Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) economic transformation is gathering pace, as part of Saudi Vision 2030, KSA’s transformational effort to diversify its economy away from oil and expand the size of its private sector.

Over the next decade, a trillion dollar+ in all manners of investments are looking to transform the Kingdom into a commercial and tourism hub, and a digitally-driven global top-15 economy. Data centers are a core pillar of this transformation. KSA has used its location, resources and expertise to become an indispensable nexus of digital traffic between 3 continents, and a key digital corridor linking the Middle East to the rest of the world.

This report provides our assessment of what is now Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) second largest commercial data center market.

This is a market brimming with upside; facility construction is spiking, and capacity volumes are skyrocketing, KSA’s full-build capacity potential has nearly tripled in the past 12 months. We expect it to more than double over the next five years.

Risks are mounting – from geopolitical uncertainty to some of the highest connectivity prices in the region. Still, the Saudi colo market remains in a strong upswing trajectory, with one of the deepest pipeline in emerging markets.