Saudi Arabia Accelerates Data Centre Expansion with Strategic Regulation and Infrastructure Drive
Riyadh strengthens legal frameworks and builds world’s largest government data centre to position the Kingdom as a regional digital hub under Vision 2030
Saudi Arabia is advancing a comprehensive strategy to expand and regulate its data centre ecosystem as part of its broader Vision 2030 economic diversification plan.
Riyadh has implemented a formal regulatory framework under the Communications, Space and Technology Commission that governs data centre services, enhancing service quality, user protection, and investment conditions across the sector.
These regulations require registration, security standards, periodic renewal, and compliance with service and energy management expectations, reinforcing trust and encouraging both domestic and foreign participation in the burgeoning industry.
The regulatory environment is designed to support the Kingdom’s ambition to become a leading digital hub in the Middle East, attract major cloud and hyperscale operators, and support a robust digital economy.
Alongside regulation, Saudi Arabia has launched ambitious infrastructure projects, including the Hexagon Data Centre in Riyadh — described as the world’s largest government data centre with Tier IV reliability standards — intended to underpin public-sector digital services and strengthen national data sovereignty.
This facility will host hundreds of government systems and integrate advanced energy-efficient and cooling technologies, contributing to sustainability goals while supporting artificial intelligence and cloud services expansion.
Market forecasts show the Saudi data centre sector’s IT power capacity growing rapidly through 2030, driven by both public initiatives and private investments from global technology firms.
The Kingdom’s strategic approach combines clear regulatory oversight, targeted investment incentives, and major infrastructure build-outs to transform its data centre landscape, advance digital transformation, and reinforce its competitiveness in the global technology market.
Riyadh has implemented a formal regulatory framework under the Communications, Space and Technology Commission that governs data centre services, enhancing service quality, user protection, and investment conditions across the sector.
These regulations require registration, security standards, periodic renewal, and compliance with service and energy management expectations, reinforcing trust and encouraging both domestic and foreign participation in the burgeoning industry.
The regulatory environment is designed to support the Kingdom’s ambition to become a leading digital hub in the Middle East, attract major cloud and hyperscale operators, and support a robust digital economy.
Alongside regulation, Saudi Arabia has launched ambitious infrastructure projects, including the Hexagon Data Centre in Riyadh — described as the world’s largest government data centre with Tier IV reliability standards — intended to underpin public-sector digital services and strengthen national data sovereignty.
This facility will host hundreds of government systems and integrate advanced energy-efficient and cooling technologies, contributing to sustainability goals while supporting artificial intelligence and cloud services expansion.
Market forecasts show the Saudi data centre sector’s IT power capacity growing rapidly through 2030, driven by both public initiatives and private investments from global technology firms.
The Kingdom’s strategic approach combines clear regulatory oversight, targeted investment incentives, and major infrastructure build-outs to transform its data centre landscape, advance digital transformation, and reinforce its competitiveness in the global technology market.
