirmedGovernment of Saudi Arabia
Who builds it
Main contractorAlBawani · SAR 10.1bn (≈US$2.7bn) · Jan 2026 Confirmed source ↗
Main contractor
Water and cooling
CoolingHybrid air and liquid cooling Reported source ↗
Direct liquid cooling plus hybrid systems

Sources checked 2026-09-26

  1. Foundation Stone Laid for World's Largest Government Data Center in Riyadh (Saudi Press Agency, 2026-01-01)
  2. SDAIA lays foundation stone for 480MW Hexagon government data center in Riyadh (W.Media, 2026-01-05)

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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.