Hexagon Data Center (Riyadh)

Name: Hexagon Data Center (Riyadh)
Address: SA

Under construction

Saudi Arabia · 1 project · Last reported 2026-05-01

Summary

Government data centre being built in Riyadh by the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA), billed as the world's largest Tier IV government data centre. The foundation stone was laid in early January 2026 for a facility of up to 480 MW on a site of about 30 million square feet, designed to host more than 290 government systems and to seed a wider national network of centres. Reported project value is about USD 2.7 billion; a project-tracking profile names Albawani as main contractor, says construction was progressing in April 2026 and gives a Q1 2029 completion target.

Source record as of 2026-05-01 · Details and sources

Location

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Projects (1)

Hexagon Data Center (Riyadh)

Under construction last observed as of 2026-05-01 · Reported status

Location: Riyadh, Riyadh Province, SA. City coordinates from the Riyadh Wikipedia page; the sources do not name a district. W.Media; Sharikat Mubasher; Wikipedia

Use: Enterprise

Capacity, investment and other figures

Measure	Value	Scope	As of	Notes	Sources
Power capacity	up to 480 MW	Planned · Campus · Unspecified	2026-05-01	Announcement coverage gives capacity of up to 480 MW without a scope; the project-tracking profile labels it IT load capacity.	W.Media; Sharikat Mubasher; Oil & Gas News
Investment	about 2,700,000,000 USD	Reported · Campus	2026-05-01	W.Media attributes this estimate to Gulf News; the project-tracking profile lists the same project value. No official SDAIA figure was found.	W.Media; Oil & Gas News

Companies and organizations

Name	Role	Notes	Sources
Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA)	Developer		W.Media; Sharikat Mubasher; Oil & Gas News
Albawani	Builder	Named as main contractor in a trade project-tracking profile; not confirmed by SDAIA in sources reviewed.	Oil & Gas News

Timeline

Date	Event	Actual or planned	Notes	Sources
2026-01	Construction started	Actual	Foundation stone laid at a ceremony at which SDAIA's president received senior officials.	W.Media; Sharikat Mubasher
2029-Q1	Fully operational	Planned	Completion target given in a trade project-tracking profile.	Oil & Gas News

Coverage published on 4 and 5 January 2026 reports the foundation stone as already laid without giving the ceremony date, so only the month is recorded. The 30 million square feet is described as the total or site area and is not recorded as a floor area metric. W.Media reports LEED Gold certification and the project-tracking profile mentions direct liquid and hybrid cooling; no source gives power supply details.

Sources for these details

SDAIA lays foundation stone for 480MW Hexagon government data center in Riyadh — W.Media; 2026-01-05
Saudi Arabia lays cornerstone for Hexagon data center in Riyadh — Sharikat Mubasher; 2026-01-04
SDAIA Hexagon Data Centre (project profile) — Oil & Gas News; 2026-05-01 · Archived source
Riyadh — Wikipedia; publication date not stated

Companies

Developer: Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) (unknown scope) evidence
Developer: Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) (unknown scope) evidence
Developer: Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority (SDAIA) (unknown scope) evidence
Builder: Albawani (unknown scope) evidence

Source and location review

Status source

SDAIA lays foundation stone for 480MW Hexagon government data center in Riyadh evidence row
W.Media · published 2026-01-05 · Trade publication

Locator

Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence

Source checks

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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verification

Status age at review: 179 days before the data update on 2026-10-27

Location details

Coordinates: 24.63300, 46.71700
Geometry licence: source-terms-not-recorded
Use scope: Locality reference only
Scope class: locality
Authority: Compiled location reference
Source entity: Project
Method: imported_reference_point
Derivation: imported_reference_point
Precision scope: City coordinates from the Riyadh Wikipedia page; the sources do not name a district.
Horizontal uncertainty: Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
Geometry evidence: 6627618c

A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.

Evidence

Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.

Evidence for Hexagon Data Center (Riyadh)
Title	Publisher	Roles	Published	Retrieved	Licence	Attribution	Content hash (SHA-256)
Riyadh Archived copy	Wikipedia Other	Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record	not stated	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Wikipedia	`ef6234e9111426727c7fe0a752158117e18222ff6c786a6ef124f8266b4cf17e` Factual source record; not the publisher page
Saudi Arabia lays cornerstone for Hexagon data center in Riyadh Archived copy	Sharikat Mubasher News	Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Construction Started, Role: Developer	2026-01-04	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Sharikat Mubasher	`ff6d01bd8000fc27ad70e3fa2145e0d678dc1a9a623682dbd3b4d1f11857802e` Factual source record; not the publisher page
SDAIA Hexagon Data Centre (project profile) Archived copy	Oil & Gas News Trade publication	Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Fully Operational, Role: Builder, Role: Developer	2026-05-01	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	Oil & Gas News	`69a5ee4855530623d960fea98c254f8750036b67b46369e2d1dc71668f2247c3` Factual source record; not the publisher page
SDAIA lays foundation stone for 480MW Hexagon government data center in Riyadh Archived copy	W.Media Trade publication	Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Construction Started, Role: Developer	2026-01-05	2026-10-09	source-terms-not-recorded	W.Media	`79735620d4c5ae037e0dda29c78a9091f3f6b2abeed8a3039ab1dd68e5d79c02` Factual source record; not the publisher page

Cite this site

Kyars, K. (2026). Hexagon Data Center (Riyadh) [site vcc-site-ba5a5fcafa0e68a3bbc8]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-ba5a5fcafa0e68a3bbc8/

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