Welcome to DCN Riyadh

Join the Leading Event for the Data Center Industry in KSA

After an extremely successful inaugural edition of DCN Riyadh 2025, which saw 1000+ data center leaders and 65+ sponsors in attendance, DCN returns to Riyadh. The GCC’s data center sector is experiencing tremendous expansion, with Saudi Arabia now one of the fastest-growing and largest data center markets in the region.

With a forecasted 19.5% data center CAGR YoY, alongside the ongoing expansion from hyperscale and colocation operators, national strategic initiatives continue to reinforce the Kingdom’s digital transformation. In recent years, Saudi Arabia unveiled Project Transcendence, a $100 billion AI venture to establish the Kingdom as a top global AI hub. This massive funding will prioritize constructing advanced data centers, backing new businesses, and developing AI infrastructure to fuel national progress and global competition.

DCN Riyadh is the most influential meeting point for hyperscalers, investors and enterprise data center end-users in the Kingdom. Its unique Conference & Expo format gives access to key findings from industry thought leaders and allows digital infrastructure trailblazers to stay up to date with the latest innovation shaping the future of the data center industry in KSA.

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Saudi Vision 2030

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 is the main driver, with a "Cloud First" policy and giga-projects like NEOM fueling massive demand. This national strategy aims to build a digital economy and make the country a regional tech hub.

AI Hyperscale Adoption

Global hyperscale companies like Microsoft, AWS, and Oracle are expanding due to rising demand for cloud computing and AI. The government's focus on AI, including initiatives like the Transcendence AI Initiative, requires specialized high-performance data centers.

Strategic Location & Connectivity

Positioned as a bridge between Europe, Asia, and Africa, Saudi Arabia is investing in extensive fiber-optic networks. This strategy aims to establish the country as a vital hub for data traffic and digital content in the MENA region.

Sustainability and Climate

The extreme heat necessitates a focus on sustainability and energy efficiency. Data centers are increasingly adopting advanced cooling systems and renewable energy sources like solar to manage high operational costs and reduce environmental impact.

" There is a very electrifying buzz around the air, you feel that there's something special in the air today. Edge Next has been in the KSA for the last couple of years - we've developed two state-of-the-art data centers in Riyadh and Danam, now moving into our second and soon third phase of development "

" It's a great event. We attended the Data Centre Nation in Dubai last year and since then we've got so much attached to it. Really what we love about it, it's a focused event-t's specialised, well attended and very informative, the information that we get out of this event is great. The Saudi Arabia market in general is exciting. It is big in scale, very ambitious, and it's backed up by visionary leadership the Vision 2030, the digitalisation of the economy, all makes it a very, very strategically interesting market for us "

" Honestly speaking, the data center community is very small and everybody is overloaded to meet the capacity demand. So it's good to have such events where you bring all the people together. In my opinion this event in particular has provided tremendous value because it is really focused on the data center "

" More than 1000 people registered and attended the event today between DC operators, vendors, consultants and everyone from the industry. It's a great success again for this year here in Riyadh and I'm looking forward to being here again next year. The data centre hub is turning into a major data centre hub here in the Middle East and in GCC in particular "

" It’s a fantastic event. What is very unique here is the mix of attendees - people from industry, government and investment. The data centre market in the Kingdom is growing exponentially, we’re already seeing announcements of one-GW projects and 400-MW developments "