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SDAIA Salboukh data centre

Salboukh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Riyadh market · location approximate to district level

SDAIA Salboukh data centre is a data center project in Salboukh, Saudi Arabia, operated by SDAIA (Saudi Data and AI Authority). It is at the land and permitting stage. It is planned for 20 MW of IT load.

Latest change on record: entered the record as land and permitting on 8 July 2025.

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Stage
Land and permitting
Planned IT load
20 MW
Running now
Not disclosed
Operator
SDAIA (Saudi Data and AI Authority)
Local developer
AI workloads
No signal either way
Evidence grade
Corroborated
Will it get built?Open question3 of 7 gates passed
○ Land secured○ Power arranged○ Approvals granted✓ Money committed✓ Tenant or own use✓ Builder appointed○ Construction started

Next gate to watch: Land secured.

Your call. Will it be built?

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.

How Saudi Arabia approves, powers and taxes data centers is on Data center rules in Saudi Arabia.

How well evidenced is it

Construction or financing is evidenced, or several independent signals agree. On record: named funder, disclosed client (confirmed), dated source in the last 24 months. Criteria.

AI workloads

StatusNo signal either way

No public signal either way.

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.

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

Stage history

2025-07-08Land and permitting · guest.meed.com

Who is behind it

OperatorSDAIA (Saudi Data and AI Authority) · Local developer
Funder, EquityGovernment of Saudi Arabia

Who uses the compute

Tenant · governmentGovernment of Saudi Arabia · confirmed
Project team
Main contractorAlBawani · Jul 2025 Reported source ↗
Construction of the 20MW IT load Salboukh data centre. MEED puts the contract at US$140m to 150m.

Sources

  1. Saudi Arabia tenders Salboukh data centre contract (MEED, 2024-09-26)
  2. Saudi authority awards Salboukh data centre contract (MEED, 2025-07-08)

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