{"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":"national-data-center-strategy-2025","event_date":"2025-06","published":"2026-10-03","category":"policy","importance":3,"title":{"en":"MCIT and SDAIA issue National Data Center Strategy targeting 1.5GW by 2030","ar":"وزارة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات وسدايا تطلقان الاستراتيجية الوطنية لمراكز البيانات بهدف 1.5 غيغاواط بحلول 2030"},"summary":{"en":"In June 2025 the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) launched the National Data Center Strategy, targeting up to 1.5 gigawatts of data center capacity by 2030, one of the Middle East's largest planned national builds. The strategy stresses foreign investment, localization partnerships and public-private collaboration. HUMAIN's own 2030 target of 1.9 GW is higher than the national figure.","ar":"أطلقت وزارة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات والهيئة السعودية للبيانات والذكاء الاصطناعي (سدايا) في يونيو 2025 الاستراتيجية الوطنية لمراكز البيانات، التي تستهدف سعة تصل إلى 1.5 غيغاواط بحلول 2030، لتكون من أكبر المشاريع الوطنية المخططة في الشرق الأوسط. وتركّز الاستراتيجية على الاستثمار الأجنبي وشراكات التوطين والتعاون بين القطاعين العام والخاص. ويزيد هدف هيوماين لعام 2030 البالغ 1.9 غيغاواط على هذا الرقم الوطني."},"entities":["MCIT","SDAIA","HUMAIN"],"figures":[{"label":"national capacity target 2030","label_ar":"المستهدف الوطني للسعة بحلول 2030","value":1.5,"unit":"GW"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.trade.gov/market-intelligence/saudi-arabia-ict-new-data-center-strategy-accelerate-ai-and-cloud-expansion","publisher":"U.S. International Trade Administration","title":"Saudi Arabia ICT: New Data Center Strategy to Accelerate AI and Cloud Expansion","published":"2025-08-04"},{"url":"https://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2026/01/saudi-arabias-data-centre-expansion-regulatory-framework-and-strategic-considerations","publisher":"Greenberg Traurig","title":"Saudi Arabia's data centre expansion: regulatory framework and strategic considerations","published":"2026-01"},{"url":"https://vision2030.ai/analysis/saudi-data-centre-capacity-megawatts/","publisher":"vision2030.ai (independent analysis)","title":"Saudi Data Center Capacity: The Real Megawatts","published":null}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/national-data-center-strategy-2025","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/national-data-center-strategy-2025","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/national-data-center-strategy-2025.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/national-data-center-strategy-2025.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/national-data-center-strategy-2025.jpg"}}