{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"hexagon-government-data-centre-groundbreaking-2026","event_date":"2026-01","published":"2026-10-03","category":"datacenters","importance":3,"title":{"en":"SDAIA lays foundation stone for 480MW Hexagon government data center","ar":"سدايا تضع حجر الأساس لمركز البيانات الحكومي «هيكساجون» بسعة 480 ميغاواط"},"summary":{"en":"The Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) laid the foundation stone in early January 2026 for Hexagon, a 480 MW government data center in Riyadh covering about 30 million square feet, which SDAIA describes as the world's largest government data center and says it has designed to Tier IV. Gulf News put the project's estimated value at about $2.7 billion, and SDAIA has not published a cost figure. SDAIA says Hexagon will host more than 290 government systems, supporting e-government services and national data sovereignty. SDAIA President Abdullah Alghamdi called it a strategic national initiative aligned with Vision 2030.","ar":"وضعت الهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (سدايا) حجر الأساس في مطلع يناير 2026 لمركز «هيكساجون»، وهو مركز بيانات حكومي بسعة 480 ميغاواط في الرياض على مساحة تقارب 30 مليون قدم مربع، وتصفه سدايا بأنه أكبر مركز بيانات حكومي في العالم، وتقول إنها صمّمته وفق المستوى الرابع (Tier IV). وذكرت «غلف نيوز» أن القيمة التقديرية للمشروع نحو 2.7 مليار دولار، فيما لم تنشر سدايا رقماً للتكلفة. وتقول سدايا إن المركز سيستضيف أكثر من 290 نظاماً حكومياً، دعماً للخدمات الحكومية الإلكترونية والسيادة على البيانات الوطنية. ووصف رئيس سدايا عبدالله الغامدي المشروع بأنه مبادرة وطنية استراتيجية تنسجم مع رؤية السعودية 2030."},"entities":["SDAIA","Hexagon","Riyadh"],"figures":[{"label":"capacity","label_ar":"السعة","value":480,"unit":"MW"},{"label":"estimated cost (Gulf News estimate)","label_ar":"الكلفة المقدرة (تقدير «غلف نيوز»)","value":2.7,"unit":"USD bn"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://techafricanews.com/2026/01/05/saudi-arabia-advances-vision-2030-with-groundbreaking-sdaia-data-center-project/","publisher":"TechAfrica News","title":"Saudi Arabia Advances Vision 2030 with Groundbreaking SDAIA Data Center Project","published":"2026-01-05"},{"url":"https://w.media/sdaia-lays-foundation-stone-for-480mw-hexagon-government-data-center-in-riyadh/","publisher":"W.Media","title":"SDAIA lays foundation stone for 480MW Hexagon government data center in Riyadh","published":null},{"url":"https://www.agbi.com/infrastructure/2026/01/saudi-arabia-starts-work-on-huge-government-data-centre/","publisher":"AGBI","title":"Saudi Arabia starts work on huge government data centre","published":"2026-01"}],"verification":"corrected","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/hexagon-government-data-centre-groundbreaking-2026","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/hexagon-government-data-centre-groundbreaking-2026","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/hexagon-government-data-centre-groundbreaking-2026.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/hexagon-government-data-centre-groundbreaking-2026.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/hexagon-government-data-centre-groundbreaking-2026.jpg"}}